Religion, Science and Naturalism - Hardcover

Drees, Willem B.

9780521497084: Religion, Science and Naturalism

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521497086 ISBN 13: 9780521497084

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1996

This book considers the consequences of the natural sciences (physics, biology, neurosciences) for our view of the world. Willem Drees argues that religion and morality are to be understood as rooted in our evolutionary past and neurophysiological constitution. His book takes a more radical naturalist position than most on religion and science. But religion is not dismissed: religious traditions remain important as bodies of wisdom and vision.

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Review:

"Physicist-philosopher-theologian Willem Drees appears as a rising star over an expanding field of science and religion....He offers a religious view of reality rooted in 'the rich possibilities of the natural world,' and he expects progress in religion by means of ongoing interaction with scientific knowledge. In the end, Drees provides a well-crafted survey of the science-religion landscape that also tries to reconcile the humility of science with the hope of religion." William A. Durbin, American Scientist

"...Drees's argument, his contribution here to the `science/religion discussion' is a welcome addition to the literature. Drees provides a genuinely original contribution to the centuries-long discussion that could well put the entire debate on to a different plane....his argument...is one that ought to be given serious consideration by everyone interested in these matters." Donal Wiebe, Toronto Journal of Theology

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