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Human uniqueness and human responsibility: science and religion in the new millennium
(Colorado State University. Libraries, 2006) Rolston, Holmes, 1932-2025, author; Templeton Foundation Press, publisher
An interdisciplinary approach to the central themes of scientific and religious thought, beginning with matter and energy, and moving through life, mind, culture, history, and spirit. Progressively reforming scientific theories lead on larger scales to progressively developing narrative models, worldviews. Science is the first fact of modern life, and religion is the perennial carrier of meaning. "God" is still the deepest hypothesis adequate to explain the genesis of life and its millennia long survival in the midst of its perpetual perishing.
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Planetary spiritual (in)formation: from biological to religious evolution
(Colorado State University. Libraries, 2006) Rolston, Holmes, 1932-2025, author; Templeton Foundation Press, publisher
Efforts at human self-understanding have shifted to the cybernetic brain, with its "spirited" experience. The sciences give precursor accounts of the origins of ethics in mutually beneficial helping behavior toward kin and tribe. In faith universalized, the inclusive benefit is open to all. On becoming so remarkably spiritually informed, this primate, rising from the dust of the Earth, bears the image of God.
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Science & religion: a critical survey - book summary
(Colorado State University. Libraries, 2006) Rolston, Holmes, 1932-2025, author; Templeton Foundation Press, publisher
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The science and religion dialogue: why it matters
(Colorado State University. Libraries, 2006) Rolston, Holmes, 1932-2025, author; Templeton Foundation Press, publisher
Seen in terms of their long-range personal and cultural impacts, science and religion are the two most important forces in today's world. Science cannot teach us what we need most to know about either nature or culture: how to value it. Science increasingly opens up religious questions. The future of religion depends on the dialogue. The dialogue offers new opportunities for understanding and confronting suffering and evil. The future of Earth depends on this dialogue.