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God’s mechanics : : how scientists and engineers make sense of religion / Guy Consolmagno

Tác giả : Guy Consolmagno

Nhà xuất bản : Jossey-Bass

Năm xuất bản : 2008

Nơi xuất bản : San Francisco

Mô tả vật lý : vi, 245 p. ; 24 cm

ISBN : 0787994669 (cloth); 9780787994662 (cloth)

Số phân loại : 201.65

Chủ đề : 1. Khoa học và tôn giáo. 2. Religion and science. 3. Tôn giáo.

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Starred Review. Sidestepping the acrimony of recent science vs. religion debates, Consolmagno, a Vatican astronomer and self-described "techie," intends that "demonstrating the existence of a lot of people like me, who flourish as scientists while practicing a religion, should be proof enough that science and religion can be perfectly compatible." Combining personal memoir with conversations within the techie world, Consolmagno describes questions about the universe and the meaning of life that attract techies into religious belief and practice, concluding that "techies are not looking for proof. They’re looking for confidence." When he tests his initial hypotheses with a survey project, Consolmagno finds that for many religiously-involved techie types, the value of community and moral support may actually be more important than the search for religious answers. As one atheist interviewee puts it, "You think you are selling truth, but your audience has already brought their own truth with them to church. All you are selling them is tech support." Is this all there is to religion? Certainly not for Brother Guy, who defends a specifically Christian and Catholic version of religious truth.

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