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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
Religion and the physical sciences	Kate Grayson Boisvert	Addresses the complex relationship between religion and the physical sciences	OL11961165W
Alch emy and authority in the Holy Roman Empire	Tara E. Nummedal	What distinguished the true alchemist from the fraud? This question animated the lives and labors of the common men—and occasionally women—who made a living as alchemists in the sixteenth- and sevent…	OL12074392W
The beginning of all things	Hans Küng	xiv, 220 pages ; 24 cm	OL1319238W
"Deinem Wink, Herr, gehorchen die Elemente"	Martin Osterkorn	This doctoral thesis deals with the question of how we can think of God´s providence concerning nature, especially with the question of how we can think of the effectiveness of prayer for rain in…	OL13425206W
A faith and culture devotional	Kelly Monroe Kullberg	Renew Your Sense of Wonder Refresh Your Education Learn and Grow with Christian Thought Leaders including: Dallas Willard John Eldredge Michael Behe Frederica Matthews-Green Darrell Bock Will…	OL13600279W
Between naturalism and religion	Jürgen Habermas	"Two countervailing trends mark the intellectual tenor of our age the spread of naturalistic worldviews and religious orthodoxies. Advances in biogenetics, brain research, and robotics are clearing t…	OL1414329W
Building cultures of trust	Marty, Martin E.	In Building Cultures of Trust Martin Marty proposes ways to improve the conditions for trust at what might be called the "grassroots" level. He suggests that it makes a difference if citizens put en…	OL15051141W
Galileo's Dream	Kim Stanley Robinson	In a novel of stunning dimensions, the acclaimed author of the Mars trilogy brings us the story of the incredible life – and death – of Galileo, the First Scientist. Late Renaissance Italy still abou…	OL15170687W
Natural reflections	Barbara Herrnstein Smith	In this important and original book, eminent scholar Barbara Herenstein Smith describes, assesses, and reflects upon a set of contemporary intellectual projects involving science, religion, and human…	OL15625444W
God and Evolution	Jay W. Richards	In the century and a half since Charles Darwin first proposed his theory of evolution, Christians, Jews, and other religious believers have grappled with how to make sense of it. Most have understood…	OL15915063W
The House of Wisdom	Jim Al-Khalili	A myth-shattering view of the Islamic world's myriad scientific innovations and the role they played in sparking the European Renaissance. Many of the innovations that we think of as hallmarks of …	OL15976945W
Nature, science, & religion	Catherine M. Tucker	xii, 285 p. : 23 cm	OL16263253W
Objecting to God	Colin Howson	"The growth of science and a correspondingly scientific way of looking at evidence have for the last three centuries slowly been gaining ground over religious explanations of the cosmos and mankind's…	OL16442018W
Savor	Thích Nhất Hạnh	A Buddhist leader and a Harvard nutritionist offer cutting-edge science and deep Buddhist wisdom on the subject of eating with one's health and the welfare of the planet in mind.	OL16567965W
Understanding the present	Bryan Appleyard	The book explores the history of science, from the dawn of the Enlightenment up to the present day, arguing that its triumph in almost every sphere of human activity, spectacular though it is, has co…	OL16612992W
The scientific Buddha	Lopez, Donald S.	"This book tells the story of the Scientific Buddha, "born" in Europe in the 1800s but commonly confused with the Buddha born in India 2,500 years ago. The Scientific Buddha was sent into battle agai…	OL16626968W
To touch the face of God	Kendrick Oliver	"In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth..." In 1968 the world watched as Earth rose over the moonscape, televised from the orbiting Apollo 8 mission capsule. Radioing back to Houston …	OL16654324W
La scienza e Dio	Michał Heller	Nell’orizzonte della cultura contemporanea le scienze sperimentali e la teologia sembrano destinate a non incontrarsi: da più parti, anzi, si afferma che i loro percorsi dovrebbero restare rigorosame…	OL16666194W
Touching the Face of the Cosmos	Paul Levinson	A collection of essays and short stories about space travel and religion. Touching the Face of the Cosmos explores the desire, essentially spiritual, to understand more about our place in the univers…	OL17860069W
Unbelievable	Michael Newton Keas	Lies Bill Nye and Neil deGrasse Tyson told me. Scientists love to tell stories about the quest to understand the universe -- stories that often have profound implications for belief or disbelief in G…	OL17935664W