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Religion and the physical sciences 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 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
"Deinem Wink, Herr, gehorchen die Elemente" "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 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
Natural reflections 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
The House of Wisdom 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
Rhetorical darwinism Rhetorical darwinism Thomas M. Lessl Explores the relation between evolutionary theory (a scientific principle) and evolutionism (unscientific applications of evolutionary theory, such as social Darwinism and competitive-market economic… OL15991501W
To touch the face of God 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
The God virus The God virus Darrel Ray Dawkins, Hitchens, Harris and Dennett opened the door to a hard nosed look at religion in our society but no one seemed to be using their concepts to explain the psychology of religion and its practi… OL16931623W
The Quest for the Historical Adam The Quest for the Historical Adam William VanDoodewaard Was Adam really a historical person, and can we trust the biblical story of human origins? Or is the story of Eden simply a metaphor, leaving scientists the job to correctly reconstruct the truth of … OL17190847W
Touching the Face of the Cosmos 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
All Things Hold Together in Christ All Things Hold Together in Christ James K. A. Smith,Michael L. Gulker As Christians engage controversial cultural issues, we must remember that "all things hold together in Christ" (Col. 1:17)--even when it comes to science and faith. This anthology is an invitation to… OL17932645W
Unbelievable 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
The case for Christ The case for Christ Lee Strobel Is there credible evidence that Jesus of Nazareth really is the Son of God? Retracing his own spiritual journey from atheism to faith, Lee Strobel, former legal editor of the Chicago Tribune, cross-e… OL1827692W
Interpreting the universe as creation Interpreting the universe as creation Vincent Brümmer vii, 148 pages : 24 cm OL19221554W
The monastery and the microscope The monastery and the microscope Wendy Hasenkamp,Janna R. White An illuminating record of dialogues between the Dalai Lama and some of today's most prominent scientists, philosophers, and contemplatives. In2013, during a historic six-day meeting at a Tibetan mon… OL19671470W
The battle for the soul The battle for the soul Crawford, Robert G. "Do we all possess a soul? If so, what is it? Can it be defined? Crawford argues that it is important that we have a soul because if it is immortal then we can hope for life after death. But some rel… OL19829901W
Searching for the soror mystica Searching for the soror mystica Robin L. Gordon "Early scientists, or natural philosophers as they were known, did not seek knowledge in the disconnected way modern academics tend to do. They were interested in how the universe worked, which meant… OL19978549W
The big question The big question Alister E. McGrath "Alister McGrath's The Big Question is an accessible, engaging account of how science relates to faith, exploring how the working methods and assumptions of the natural sciences can be theologically … OL20015712W
Monopolizing knowledge Monopolizing knowledge Ian H. Hutchinson Can real knowledge be found other than by science? In this unique approach to understanding today's culture wars, an MIT physicist answers emphatically yes. He shows how scientism--the view that scie… OL21176391W
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