Politics by Other Means
Science and Religion in the Twenty-First Century
Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Science, Religion & Spirituality
| Author: | William Grassie | ISBN: | 9781450038508 |
| Publisher: | Xlibris US | Publication: | March 8, 2010 |
| Imprint: | Xlibris US | Language: | English |
| Author: | William Grassie |
| ISBN: | 9781450038508 |
| Publisher: | Xlibris US |
| Publication: | March 8, 2010 |
| Imprint: | Xlibris US |
| Language: | English |
Politics by Other Means explores profound issues at the interface of contemporary religion and science from a global perspective. Brought together and thematically organized in this volume are twenty-four essays that were originally presented at conferences in China, Germany, India, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, Lebanon, and Sri Lanka. Many of the essays are more journalistic in tone and content while others adopt a more academic prose style and approach. All are provocative and iconoclastic challenging scientific and religious orthodoxies, exploring the great cultural ambivalences at the intersection of the domains of science and religion, and holding out the possibility of a transformative politics for addressing the great challenges of the twenty-first century.
Politics by Other Means explores profound issues at the interface of contemporary religion and science from a global perspective. Brought together and thematically organized in this volume are twenty-four essays that were originally presented at conferences in China, Germany, India, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, Lebanon, and Sri Lanka. Many of the essays are more journalistic in tone and content while others adopt a more academic prose style and approach. All are provocative and iconoclastic challenging scientific and religious orthodoxies, exploring the great cultural ambivalences at the intersection of the domains of science and religion, and holding out the possibility of a transformative politics for addressing the great challenges of the twenty-first century.
