Routledge Companion to Religion and Science

The field of religion and science is one of the most exciting and dynamic areas of research today. This major new companion brings together an outstanding team of scholars to explore the ways in which science intersects with the major religions of the world and religious naturalism. Many previous books have focussed primarily on the compatibility or otherwise of Christian theology with certain theories. This new work looks also at other major religious traditions, featuring the exciting new work which is currently being done in Islamic Studies, Buddhist Studies, Hindu Studies, Native American Religions and many other traditions. It provides an overview of the field and also indicates ways in which it is developing, laying the ground for future work in the field. Topics include cosmologies and cosmogonies; quantum theoretical approaches and causality; complexity, emergence, and eliminativism;evolutionary biology and suffering; evolutionary psychology, genetics, and compassion; the cognitive sciences and religious experience ; ecology and the integrity of nature; biotechnology and justice; non-human cognition: animal cognition and artificial intelligence; human agency and law and brain-machine interfaces and the transhuman. Despite the complexity of the subject matter, each topic is presented in a clear readable fashion, ideal for scholars but also useful for upper level undergraduates fascinated by the current state of the field.