Science, Religion, and the Human Experience

Editor James D. Proctor has gathered sixteen in -depth essays, each of which examines and compares different aspects of five central metaphors or "visions" of biophysical and human nature. These visions are evolutionary nature, emergent nature, malleable nature, nature as sacred, and nature as culture. The book's diverse contributors offer a wide show more variety of unique perspectives on these five visions, spanning the intellectual spectrum and proposing important and often starting implications for religion and science alike. Throughout the essays, the authors do a great deal of cross-referencing and engagement with each other's ideas, creating a cohesive dialogue on the visions of nature. show less