title: Science and Religion: A Historical Introduction
author:  Gary B. Ferngren 
description: This volume consists of 30 articles, all taken from the 103-article The History of Science and Religion: An Encyclopedia (Garland, LJ 8/15/00). While exploding a number of myths that make up the popular image of the warfare between science and religion, the writers show that there was actually a complex relationship operating in both directions. Part 1 introduces the topic with two articles on the history of the relationship. The next three parts consider historical topics, some biographical (e.g., Galileo Galilei, Charles Darwin), some religious (e.g., Islam, early modern Protestantism), and some topical (e.g., causation, evolution). Part 5 considers the response of religious traditions, Part 6 treats the theological implications of modern science, and the last part considers current historiographical issues, such as gender and postmodernism. Almost all of the articles are by authors who have written substantial works in their field, and each is accompanied by a bibliography. An essential purchase for any library that does not have the larger volume.<br /><i>Augustine J. Curley, Newark Abbey, NJ</i><br />Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.
zlib_text: Religion and the Physical Sciences
  
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  Kate Grayson Boisvert
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  Richard Olson, Series Editor
  Greenwood Press
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  Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
  Boisvert, Kate Grayson, 1943–
  Religion and the physical sciences / Kate Grayson Boisvert.
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  Includes bibliographical references and inde