The big question : why we can't stop talking about science, faith, and God / Alister McGrath.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McGrath, Alister E., 1953- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Religion and science.

Physical Description:

264 pages ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : St. Martin's Press, 2015.

Summary:

"Alister McGrath's The Big Question is an accessible, engaging account of how science relates to faith, exploring how the working methods and assumptions of the natural sciences can be theologically useful. McGrath uses stories and analogies, as well as personal accounts, in order to help readers understand the scientific and theological points he makes, and grasp their deeper significance. An extremely accomplished scientist and scholar, McGrath criticizes the evangelism of the New Atheists and paves a logical well-argued road to the compatibility between science and faith,"--Amazon.com.

Contents:

From wonder to understanding : beginning a journey

Stories, pictures, and maps : making sense of things

Theory, evidence, and proof : how do we know what is true?

Inventing the universe : our strange world

Darwin and evolution : new questions for science and faith

Souls : on being human

The quest for meaning and the limits of science

An empirical ethics? Science, and morality

Science and faith : making sense of the world

making sense of life.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781250077929

1250077923

OCLC:

911180164