Faith versus fact

Faith versus fact: why science and religion are incompatible

by Coyne, Jerry A.

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The best-selling author of Why Evolution Is True discusses the negative role of religion in education, politics, medicine and social policy, explaining how religion cannot provide verifiable or responsible answers to world problems.

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  • Full title :Faith versus fact : why science and religion are incompatible / Jerry A. Coyne.

Summary

The best-selling author of Why Evolution Is True discusses the negative role of religion in education, politics, medicine and social policy, explaining how religion cannot provide verifiable or responsible answers to world problems.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2015

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Viking
  • Place of Publication:New York
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:2015

The Physical Object

  • Description:xxii, 311 pages ; : 24 cm

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9780670026531, 0670026530
  • oclc:ocn892041493
  • LC Classification:BL240.3
  • Dewey Decimal:201/.65

Table of Contents

Preface : The genesis of this book -- The problem -- What's incompatible? : What is science? ; What is religion? ; The incompatibility ; Conflicts of method ; Conflicts of outcome ; Conflicts of philosophy -- Why accommodationism fails : The varieties of accommodationism ; Science versus the supernatural ; What about miracles? ; Three test cases ; Was the evolution of humans inevitable? ; Theological problems with theistic evolution -- Faith strikes back : The new natural theology ; Is science the only "way of knowing"? ; The scientism canard -- Why does it matter? : Child abuse : faith as substitute for medicine ; Suppression of research and vaccination ; Opposition to assisted dying ; Global-warming denialism ; Does faith have any value? ; Can there be dialogue between science and faith?

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Subjects

Faith and reason Foi et raison Religion and science Religion et sciences Religion och vetenskap Tro och vetande

Writers

Coyne, Jerry A.

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