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Kneeling at the Altar of Science: The Mistaken Path of Contemporary Religious Scientism

Kneeling at the Altar of Science: The Mistaken Path of Contemporary Religious Scientism

Bolger, Robert
Olson, Richard

Hardcover

PhilosophyReligion General General Christianity

ISBN10: 1498260101
ISBN13: 9781498260107
Publisher: Pickwick Publications
Published: Aug 22 2012
Pages: 174
Weight: 0.89
Height: 0.44 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Does religion need to look more like a science? If much of the contemporary work published in science and religion is any indication, the answer appears to be a resounding yes. Yet the current tendency to dress religion up in the language and methods of science does more harm than good. In Kneeling at the Altar of Science, Robert Bolger argues that much of the recent writing in science and religion falls prey to the practice of what he calls religious scientism, or the attempt to use science to explain and clarify certain religious concepts. Bolger then shows, with clarity and humor, how religious scientism harms rather than helps, arguing in the end that religious concepts do better when their meaning is found in the context of their religious use. This book promises to be a fresh approach to the ever-popular dialogue between science and religion.

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