Science and Religion: 5 Questions

Gregg Caruso MR

Dear Friends, Family, and Colleagues,

Announcing the publication of Science and Religion: 5 Questions, edited by Gregg D. Caruso ( here ) — a collection of interviews with thirty-three of the world’s leading philosophers, scientists, theologians, apologists, and atheists.

Description: Are science and religion compatible when it comes to understanding cosmology (the origin of the universe), biology (the origin of life and of the human species), ethics, and the human mind (minds, brains, souls, and free will)? Do science and religion occupy non-overlapping magisteria? Is Intelligent Design a scientific theory? How do the various faith traditions view the relationship between science and religion? What, if any, are the limits of scientific explanation? What are the most important open questions, problems, or challenges confronting the relationship between science and religion, and what are the prospects for progress? These and other questions are explored in Science and Religion: 5 Questions—a collection of thirty-three interviews based on 5 questions presented to some of the world’s most influential and prominent philosophers, scientists, theologians, apologists, and atheists.

Contributors: Contributors include a Nobel Prize winning physicist, three Templeton Prize winners, two “Humanist of the Year” winners, the “Most Influential Rabbi in America” (Newsweek, 2012), “the leading American expert on Tibetan Buddhism” (New York Times), a National Humanities Medal winner, a National Medal of Science winner, a Star of South Africa Medal winner, a Carl Sagan Award winner, a National Science Board’s Public Service Medal winner, a MacArthur Fellow, a Lakatos Award winner, an Erasmus Prize winner, a “Friend of Darwin Award” winner, a “Distinguished Skeptic Award” winner, the first Muslim to deliver the prestigious Gifford Lectures, and many more.

• Simon Blackburn, Susan Blackmore, Sean Carroll, William Lane Craig, William Dembski, Daniel C. Dennett, George F.R. Ellis, Owen Flanagan, Owen Gingerich, Rebecca Goldstein, John F. Haught, Muzaffar Iqbal, Lawrence Krauss, Colin McGinn, Alister McGrath, Mary Midgley, Seyyed Hossein Nasr, Timothy O’Connor, Massimo Pigliucci, Rev. John Polkinghorne, James “The Amazing” Randi, Alex Rosenberg, Michael Ruse, Robert John Russell, John Searle, Michael Shermer, Victor Stenger, Robert Thurman, Michael Tooley, Charles Townes, Peter van Inwagen, Keith Ward, Rabbi David Wolpe

Now available at Amazon (USA), Barnes & Nobel, and Amazon (UK).

• For purchase of single copies, please use the links above or contact your local bookstore
• For book orders of 10 copies or more, please contact Automatic Press/VIP

Science and Religion: 5 Questions is perfect for:
• General Audiences
• Reading and Discussion Groups
• Professional philosophers, scientists, theologians, and apologists
• Courses in Science and Religion, Philosophy of Religion, and Apologetics

Please feel free to contact me—Gregg D. Caruso—with any questions or requests you might have. And please consider sharing this announcement with any and all interested parties.

“Provocative thoughts on the most profound question of our time (or any time) by an all-star cast of thinkers.” -Steven Pinker, Johnstone Family Professor of Psychology, Harvard University, and author of How the Mind Works and The Better Angels of Our Nature.

“Imagine that some of the world’s best-known scientists, philosophers, and religionists were to offer up their answers to an identical set of probing questions. Imagine that these articulate statements, composed by scholars who think deeply about science and religion, are then assembled in a single collection. That’s the volume you’re holding–a fascinating snapshot of where the dialogue stands today, and of what it has (and hasn’t yet) achieved.” – Philip Clayton, Ingraham Professor of Theology, Claremont School of Theology, and author of Science and Religion: The Basics

Many thanks,

Dr. Gregg D. Caruso
Associate Professor of Philosophy
Chair of Humanities Department
Corning Community College, SUNY
Editor-in-Chief, Science, Religion and Culture
www.greggcaruso.com

Science, Religion and Culture

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