{"product_id":"god-versus-nature-the-conflict-between-religion-and-science-in-history-paperback","title":"God Versus Nature: The Conflict Between Religion and Science in History - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eFrederick M. Seiler\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eScience Versus Religion\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eScience is based on reason. Religion is based on faith.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReason and faith are fundamentally incompatible, therefore science and religion must be incompatible.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGiven this basic conflict, a close look at history reveals some puzzling facts: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eScience was born in a society that believed in many gods (Ancient Greece).\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eNumerous scientific achievements were made in the very religious Islamic world.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eModern science was born in a society dominated by Christianity (seventeenth-century Europe).\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eMost scientists in history were religious.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eHow are we to make sense of these facts? How are we to relate them to the broader trajectory of the science\/religion relationship from Ancient Greece to the present?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThat is the subject of this book. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 244\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.55 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 11, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42103511220359,"sku":"9781951937041","price":25.85,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/bff94a103839bece0345eb9897fdd7cc.webp?v=1732414415","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/god-versus-nature-the-conflict-between-religion-and-science-in-history-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}