Keeping the Faith

Thomas J. Schoenbaum is research professor at George Washington University Law School in Washington, D.C. He is the author of many books and articles on legal and international topics.

• Table of ContentsPreface      1. The Controversy Between Science and Religion      2. Creationism and the Constitution      The Cultural Wars of Religion      The Scopes Case      Evolution Eclipsed      Science Makes a Comeback      Equal Time for Creation Science      Enter Intelligent Design      A Fundamental Flaw      3. The World of Science      Categories of Reality      The Scientific Method      Classical Physics      Energy and Force      1. HEAT      2. ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM      3. LIGHT      4. SCIENTIFIC MATERIALISM      A New Frame of Reference: Relativity      1. SPECIAL RELATIVITY      2. GENERAL RELATIVITY      Another Frame of Reference: The Very Small      1. ATOMS AND MOLECULES      2. CHEMISTRY COMES OF AGE      3. ATOMIC PHYSICS      The Quantum Revolution      1. QUANTUM MECHANICS      2. QUANTUM ELECTRODYNAMICS      3. QUANTUM CHROMODYNAMICS      Astronomy      1. STARS      2. GALAXIES      3. COSMOLOGY      Theories of the Earth      The Life Sciences      1. THE BIRTH OF BIOLOGY      2. DARWINISM      3. THE DESCENT OF MAN      Scientific Truth: An Evaluation      4. The World of Religion      What Is Religion?      Religious Knowledge      Homo Religiosus      Mythic Discourse      Ritual, Community and Culture      Sacred Places      Science and Religion: Independence or Conflict?      How Science Influences Religion: Four Paradigms      1. DANTE’S MEDIEVAL SYNTHESIS      2. DEISM      3. DESIGN AND THE WORLD SOUL      4. THE TRIUMPH OF RANDOMNESS AND CHANCE      Lessons from Science about Religion      Mysterium Tremendum: Our A Priori Knowledge of the Holy      The Necessity to Choose      1. NIETZSCHE      2. KIERKEGAARD      Religion and Faith: Is There a Di›erence?      Mystical Experiences      The Quest for God: The Content of Religious Belief      1. HINDUISM      2. JUDAISM      3. ZOROASTRIANISM      4. JAINISM      5. BUDDHISM      6. RELIGIONS OF CHINA      7. RELIGIONS OF JAPAN      8. CHRISTIANITY      9. ISLAM      10. SIKHISM      Some Problems of Religious Pluralism      Religious Freedom      1. FREE EXERCISE OF RELIGION      2. ESTABLISHMENT OF RELIGION      Summing Up: Final Thoughts about Religious Knowledge      5. The World of Philosophy      The Importance of Philosophy      The Limits of Knowledge      Intelligent Design: Rational Arguments for the Existence of God      1. COSMOLOGICAL PROOFS      2. TELEOLOGICAL PROOFS      3. THE ONTOLOGICAL ARGUMENT      A New Idea of God      Expressing the Transcendent      1. MYTH      2. ANALOGY      3. SYMBOLISM      4. HERMENEUTICS      The Genesis Creation Story      The Mystery of Existence      Ethics: How We Should Live      Ethics and Religion      Systems of Ethics      A Better Alternative: Virtue Ethics      Practical Reason and Objective Goods      Existentialism      Summing Up      6. Faith and Reason      Setting the Stage      Pope Benedict XVI and Islam      Critical Evaluation of Religion      Religion and Values      Theories of Right Action      Religion and Violence      Suppression of Minorities      The Status of Women      Religion and Law      The Concept of Law      Three Conceptions of Law      Which Is Best?      The Function of Law      The Constraint of Natural Law      Enter Positivism      A New Concept of Natural Law      Summing Up      Concluding Remarks      Bibliography      Index