Religion & vetenskap

I boken Mot alla odds? När hjärnan tvivlar men hjärtat vill tro  skriver Stefan Edman om tro, tvivel och naturvetenskap. Hur kan vår hjärna av atomer från slocknade stjärnor skriva poesi, bygga städer - och fundera över allting ursprung? Fors...

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The God Delusion caused a sensation when it was published in 2006. Within weeks it became the most hotly debated topic, with Dawkins himself branded as either saint or sinner for presenting his hard-hitting, impassioned rebuttal of religion of all...

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Comprehensive, up to date, and engaging, Science, Evolution, and Religion provides detailed coverage of the science-religion debate in contemporary culture and academia. The two authors, Michael Peterson and Michael Ruse, present theism and atheis...

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For the millions of people who want spirituality without religion, Sam Harris's new book is a guide to meditation as a rational spiritual practice informed by neuroscience and psychology. From bestselling author, neuroscientist, and "new athe...

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Boken innehåller en gedigen (450 sidor, 240 färgbilder) beskrivning av Guds frälsningsplan som den framställs i Bibeln, både historiskt och profetiskt. Skildringen är i kronologisk ordning allt från skapelsen (och dessförinnan) till Gudsriket (och...

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Tro och religion är ingen privatsak. De är en betydande del av samhället. Så för att förstå samhället behöver vi ta religiösa fenomen och teologiskt tankegods på allvar. Inte minst i tider då religionens synlighet i det offentliga ger upphov till ...

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Consider the complexity of a living cell after 3.8 billion years of evolution. Is it more awesome to suppose that a transcendent God fashioned the cell at a stroke, or to realize that it evolved with no Almighty Hand, but arose on its own in the c...

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A provocative essay challenging the idea of Buddhist exceptionalism, from one of the world's most widely respected philosophers and writers on Buddhism and science Buddhism has become a uniquely favored religion in our modern age. A burgeoning num...

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_________________ Includes a foreword by STEPHEN FRY 'A classic for our time...And all time.' - Michael Shermer 'The words of Hitchens, Dawkins, Harris and Dennett are needed more than ever. These are the heirs to Voltaire.' - Matt Ridley Known as...

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Amid melting glaciers, rising waters, and spreading droughts, Earth has ceased to tolerate our pretense of mastery over it. But how can we confront climate change when political crises keep exploding in the present? Noted ecotheologian and feminis...

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The Cognitive Science of Religion introduces students to key empirical studies conducted over the past 25 years in this new and rapidly expanding field. In these studies, cognitive scientists of religion have applied the theories, findings and res...

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In this long-awaited book, pre-eminent analytical philosopher Alvin Plantinga argues that the conflict between science and theistic religion is actually superficial, and that at a deeper level they are in concord.

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When sickness strikes, people around the world pray for healing. Many of the faithful claim that prayer has cured them of blindness, deafness, and metastasized cancers, and some believe they have been resurrected from the dead. Can, and should, sc...

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An exposition on the common phrase "science and religion". Science has something to say about every aspect of human experience, and religion is, broadly speaking, the attempt by people to find and assert meaningfulness.

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In Mind and Cosmos, Thomas Nagel argues that the widely accepted world view of materialist naturalism is untenable. The mind-body problem cannot be confined to the relation between animal minds and animal bodies. If materialism cannot accommodate ...

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DEN BILD SOM OFTA förmedlas i dag är att vetenskapen har avlivat Gud och slutgiltigt begravt honom. Många hävdar att ateismen är den enda intellektuellt hållbara ståndpunkten och att hänvisningar till Gud enbart hämmar den vete...

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DET FINNS EN efterhängsen myt som säger att kristen tro och vetenskap har legat i ständig konflikt med varandra. Men är det verkligen så? Har kyrkan genom historien varit fientligt inställd till vetenskap? I den här lättillgängliga boken kommer fö...

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We live in an age when the growth of the Internet has made it easier than ever to gain access to information and accumulate knowledge. But information is not the same as meaning, nor is knowledge identical with wisdom. Many people feel engulfed by...

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The definitive reference work on science and Christian belief How does Christian theology relate to scientific inquiry? What are the competing philosophies of science, and do they "work" with a Christian faith based on the Bible? No refe...

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In secular Europe the veracity of modern science is almost always taken for granted. Whether they think of the evolutionary proofs of Darwin or of spectacular investigation into the boundaries of physics conducted by CERN's Large Hadron Collider, ...

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When Charles Darwin finished The Origin of Species, he thought that he had explained every clue, but one. Though his theory could explain many facts, Darwin knew that there was a significant event in the history of life that his theory did not exp...

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Religion och naturvetenskap är förmodligen de två starkaste tankeströmningarna i världen i dag. Men de anses ofta stå i olöslig konflikt med varandra. Denna unika bok är en introduktion till de mest brännande frågorna och åsikterna på detta kontro...

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Vad är egentligen sanningen om kristendomens två största ikoner, Jesus och hans mor Maria? Lil Hjertström avslöjar här en helt annan historia än den bibliska, där skeenden och sammanhang som legat dolda, nu får se dagens ljus. Den moderna fysikens...

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This addition to our popular Guides for the Perplexed series tackles a subject that is enjoying renewed debate: Christianity, along with Judaism and Islam, claims that the universe is not a brute fact. It is 'created'. But what do we mean by 'crea...

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In this clear, engaging book, Robin Robertson draws parallels between alchemy and chaos theory and shows how to apply them to our inner development. He is not proposing they replace traditional spiritual paths, but rather that they reflect deep st...

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Most people know Greg Graffin as the lead singer of the punk band Bad Religion, but few know that he also received a Ph.D. from Cornell University and teaches evolution at the University of California at Los Angeles. In "Anarchy Evolution&quo...

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Big dreams are rare but highly memorable dream experiences that make a strong and lasting impact on the dreamer's waking awareness. Moving far beyond "e;I forgot to study and the finals are today"e; and other common scenarios, such dreams ...

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