The Bible and Science

Longing for God in a Science-Dominated World

Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, Denominations, Catholic, Catholicism
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Author: Vincent Smiles ISBN: 9780814680063
Publisher: Liturgical Press Publication: June 1, 2011
Imprint: Michael Glazier Language: English
Author: Vincent Smiles
ISBN: 9780814680063
Publisher: Liturgical Press
Publication: June 1, 2011
Imprint: Michael Glazier
Language: English

Confusing paradox surrounds the Bible.

Some look to it as the definition of reality and deny science; others see science alone as the arbiter of truth and deny the Bible. Both extremes are merely symptoms of a still wider debate on the place of ancient spiritual wisdom in a science-dominated world. Following the Reformation and Enlightenment, the Western world gained great power but lost its spiritual bearings. This book draws on numerous sources, ancient and modern, to examine what the missteps were that have brought us to a point of such confusion, and in doing so argues cogently against the modern philosophy of scientific materialism. With the aid of biblical stories and imagery it suggests how we might find our way back to balance, where ancient wisdom and modern science can together shed light on humans and their encompassing reality.

Vincent Smiles is professor of theology at Saint John's University, Collegeville, Minnesota.

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Confusing paradox surrounds the Bible.

Some look to it as the definition of reality and deny science; others see science alone as the arbiter of truth and deny the Bible. Both extremes are merely symptoms of a still wider debate on the place of ancient spiritual wisdom in a science-dominated world. Following the Reformation and Enlightenment, the Western world gained great power but lost its spiritual bearings. This book draws on numerous sources, ancient and modern, to examine what the missteps were that have brought us to a point of such confusion, and in doing so argues cogently against the modern philosophy of scientific materialism. With the aid of biblical stories and imagery it suggests how we might find our way back to balance, where ancient wisdom and modern science can together shed light on humans and their encompassing reality.

Vincent Smiles is professor of theology at Saint John's University, Collegeville, Minnesota.

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