The Edge of Reason? by Alex Bentley
Should scientists challenge religious beliefs in modern society? This book gives voice to those scientist and theologians whose experience holds direct relevance in the confrontational science and religion debate.Confrontation between science and religion has defined much public debate about religion in recent years, most lately in bestsellers portraying a clash between scientists and religious believers, such as Richard Dawkin's "The God Delusion" and Sam Harris' "The End of Faith" or "Letter to a Christian Nation". But what does this clash mean for society? This collection of essays gives voice to social scientists, natural scientists and theologians whose experience holds direct relevance on these major issues, and encourages a new, more forgiving dialogue between these two huge forces in modern society.
"A stimulating series of brief forays into the science-theology-atheism border lands which will send the reader off to follow up leads here and thereHighlights are the discussions of evolution in terms that go beyond the individual gene or creature (and the observation that these inter preta tions were frowned upon by Thatcherites), and of the part played by "mirror neurons" in the fledgling evolution ary history of selfhood." - Church Times
Overall, this is an imaginative volume with plenty of food for thought... this book is an informative, engaging and very enjoyable read. -- Reviews in Science and Religion, No. 58, Nov 2011
"Systems of logic and belief never split into neat oppositions between science and religion, but are mediated by cultural, philosophical, and contextual forces that shape these systems - all of them - as reasonable and natural. It is the making and mobilisation of the givens of human knowledge, rather than its perfection to grasp a preordained cosmology, that must be understood if we are to break free of the impasse that has come to prevail between Creationists and Evolutionists, as revealed in this fascinating dialogue between leading anthropologists, archaeologists, philosophers, theologians, biologists and physicists. Inter-disciplinarity at its best!" Professor Ash Amin, Director of the Institute of Advanced Study, Durham University, UK
Title reviewed inPublishing News, 2008.
Mention -Book News, February 2009
"It will challenge not only ideological atheists but also religious theists ... the contributors have minimized jargon and each essay has been written with the interested layperson in mind." - Reform
Title mention in Church Times.
"A bundle of interesting insights by scholars who contribute not only academic but personal experience to the discussion." - ESSAT-News (European Society for the Study of Science and Theology)
Overall, this is an imaginative volume with plenty of food for thought... this book is an informative, engaging and very enjoyable read. -- Reviews in Science and Religion, No. 58, Nov 2011
"Systems of logic and belief never split into neat oppositions between science and religion, but are mediated by cultural, philosophical, and contextual forces that shape these systems - all of them - as reasonable and natural. It is the making and mobilisation of the givens of human knowledge, rather than its perfection to grasp a preordained cosmology, that must be understood if we are to break free of the impasse that has come to prevail between Creationists and Evolutionists, as revealed in this fascinating dialogue between leading anthropologists, archaeologists, philosophers, theologians, biologists and physicists. Inter-disciplinarity at its best!" Professor Ash Amin, Director of the Institute of Advanced Study, Durham University, UK
Title reviewed inPublishing News, 2008.
Mention -Book News, February 2009
"It will challenge not only ideological atheists but also religious theists ... the contributors have minimized jargon and each essay has been written with the interested layperson in mind." - Reform
Title mention in Church Times.
"A bundle of interesting insights by scholars who contribute not only academic but personal experience to the discussion." - ESSAT-News (European Society for the Study of Science and Theology)
Dr Alex Bentley is Lecturer in the Department of Anthropology at Durham University, UK.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781847062185 |
| ISBN 10 | 1847062180 |
| Title | The Edge of Reason? |
| Author | Alex Bentley |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Year published | 2008-09-22 |
| Number of pages | 248 |
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