Cosmology, Religion, and Society
Abstract. It is a mistake to assume that science and religion are competing accounts of the same subject matter, so that either science supersedes religion or religion anticipates science. Using the question of cosmic origins as an example, I argue that the basic task of religion is not the scientif...
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Year: 1990, Volume: 25, Issue: 1, Pages: 7-23 |
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