Science and Religion in Schools: Guides for Teachers
The aim of these two guides is: “to encourage the teaching in schools of issues concerning the debate between the claims of science and those of the major world religions.”
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Review of Science and Religion in Schools
There is no shortage of books on science and religion but, perhaps surprisingly, there is a paucity of materials that are of high quality and can be used in schools. Until the Science and Religion in Schools Project, that is.
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An Ongoing Adventure with WWJD?
A review of “What Would Jesus Deconstruct?: The Good News of Postmodernism for the Church.”
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Review of Michael S. Kogan’s Opening the Covenant: A Jewish Theology of Christianity
Michael S. Kogan, Opening the Covenant: A Jewish Theology of Christianity.New York: Oxford University Press, 2007. 304 pages, $ 29.95 Michael Kogan’s ambitious project sets out to do just what its title promises: to come up with a Jewish theology for Christianity, an opening of the Covenant with God to include gentiles, too. He claims…
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Review of Christopher Hitchens’ God is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything
Christopher Hitchens, God is Not Great. Twelve Books, Hachette Book Group, 2007. 307 pages, $24.99 Preamble: If you find my reflections on this book to be somewhat perplexing, it will be because I don’t subscribe to the ancient view that categorizes everything in the world into Good and Evil. Regrettably, this book which is so…
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The Secret: Negotiating the Slippery Slope between Hope and Hoax
Real estate has buyer’s and seller’s markets–and other industries have them as well. Information industries have a particular kind of seller’s market in which demand is high for information that is not reliably available. Cancer treatment, money management, leadership training, alternative medicine, psychotherapy, get-rich-quick training courses, spiritual guidance, diet programs–these are just some of the…
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A Review of “Trialogue: Jews, Christians, and Muslims in Dialogue”
Swidler, Leonard, Khalid Duran & Reuven Firestone. Trialogue: Jews, Christians, and Muslims in Dialogue. Twenty-Third Publications, 2007. $24.95. This collaborative effort of three authors belonging to three Abrahamic faiths is not a scholarly work. Designed for the general interested public, it is rather accessible and not overburdened with terminology or endnotes. Instead, the book is…
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Review of Kevin S. Seybold’s “Explorations in Neuroscience, Psychology and Religion”
Review of Kevin S. Seybold, Explorations in Neuroscience, Psychology and Religion. Ashgate Publishing Company, 2007. $99.95. Explorations in Neuroscience, Psychology and Religion provides a helpful introduction to the realms of neuroscience, psychology, religion, and religion and science. Written for the “person in the pew,” Seybold supplies a survey of the titular fields and then investigates the…
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Review of David Sloan Wilson’s “Evolution for Everyone: How Darwin’s theory can change the way we think about our lives”
David Sloan Wilson, Evolution for Everyone: How Darwin’s theory can change the way we think about our live, Delacorte Press, 2007, $24.00. Everyone (who can read) has heard of evolution. Many even know that its origins may be traced to the writings of Charles Darwin. There is also the general impression that in a nutshell the…
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Review of The Encyclopedia of Religion and Science
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SCIENCE AND RELIGION, J. Wentzel Vrede van Huysteen, Editor in Chief. Macmillan Reference USA, 2003. xxxviii + 1050 pages. The long article by Warren S. Brown on “Neurosciences” looked impeccable and up to date. Some people would object to calling certain brain functions the “highest.” This is because of a generalized objection to…