文档介绍：Science,
Religion,
and
Society
AN ENCYCLOPEDIA
OF HISTORY, CULTURE,
AND CONTROVERSY
V OLUME O NE
FOREWORD BY THE DALAI LAMA
EDITED BY
ARRI EISEN AND GARY LADERMAN
Armonk, New York
London, England
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Science, religion, and society : an encyclopedia of history, culture, and controversy / Arri Eisen
and Gary Laderman, editors.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN-13: 978-0-7656-8064-8
ISBN-10: 0-7656-8064-5 (set: hc: alk. paper)
1. Religion and science. 2. Religion and science—History. I. Eisen, Arri, 1963–
II. Laderman, Gary, 1962–
2006
201’.65—dc22 2005026762
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Chapter 76 reprinted by permission of Sage Publications Ltd. from Journal of Health
Psychology 7, no. 4 (July 2002): 365–80.
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Contents
Volume 1
Foreword by The Dalai Lama xi
Preface xv
Acknowledgments xix
General Overviews
Introduction to General Overviews 3
1 Integrating Science and Religion
John Polkinghorne 7
2 Integrating Science and Religion—A Jewish Perspective
Norbert M. Samuelson 18
3 Islam and Science
Toby E. Huff 26
4 The Place o