A review of Norbert M. Samuelson, Jewish Faith and Modern Science: On the Death and Rebirth of Jewish Philosophy (New York: Rowman & Littlefield, 2009.) Modern Jews are torn between the particularist teachings of their religious tradition and the universalist aspirations of science (or maybe they should be more so). Of course, other religious traditions…
By accident or design, transhumanism has often been depicted as a villain without redeeming qualities. Rather than considering transhumanism on its own terms, we are often given a false choice: threat or menace?
Spiritual Transformation and Healing: Anthropological, Theological, Neuroscientific, and Clinical Perspectives. Edited by JOAN D. KOSS-CHIOINO and PHILIP HEFNER. Lanham, Md: AltaMira, 2006. xxvii + 300 pages. $29.95 (paper). This enriching, daring volume divides into five parts: I—Finding Our Way through New Terrain (chaps. 1–3); II—Traditional and Indigenous Healing Systems: Anthropological Perspectives (chaps. 4–7); III—Spiritual Transformation…
0. Introduction In this paper I want to address the problem of using the notion of “person” or “personhood” in the biomedical ethics. I want to do this in four steps: In the first step I want to argue that there is a need to distinguish between persons and human beings as the medical science…
Introduction Confronted by the various advances in science and technology in the 21st century which shed new insights into the genetics, physiology, psychology and behaviour of man, one cannot but reflect on our understanding of the nature of human experience in light of these new breakthroughs. Tracing the journey of the quest of the understanding…
Introduction This paper advances the possibility that the apparent logical fissure emergent in reductionist thought coming from orthodox science of the twentieth century and the application of the scientific method is manifest in what we know and do not understand in quantum mechanics can be liaised to an intellectual percept though the perspective offered by…
A new project for “Science and Religion in Schools” must start from the position of existing curricula and the way in which issues on science and religion are now taught in the context of religious education and other subjects.
For many years, I looked forward to reading The New York Times science supplement all week long. Come Tuesday morning, I was sure to learn of some intriguing discovery or elegant theory that would set my pulse racing with that rush of pleasure all scholars secretly seek, and which natural science provides in a particularly…
This document is about the learning experiences throughout the subject “The Dialogue between Science and Religion” given at UPAEP (Popular Autonomous University of the State of Puebla). For the last year, students at UPAEP have received courses about “The Dialogue between Science and Religion” as part of the plan of studies and their integral formation….
In many places, religious scholars, scientists, and politicians are debating the moral status of the human embryo. This debate draws attention to the political, social, and economic contexts in which transdisciplinary scholarly discussions often occur.