00000nam 2200000 4500 INLIS000000000009384 20200508204753 200508||||||||| | ||| |||| ||eng|| 978-0028659114 010-0520009384 eng 291 291/VAN/E Van Huyssteen J. Wentzel (Jacobus Wentzel) 1942- [Ed.] Encyclopedia of Science and Religion 2V New York MacMillan 2003 2 v. ; 29 cm. 29 cm. This encyclopedia, intended for "a wide readership from high-school students to independent researchers and academics," deals with all aspects of the conflict and dialogue between science and religion. The list of scholars who have contributed is impressive, and the project had as a consultant and contributor Ian Barbour, physicist, theologian, and well-known author on the interplay of science and religion. The editorial point of view is that the formal consideration of the relationship between science and religion has become a new academic field of study. The troublesome potential of new technologies has brought questions into the public arena as well. The 400-plus alphabetically arranged entries range from broad essays on topics such as Biotechnology, Causation, and Sociobiology to shorter pieces on terms such as Cybernetics, Eco-feminism, and entropy. There are also 20 biographies of important figures in the dialogue between science and religion, from Aristotle to Stephen Jay Gould. The fore matter includes an alphabetical list of all articles as well as a synoptic outline, which enables one to see all of the Religion and science --Encyclopedias.