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Einstein and Religion Max Jammer

Einstein and Religion By Max Jammer

Einstein and Religion by Max Jammer


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This text attempts to decipher Einstien's views on the relationship between religion and science. It explores Einstein's writings and lectures on the role of religion in society, and how far they have been accepted by the public and professional theologians.

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Einstein and Religion: Physics and Theology by Max Jammer

The philosophy of religion and the quest for spiritual truth preoccupied Albert Einstein - so much that it has been sadi one might suspect he was a disguised theologion. Nevertheless, the literature on the life and work of Einstein, extensive as it is, does not provide an adequate account of his religious conception and sentiments. Only fragmentarily known, Einstein's ideas about religion have been often distorted both by atheists and by religious groups eager to claim him as one of their own. But what exactly was Einstein's religious credo? In this book, the distinguished physicist and philosopher Max Jammer offers an answer to this question.

Einstein and Religion Reviews

Co-Winner of the 2000 Outstanding Book Prize, Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences
It is surprising that so little scholarly attention has been paid to [Einstein's] religious views. . . . This is a compelling, long overdue treatment of a neglected topic. * Publishers Weekly *
A valuable resource.---George L. Murphy, American Scientist
Jammer's fascinating and scholarly account of Einstein's personal attitude toward religion explores the emergence of his 'cosmic religion'. . . * Choice *
Jammer is an excellent guide to the religious impact of Einstein's life and thought.---Greg Peterson, Christian Century
A superb three-part survey that deals with the role of religion in Einstein's personal life; his philosophy of religion; and finally the effect of his physics on theology, the most brilliantly entertaining section of Jammer's book.---Meir Ronnen, The Jerusalem Post
Max Jammer illuminates Einstein's enigmatic relationship to religion with a clarity and detail that no previous study can equal. . . . Mr. Jammer's readable study should long remain an indispensable reference.---John F. Haught, The Washington Times
Jammer . . . shed[s] light on Einstein's often ambiguous views of religion, beginning with his early religious training and following his evolution to the idea of an impersonal God. [He] takes pains to clarify widespread misinterpretations of Einstein's spiritual views.---Leigh Fenly, San Diego Union-Tribune
I can strongly recommend this beautifully written and accessible book.---Andrew Pinsent, Physics World
One emerges from this scholarly and readable book with a new appreciation of the uniqueness of Einstein's spirit.---Gerald Holton, Philosophy of Science
Max Jammer's is the first systematic historical account of Albert Einstein's religious views. . . . In the writing of this thoroughly researched and instructive book, Max Jammer has done the theological and scientific community a great service. Furthermore, he has made a significant contribution to the ongoing dialogue between science and religion.---Rufus Burrow, Jr., Encounter

About Max Jammer

Max Jammer is Professor of Physics Emeritus and former Rector at Bar-Ilan University in Israel. He is the author of a number of treatises on the foundations of physics, including Concepts of Space, which contains a preface by Albert Einstein, and The Philosophy of Quantum Mechanics, which was read in draft by Paul Dirac and Werner Heisenberg. For his publications, most of which have been translated into several languages, Jammer has received numerous awards, among them the prestigious Monograph Prize of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. In writing Einstein and Religion, Jammer used as his sources the Einstein Archive at the National and University Library in Jerusalem and the library of the Union Theological Seminary in New York.

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CIN0691006997G
9780691006994
0691006997
Einstein and Religion: Physics and Theology by Max Jammer
Used - Good
Hardback
Princeton University Press
19991017
268
Winner of Outstanding Books in Theology and the Natural Sciences 2000
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