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Author Vernon, Mark, 1966-

Title Science, religion and the meaning of life / Mark Vernon
Published Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, N.Y. : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007

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 MELB  201.65 Ver/Sra  AVAILABLE
Description xii, 198 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Contents 1. Socrates' quest : the beginning of wisdom -- 2. Cosmologists and Darwinists : the limits of science -- 3. Visions of reality : science and wonder -- 4. Bad faith : religion as certainty -- 5. Christian agnosticism : learned ignorance -- 6. Following Socrates : a way of life -- 7. How to be an agnostic : an aphoristic A-Z
Summary "Have evolution, science and the trappings of the modern world killed off God irrevocably? And what do we lose if we choose not to believe in him? From Newton and Descartes to Darwin and the discovery of the genome, religion has been pushed back further and further while science has gained ground. But what fills the void that religion leaves behind? This book is an attempt to look at these questions and to suggest a third way between the easy consolations of religion and the persuasive force of science that the everyday modern reader can engage with." --description from publisher
Notes Formerly CIP. Uk
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [189]-193) and index
Subject Life.
Religion and science.
Meaning (Philosophy)
LC no. 2006051027
ISBN 9780230013414
0230013414