In recent years a noticeable trend toward harmonizing the distinct
worldviews of science and religion has become increasingly popular.
Despite marked public interest, many leading scientists remain
skeptical that there is much common ground between scientific
knowledge and religious belief. Indeed, they are often
antagonistic. Can an accommodation be reached after centuries of
conflict?
In this stimulating collection of articles on the subject, Paul
Kurtz, with the assistance of Barry Karr and Ranjit Sandhu, have
assembled the thoughts of scientists from various disciplines.
Among the distinguished contributors are Sir Arthur C. Clarke
(author of 2001: A Space Odyssey, and numerous other works of
science fiction); Nobel Prize Laureate Steven Weinberg (professor
of physics at the University of Texas at Austin); Neil deGrasse
Tyson (Princeton University astrophysicist and director of the
Hayden Planetarium); James Lovelock (creator of the Gaia
hypothesis); Kendrick Frazier (editor of the Skeptical Inquirer);
Steven Pinker (professor of psychology at MIT); Richard Dawkins
(zoologist at Oxford University); Eugenie Scott (physical
anthropologist and executive director of the National Center for
Science Education); Owen Gingerich (professor of astronomy at
Harvard University); Martin Gardner (prolific popular science
writer); the late Richard Feynman (Nobel Prize-winning physicist)
and Stephen Jay Gould (professor of geology at Harvard University);
and many other eminent scientists and scholars.
Among the topics discussed are the Big Bang and the origin of
the universe, intelligent design and creationism versus evolution,
the nature of the "soul," near-death experiences, communication
with the dead, why people do or do not believe in God, and the
relationship between religion and ethics.
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