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Religion and the physical sciences

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Religion and the physical sciencesKate Grayson Boisvert.
Author:	Boisvert, Kate Grayson,
Published:	Westport, Conn. :Greenwood Press,2008.
Description:	xxx, 317 p. :ill. ;25 cm.
Subject:	Religion and science.
Online resource:	An electronic book in the ABC-CLIO eBooks Online database, accessible through the World Wide Web; click for information.
ISBN:	0313038155 (e-Book)

Religion and the physical sciences
Boisvert, Kate Grayson,1943-

Religion and the physical sciences[electronic resource] /Kate Grayson Boisvert. - Westport, Conn. :Greenwood Press,2008. - xxx, 317 p. :ill. ;25 cm. - Greenwood guides to science and religion.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [293]-305) and index.

Introduction: Physical science and religion in the twentieth century -- Scientific and religious thought-early twentieth century -- Scientific and religious thought-mid-twentieth century -- Scientific and religious thought-the latter twentieth century -- The growth of the science and religion dialogue in the latter twentieth century -- The beginning of the universe : scientific and religious perspectives -- Discovering the beginning and our place in the universe -- Philosophical and religious reflections of scientists -- Religious views of the origin of the universe -- The nature of matter and energy and the quest for a final unified theory -- Quantum theory : the revolution that shook physics -- The journey into the atom and the forces of nature -- Unified theories -- Inflation, quantum cosmology, and multiple universes -- Philosophical and religious reflections on quantum theory -- Philosophical and religious implications of quantum theory -- The fundamental constituents of reality : religious perspectives -- Quantum cosmology and creation from nothing -- Cosmic evolution : reflections of scientists -- Cosmic evolution at the millennium -- Philosophical and religious implications seen by scientists -- Life and intelligence in the universe -- twentieth-century developments -- Philosophical and religious implications seen by scientists -- Chance, necessity, and design in life's origin -- Extraterrestrial intelligence, human significance, and God -- Religious implications of search and discovery -- Cosmic evolution : Christian religious perspectives -- Creationism -- Intelligent design -- Theistic evolution -- The cosmology of Meher Baba -- The message of God speaks -- Creation and evolution -- The process of reincarnation -- Involution and realization-the final stages -- Directionality, divine purpose, and the problem of evil and suffering -- Comparison to science and other religious perspectives -- The future according to science and religion -- The future according to science -- The future according to religion -- The future of science and religion.

ISBN: 0313038155 (e-Book)

LCCN: 2007048217Subjects--Topical Terms:

219255
Religion and science.

LC Class. No.: BL240.3 / .B65 2008

Dewey Class. No.: 201/.65

Religion and the physical sciences
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