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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      25 March 2021
      08 April 2021
      ISBN:
      9781139381765
      9781107031487
      9781107667846
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/9781139381765
      Dimensions:
      (244 x 170 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.65kg, 284 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (244 x 170 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.5kg, 284 Pages
      • Series:
      Cambridge Introductions to Philosophy and Biology
      Subjects:
      Philosophy of Science, Religion, Philosophy, Religion: General Interest
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    Series:
    Cambridge Introductions to Philosophy and Biology
    Subjects:
    Philosophy of Science, Religion, Philosophy, Religion: General Interest
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    The intersection of biology and religion has spawned exciting new areas of academic research that raise issues central to understanding our own humanity and the living world. In this comprehensive and accessible survey, Michael L. Peterson and Dennis R. Venema explain the engagement between biology and religion on issues related to origins, evolution, design, suffering and evil, progress and purpose, love, humanity, morality, ecology, and the nature of religion itself. Does life have a chemical origin - or must there be a divine spark? How can religious claims about divine goodness be reconciled with widespread predation, suffering, and death in the animal kingdom? Peterson and Venema develop a philosophical discussion around such controversial questions. The book situates each topic in its historical, scientific, and theological context, making it the perfect introduction for upper-level undergraduates, graduate students, scholars, and the interested general reader.

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    ‘… clearly written and carefully organized, with a useful glossary and a brief up-to-date bibliography of further reading …’

    Glenn Branch Source: The Quarterly Review of Biology

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