Religion, science, and public policy / edited, with a preface, by Frank T. Birtel.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Birtel, Frank T., 1932-

The Library of Chaim Potok (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

Tulane Judeo-Christian studies edition

A Tulane Judeo-Christian studies edition

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Religion and science.

Sociobiology--Moral and ethical aspects.

Sociobiology.

Church and state--United States--History--20th century.

Church and state.

United States.

History.

Genre:

History.

Essays.

Penn Provenance:

Potok, Adena (donor) (Potok Collection copy)

Potok, Chaim (inscription) (Potok Collection copy)

Birtel, Frank T., 1932- (autograph) (Potok Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xiii pages, 1 unnumbered page, 152 pages, 2 unnumbered pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Crossroad [Publishing Company], [1987]

Contents:

Nina Booth Bricker Memorial Lectures

Rethinking religious faith in a world of science / A. R. Peacocke

Disguised friend: biological evolution and belief in God / A. R. Peacocke

Is religious faith possible in an age of science / Langdon Gilkey

George Hitching Terriberry Lectures

Religion and the idea of nature / Stephen Toulmin

Newton and Christianity / Richard S. Westfall

Toward a physics, metaphysics, and theology of creation: a Trinitarian view / Karl E. Peters

Hugh McCloskey Evans, Jr., Memorial Lectures

Sociobiology and ethics / Philip Hefner

Bishops and the ruling class: the moral formation of public policy / John T. Noonan, Jr.

Notes:

"Designer" Joanna V. Hill."

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Potok Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries by Adena Potok.

Potok Collection copy: dust jacket retained.

Potok Collection copy inscribed: "To Chaim - with appreciation of your visit. Frank Birtel".

Other Format:

Online version: Religion, science, and public policy.

ISBN:

0824508335

9780824508333

OCLC:

14243044