Agnosticism
Anthropic principle
Astronomy
Atheism
Biology
Carl Sagan
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Certainty
Charles Darwin
Christianity
Conceptions of God
Cosmological constant
Creation science
Creationism
Darwinism
Deity
Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion
Effective theory
Einstein and Religion
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Ethical naturalism
Existence of God
Experimental philosophy
Explanation
Galileo Galilei
God
History and philosophy of science
Hypothesis
Intelligent design
Issues in Science and Religion
Modern physics
Molecule
Morality
Natural theology
Naturalism (philosophy)
Naturalness (physics)
On Religion
Pantheism
Personal god
Philosophy
Philosophy of science
Physicist
Potentiality and actuality
Quantum mechanics
Quantum Psychology
Quantum Theology
Relationship between religion and science
Religion
Religious experience
Religious naturalism
Science
Science education
Science studies
Scientism
Scientist
Self-organization
Spinozism
Spiritual naturalism
Spirituality
Stephen Hawking
Stephen Jay Gould
Teleological argument
The Evolution of Physics
The Mind of God
The Philosopher
The Soul of the World
Theism
Theodicy
Theology
Theoretical physics
Theory
Truth in Science
Product details
- ISBN 9780691134871
- Weight: 879g
- Dimensions: 152 x 235mm
- Publication Date: 31 Aug 2008
- Publisher: Princeton University Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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The Faith of Scientists is an anthology of writings by twenty-one legendary scientists, from the dawn of the Scientific Revolution to the frontiers of science today, about their faith, their views about God, and the place religion holds--or doesn't--in their lives in light of their commitment to science. This is the first book to bring together so many world-renowned figures of Western science and present them in their own words, offering an intimate window into their private and public reflections on science and faith. Leading religion scholar Nancy Frankenberry draws from diaries, personal letters, speeches, essays, and interviews, and reveals that the faith of scientists can take many different forms, whether religious or secular, supernatural or naturalistic, conventional or unorthodox. These eloquent writings reflect a spectrum of views from diverse areas of scientific inquiry.
Represented here are some of the most influential and colossal personalities in the history of science, from the founders of science such as Galileo, Johannes Kepler, Francis Bacon, Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin, and Albert Einstein, to modern-day scientists like Carl Sagan, Stephen Jay Gould, Jane Goodall, Freeman Dyson, Stephen Hawking, Edward O. Wilson, and Ursula Goodenough. Frankenberry provides a general introduction as well as concise introductions to each chapter that place these writings in context and suggest further reading from the latest scholarship. As surprising as it is illuminating and inspiring, The Faith of Scientists is indispensable for students, scholars, and anyone seeking to immerse themselves in important questions about God, the universe, and science.
Nancy K. Frankenberry is the John Phillips Professor of Religion at Dartmouth College. Her books include "Radical Interpretation in Religion" and "Religion and Radical Empiricism".
