Neglected Perspectives on Science and Religion

Wayne Viney is Professor Emeritus of Psychology and Emeritus University Distinguished Teaching Scholar at Colorado State University, USA. He has served as President of the Society for the History of Psychology.William Douglas Woody is Professor of Psychological Sciences at the University of Northern Colorado, USA. He has received Early Career Achievement Awards from the Society for the History of Psychology and the Society for the Teaching of Psychology.

"This wonderful book takes a deep and probing look at the complex relation between science and religion. Noted historians Viney and Woody not only describe the crucible in which we now view this relation with surprising insights, they also resolve some pivotal puzzles that have long befuddled those of us who care about science and religion." – Brent D. Slife, Professor of Psychology and Richard L. Evans Chair of Religious Understanding, Brigham Young University, USA"This exceptional volume is long overdue. It creatively and ingeniously takes the classic religion–science debate and shows its basic weaknesses from perspectives in history, philosophy, psychology, and even religion and science. It is a scholarly must." – Bernard Spilka, Professor Emeritus of Psychology, University of Denver, USA

• 1. Intellectual Warfare: Arguments Pro and Con 2. The Problem of Knowledge 3. The Problem of Causality 4. Causality Continued: Angels and Demons 5. Soul and Body 6. Evolution 7. Galileo and the Church 8. Advances in Understanding of the Origins of Sex 9. Women and Men: Scientific and Religious Perspectives 10. Sexual Orientation: From Harmony to Discord to Diaspora 11. Religion and Social Metrics 12. Absolutism: The Disease of Philosophical Thought