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Science and Religion

Are They Compatible?
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Despite marked public interest, many leading scientists remain sceptical that there is much common ground between scientific knowledge and religious belief, or that science offers support to any of the fundamental beliefs of the world's religions. In this stimulating collection of articles on the subject, Paul Kurtz and Barry Karr have assembled the thoughts of scientists from various disciplines. At a time when religion threatens to distort the findings of science through Creationism and the Intelligent Design movement, this sceptical rebuttal is a much-needed response. Among the topics discussed are the Big Bang and the origin of the universe, the nature of the 'soul', and near-death experiences.
Paul Kurtz (1925-2012), professor emeritus of philosophy at the State University of New York at Buffalo and a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, was the author or editor of more than fifty books, including The Transcendental Temptation, The Courage to Become, and Embracing the Power of Humanism, plus nine hundred articles and reviews. He was the founder and chairman of Prometheus Books, the Institute for Science and Human Values, the Center for Inquiry, the Council for Secular Humanism, and the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry. He appeared on many major television and radio talk shows and has lectured at universities worldwide.
""This is strong stuff... An important counterweight to the accommodationism that has dominated recent discourse." -- Times Literary Supplement "Every possible argument about this question seems to be here...stimulating and possibly subversive to some." -- New Scientist "An enjoyable buffet for interested readers. . . Recommended." -- Choice "...reader-friendly...provide[s] diversified views on topics of much interest today." -- Albuquerque Journal "Rich and suggestive essays by such well-known thinkers as Daniel Dennett, Richard Dawkins and Arthur C. Clarke range over topics from intelligent design to sociobiology and creationism. ... important and provocative voices too often drowned out by the move to assert complete compatibility between science and religion." --Publishers Weekly
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