Table of Contents Preface 1 1. The Controversy Between Science and Religion 7 2. Creationism and the Constitution 12 The Cultural Wars of Religion 12 The Scopes Case 13 Evolution Eclipsed 14 Science Makes a Comeback 14 Equal Time for Creation Science 15 Enter Intelligent Design 18 A Fundamental Flaw 20 3. The World of Science 23 Categories of Reality 23 The Scientific Method 26 Classical Physics 28 Energy and Force 31 1. HEAT 31 2. ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM 32 3. LIGHT 33 4. SCIENTIFIC MATERIALISM 35 A New Frame of Reference: Relativity 35 1.
SPECIAL RELATIVITY 36 2. GENERAL RELATIVITY 37 Another Frame of Reference: The Very Small 38 1. ATOMS AND MOLECULES 38 2. CHEMISTRY COMES OF AGE 40 3. ATOMIC PHYSICS 42 The Quantum Revolution 43 1. QUANTUM MECHANICS 43 2. QUANTUM ELECTRODYNAMICS 45 3. QUANTUM CHROMODYNAMICS 46 Astronomy 50 1.
STARS 50 2. GALAXIES 51 3. COSMOLOGY 52 Theories of the Earth 53 The Life Sciences 55 1. THE BIRTH OF BIOLOGY 55 2. DARWINISM 58 3. THE DESCENT OF MAN 62 Scientific Truth: An Evaluation 64 4. The World of Religion 71 What Is Religion? 71 Religious Knowledge 72 Homo Religiosus 73 Mythic Discourse 73 Ritual, Community and Culture 74 Sacred Places 75 Science and Religion: Independence or Conflict? 75 How Science Influences Religion: Four Paradigms 77 1. DANTE'S MEDIEVAL SYNTHESIS 78 2.
DEISM 79 3. DESIGN AND THE WORLD SOUL 80 4. THE TRIUMPH OF RANDOMNESS AND CHANCE 81 Lessons from Science about Religion 85 Mysterium Tremendum: Our A Priori Knowledge of the Holy 88 The Necessity to Choose 90 1. NIETZSCHE 91 2. KIERKEGAARD 92 Religion and Faith: Is There a Di&rsa"erence? 92 Mystical Experiences 93 The Quest for God: The Content of Religious Belief 94 1. HINDUISM 95 2. JUDAISM 98 3. ZOROASTRIANISM 101 4.
JAINISM 103 5. BUDDHISM 104 6. RELIGIONS OF CHINA 107 7. RELIGIONS OF JAPAN 110 8. CHRISTIANITY 115 9. ISLAM 119 10. SIKHISM 122 Some Problems of Religious Pluralism 123 Religious Freedom 126 1. FREE EXERCISE OF RELIGION 126 2.
ESTABLISHMENT OF RELIGION 128 Summing Up: Final Thoughts about Religious Knowledge 130 5. The World of Philosophy 135 The Importance of Philosophy 135 The Limits of Knowledge 136 Intelligent Design: Rational Arguments for the Existence of God 138 1. COSMOLOGICAL PROOFS 138 2. TELEOLOGICAL PROOFS 139 3. THE ONTOLOGICAL ARGUMENT 141 A New Idea of God 141 Expressing the Transcendent 144 1. MYTH 145 2. ANALOGY 146 3. SYMBOLISM 146 4.
HERMENEUTICS 147 The Genesis Creation Story 148 The Mystery of Existence 150 Ethics: How We Should Live 151 Ethics and Religion 151 Systems of Ethics 153 A Better Alternative: Virtue Ethics 156 Practical Reason and Objective Goods 160 Existentialism 161 Summing Up 162 6. Faith and Reason 167 Setting the Stage 167 Pope Benedict XVI and Islam 167 Critical Evaluation of Religion 170 Religion and Values 172 Theories of Right Action 175 Religion and Violence 177 Suppression of Minorities 179 The Status of Women 179 Religion and Law 181 The Concept of Law 183 Three Conceptions of Law 184 Which Is Best? 186 The Function of Law 187 The Constraint of Natural Law 187 Enter Positivism 188 A New Concept of Natural Law 190 Summing Up 193 Concluding Remarks 197 Bibliography 203 Index 205.