The relationships between science and religion are about to enter a new phase in our contemporary world, as scientific knowledge has become increasingly relevant in ordinary life, beyond the institutional public spaces where it traditionally developed. The purpose of this volume is to analyze the relationships, possible articulations and contradictions between religion and science as forms of life: ways of engaging human experience that originate in particular social and cultural formations. Contributions use this theoretical and ethnographic research to explore different scientific and religious cultures in the contemporary world.…mehr
The relationships between science and religion are about to enter a new phase in our contemporary world, as scientific knowledge has become increasingly relevant in ordinary life, beyond the institutional public spaces where it traditionally developed. The purpose of this volume is to analyze the relationships, possible articulations and contradictions between religion and science as forms of life: ways of engaging human experience that originate in particular social and cultural formations. Contributions use this theoretical and ethnographic research to explore different scientific and religious cultures in the contemporary world.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Joan Bestard is Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Barcelona, where he is also director of the research center on Kinship and Family. He has done research on kinship and religion and is currently conducting research on religion in Southeast Poland. His recent publication is Familias (Madrid, 2012).
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Introduction: Science, Religion and Forms of Life Carles Salazar PART I: COGNITION Chapter 1. Maturationally Natural Cognition Impedes Professional Science and Facilitates Popular Religion Robert N. McCauley Chapter 2. Scientific vs. Religious 'Knowledge' in Evolutionary Perspective Michael Blume Chapter 3. Magic and Ritual in an Age of Science Jesper Sørensen PART II: BEYOND SCIENCE Chapter 4. Moral Employments of Scientific Thought Timothy Jenkins Chapter 5. The Social Life of Concepts: Public and Private 'Knowledge' of Scientific Creationism Simon Coleman Chapter 6. The Embryo, Sacred and Profane Marit Melhuus Chapter 7. The Religions of Science and the Sciences of Religion in Brazil. Roger Sansi-Roca Chapter 8. Science in Action, Religion in Thought: Catholic Charismatics' Notions about Illness Maria Coma PART III: MEANING SYSTEMS Chapter 9. On the Resilience of Superstition João de Pina-Cabral Chapter 10. Religion, Magic and Practical Reason: Meaning and Everyday Life in Contemporary Ireland Tom Inglis Chapter 11. Can the Dead Suffer Traumas? Religion and Science after the Vietnam War Heonik Kwon Notes on Contributors
Introduction: Science, Religion and Forms of Life Carles Salazar PART I: COGNITION Chapter 1. Maturationally Natural Cognition Impedes Professional Science and Facilitates Popular Religion Robert N. McCauley Chapter 2. Scientific vs. Religious 'Knowledge' in Evolutionary Perspective Michael Blume Chapter 3. Magic and Ritual in an Age of Science Jesper Sørensen PART II: BEYOND SCIENCE Chapter 4. Moral Employments of Scientific Thought Timothy Jenkins Chapter 5. The Social Life of Concepts: Public and Private 'Knowledge' of Scientific Creationism Simon Coleman Chapter 6. The Embryo, Sacred and Profane Marit Melhuus Chapter 7. The Religions of Science and the Sciences of Religion in Brazil. Roger Sansi-Roca Chapter 8. Science in Action, Religion in Thought: Catholic Charismatics' Notions about Illness Maria Coma PART III: MEANING SYSTEMS Chapter 9. On the Resilience of Superstition João de Pina-Cabral Chapter 10. Religion, Magic and Practical Reason: Meaning and Everyday Life in Contemporary Ireland Tom Inglis Chapter 11. Can the Dead Suffer Traumas? Religion and Science after the Vietnam War Heonik Kwon Notes on Contributors
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