Science and Religion in a Post Colonial World: Interfaith PerspectivesZainal Abidin Bagir ATF Press, 2005 - 233 Seiten This book explores several issues in the emerging field of science and religion which are of common interest to different religions. The main idea underlying this book is that modern science poses challenges shared by religions. As such, discussing them in an interfaith setting is expected to offer new perspectives to those issues. The first of four parts of the book addresses issues which often have not been discussed in the science and religion discourse - issues around what may be termed 'customisation of sciences'. A form o of such customisation is known as the ideas of the Vedic science, and Islamic science. The secnd part discusses science and the sacred from Islamic and Christian perspectives. Similarly, the third part takes up those perspectives in discussing religious resonse to new theories in cosmology and biology. The book ends with an article about the care of the earth, and the creation of sustainble global community, which is proabbly today's biggest challenge for both religion and science. |
Inhalt
Humanity as an Endangered Species in Science | 3 |
Arguments | 27 |
How to Integrate | 37 |
Scientific | 65 |
Sacred Science vs Secular Science | 77 |
Science and the Idea of the Sacred | 103 |
Cosmology and the Quest for Meaning | 115 |
the Universe Begin? Cosmology and | 131 |
Towards a Constructive Theology of Evolution | 153 |
Creation or Evolution? The Reception of Darwinism | 173 |
Islamic Perspectives | 191 |
Religion Science | 199 |
The Earth Charter | 213 |
Contributors | 223 |
231 | |
Towards | 141 |
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