Biology, Religion, and Philosophy
An Introduction
Michael Peterson author Dennis Venema author
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Published:8th Apr '21
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A comprehensive and accessible survey of the major issues at the biology-religion interface.
This book explains the engagement between biology and religion on issues related to origins, evolution, evil, purpose, love, humanity, morality, ecology, and the nature of religion itself. It will serve as the perfect introduction for upper-level undergraduates, graduate students, scholars, and interested general readers.The intersection of biology and religion has spawned exciting new areas of academic research that raise issues central to understanding our own humanity and the living world. In this comprehensive and accessible survey, Michael L. Peterson and Dennis R. Venema explain the engagement between biology and religion on issues related to origins, evolution, design, suffering and evil, progress and purpose, love, humanity, morality, ecology, and the nature of religion itself. Does life have a chemical origin - or must there be a divine spark? How can religious claims about divine goodness be reconciled with widespread predation, suffering, and death in the animal kingdom? Peterson and Venema develop a philosophical discussion around such controversial questions. The book situates each topic in its historical, scientific, and theological context, making it the perfect introduction for upper-level undergraduates, graduate students, scholars, and the interested general reader.
'… clearly written and carefully organized, with a useful glossary and a brief up-to-date bibliography of further reading …' Glenn Branch, The Quarterly Review of Biology
ISBN: 9781107667846
Dimensions: 245mm x 170mm x 15mm
Weight: 500g
285 pages