Kneeling at the Altar of Science - Softcover

Bolger, Robert

Softcover

ISBN 10: 161097316X ISBN 13: 9781610973168

Publisher: Pickwick Publications, 2012

Synopsis

Does religion need to look more like a science? If much of the contemporary work published in science and religion is any indication, the answer appears to be a resounding "yes." Yet the current tendency to dress religion up in the language and methods of science does more harm than good. In Kneeling at the Altar of Science, Robert Bolger argues that much of the recent writing in science and religion falls prey to the practice of what he calls "religious scientism," or the attempt to use science to explain and clarify certain religious concepts. Bolger then shows, with clarity and humor, how religious scientism harms rather than helps, arguing in the end that religious concepts do better when their meaning is found in the context of their religious use. This book promises to be a fresh approach to the ever-popular dialogue between science and religion.

About this title

About the Author:

Robert Bolger has a Ph.D in Philosophy of Religion and Theology from Claremont Graduate University and a M.A. in Theology from Union Theological Seminary. He lives and Teaches in Bothell Washington.

Review:

Brimming with well-informed arguments, Kneeling at the Altar of Science is both original and enjoyable."
--Lynne Rudder Baker, author of The Metaphysics of Everyday Life
 
 
"Bolger's analysis is strong, original, and provocative.
--Willem B. Drees, editor of Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science

About this edition

• Publisher: Pickwick Publications
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 161097316X
• ISBN 13: 9781610973168
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 174