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Science & Religion

Variety in Religion and Science: Daily Reflections

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Book Number: 
350
Date Fred Read: 
April 2010
Fred's Rating: 
5
Total Pages: 
540
Publisher: 
iUniverse, Inc.
Year: 
2005

Varadaraja V. Raman is Emeritus Professor of Physics and Humanities at Rochester Institute of Technology. He grew up in the Hindu tradition. He has written several books and many articles on Science & Religion and is active in organizations devoted to building understanding between science and the humanities. (For his books I’ve read, click on his name.)  Read more

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Random Rhymes and Various Verses

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Book Number: 
348
Date Fred Read: 
March 2010
Fred's Rating: 
5
Total Pages: 
275
Publisher: 
Xlibris Corporation
Year: 
2002

Varadaraja V. Raman has a University of Paris Ph.D. and taught physics and humanities for many years. He is an Emeritus Professor at the Rochester Institute of Technology. He wrote many articles on aspects of science and its impacts on society, poetry, and on India's heritage. (For his books I’ve read, click on his name.)  Read more

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Epiphanies: Where Science and Miracles Meet

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Book Number: 
342
Date Fred Read: 
February 2010
Fred's Rating: 
5
Author: 
Ann Jauregui
Total Pages: 
174
Publisher: 
Atria Books/Beyond Words
Year: 
2007

Ann Jauregui has been a practicing therapist, consultant, and teacher for more than 25 years. She is a cofounder and associate of Vine Street, a multidisciplinary center for healing arts in Berkeley, CA, and adjunct professor at the Wright Institute. The Foreword is by Huston Smith. This was a gift book.  Read more

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Truth and Tension in Science and Religion

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Book Number: 
317
Date Fred Read: 
August 2009
Fred's Rating: 
5
Total Pages: 
339
Publisher: 
Beech River Books
Year: 
2009

Varadaraja V. Raman is Emeritus Professor of Physics and Humanities at the Rochester Institute of Technology; Senior Fellow, Metanexus Institute. An expert on Hindu culture and religion, he has written on the historical, social, and philosophical aspects of physics/science, as well as on India’s heritage and has authored eight books. (For his books I've read, click on his name.)  Read more

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Spiritual Evolution: How We Are Wired for Faith, Hope, and Love

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Book Number: 
314
Date Fred Read: 
July 2009
Fred's Rating: 
5
Author: 
George Vaillant
Total Pages: 
206
Publisher: 
Broadway; Reprint edition
Year: 
2009

George Vaillant, MD, is a psychoanalyst, a research psychiatrist, the director of the Study of Adult Development at Harvard, and the author of five other books, including Aging Well and Adaptation to Life, a classic text in adult development. (See also book 323 by Bruce Hood.)  Read more

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The God Who Would Be Known: Revelations of the Divine in Contemporary Science

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Book Number: 
308
Date Fred Read: 
June 2009
Fred's Rating: 
5
Author: 
John Templeton
Author: 
Robert Herrmann
Total Pages: 
243
Publisher: 
Templeton Foundation Press
Year: 
1998

John Templeton (1912-2008), founder of Templeton Mutual Funds, devoted his time since 1990 to spiritual progress and his Foundation (www.templeton.org). Robert Herrmann taught biochemistry before focusing on integrating religion and science.  Read more

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The Big Questions in Science and Religion

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Book Number: 
274
Date Fred Read: 
October 2008
Fred's Rating: 
5
Author: 
Keith Ward
Total Pages: 
271
Publisher: 
Templeton Foundation Press; 2 edition
Year: 
2008

Keith Ward, a British Academy fellow, the Regis Professor of Divinity Emeritus of Oxford, an ordained Anglican priest and a member of the Council of the Royal Institute of Philosophy, is interested in comparative theology and the interplay of science and faith. He's written more than 20 books.  Read more

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Reinventing the Sacred: A New View of Science, Reason, and Religion

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Book Number: 
267
Date Fred Read: 
September 2008
Fred's Rating: 
4
Author: 
Stuart A. Kauffman
Total Pages: 
288
Publisher: 
Basic Books
Year: 
2008

Stuart A. Kauffman, the founding director of the Institute for Biocomplexity and Informatics and a professor at the Univ. of Calgary, became a leader in the areas of self-organization and complexity, at the Santa Fe Institute in the 1990s and is the author of 3 other books in these areas.  Read more

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God and the New Atheism: A Critical Response to Dawkins, Harris, and Hitchens

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Book Number: 
257
Date Fred Read: 
July 2008
Fred's Rating: 
5
Author: 
John F. Haught
Total Pages: 
107
Publisher: 
Westminster John Knox Press
Year: 
2007

John F. Haught is Senior Fellow in Science and Religion at the Theological Center at Georgetown. As their 1970-2005 Theology Department Chair and Professor, he became a leading thinker in theology and science, an international lecturer, and a prolific author. (For his books I've read, click on his name.)  Read more

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Science, Evolution, and Creationism

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Book Number: 
238
Date Fred Read: 
February 2008
Fred's Rating: 
4
Total Pages: 
47
Publisher: 
National Academies Press; 1 edition
Year: 
2008

This is the third edition of a publication first issued in 1984 by the NAS (an independent society of scientists elected by their peers for outstanding contributions to their field, and which has a mandate from Congress since 1863 to advise the federal government on issues of science and technology).  Read more

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