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Can religious beliefs survive in the scientific age? Are they resoundingly outdated? Or, is there something in them of great importance, even if the way they are expressed will have to change given new scientific context? These questions are among those at the core of the science-religion dialogue.

In The Big Questions in Science and Religion, Keith Ward, an Anglican priest who was once an atheist, offers compelling insights into the often contentious relationship between diverse religious views and new scientific knowledge. He identifies ten basic questions about the nature of the universe and human life. Among these are:

-Does the universe have a goal or purpose?
-Do the laws of nature exclude miracles?
-Can science provide a wholly naturalistic explanation for moral and religious beliefs?
-Has science made belief in God obsolete? Are there any good science-based arguments for God?

With his expertise in the study of world religions, Ward considers concepts from Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism, Islam, Hinduism, Judaism, and Christianity, while featuring the speculations of cosmologists, physicians, mathematicians, and philosophers. In addition, Ward examines the implications of ancient laws and modern theories and evaluates the role of religious experience as evidence of a nonphysical reality.

Writing with enthusiasm, passion, and clarity, Keith Ward conveys the depth, difficulty, intellectual excitement, and importance of the greatest intellectual and existential questions of the modern scientific age.

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  • Title The Big Questions in Science and Religion
  • Author Keith Ward
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition number 2nd
  • Edition 2
  • Pages 272
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Templeton Press, West Conshohocken
  • Publication date 2008-05
  • ISBN 9781599471358 / 1599471353
  • Weight 0.88 lbs (0.40 kg)
  • Dimensions 9 x 6 x 0.9 in (22.86 x 15.24 x 2.29 cm)
  • Age range 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Category Religion - Socialissues
  • Library of Congress subjects Religion and science
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2007045201
  • Dewey Decimal Code 201.65

About the author

Keith Ward is a fellow of the British Academy, the Regius Professor of Divinity Emeritus at the University of Oxford, an ordained priest of the Church of England, and a member of the Council of the Royal Institute of Philosophy. He has doctorates of divinity from Cambridge and Oxford Universities. He has lectured at the universities of Glasgow, St. Andrews, Cambridge, and London, where he was professor of history and philosophy of religion, and written more than twenty highly acclaimed books. Comparative theology and the interplay between science and faith are two of his main topics of interest. He lives in Oxford, England.

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