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Preface | |
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How To Use This Book | |
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Introducing the Dialogue Between Science and Religion | |
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History: Three Landmark Debates | |
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Why Study History? | |
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Copernicus, Galileo, and the Solar System | |
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Newton, the Mechanical Universe, and Deism | |
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Darwin and the Biological Origins of Humanity | |
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Science and Religion: General Themes | |
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Models of Interaction Between Science and Religion | |
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Science, Religion, and the Explanation of Things | |
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Science, Religion, and Proofs for God's Existence | |
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Verification and Falsification in Science and Religion | |
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Realism and its Alternatives in Science and Religion | |
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The Doctrine of Creation and the Natural Sciences | |
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How Does God Act in the World? | |
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The Use of Models in Science and Religion | |
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Natural Science and Natural Theology | |
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Theoretical Anomalies in Science and Religion | |
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The Development of Theory in Science and Religion | |
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The Interaction of Science and Religion in Other Faiths | |
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Science and Religion: Contemporary Debates | |
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Richard Dawkins and Scientific Atheism: Does Science Deny God? | |
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Cosmology: Does the Anthropic Principle Mean Anything? | |
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Quantum Theory: Complementarity in Science and Religion | |
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Evolutionary Biology: Can One Speak of "Design" in Nature? | |
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Evolutionary Psychology: The Origins of Religious Belief | |
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The Psychology of Religion: Exploring Religious Experience | |
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The Cognitive Science of Religion: Is Religion "Natural"? | |
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Case Studies in Science and Religion | |
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Conclusion | |
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References | |
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Index | |