Science and Religion: East and West

ISBN-13: 9781138488670 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 232 str.

Opis

This volume looks at the relationship between science and religion at the intersection of ‘East’ and ‘West’. Offering a different slant on the science and its religion issue the volume brings looks at: Eastern thought within Western science and religion; Western thought within Eastern science and religion.

Spis treści

Introduction 1. Science International (Beyond the West): The Ups and Downs of Trans-Cultural Science 2. Zen, Suzuki and the Art of Psychotherapy 3. India's Response to Darwin 4. Perspectives on the Relation between Science and Religion in India 5. Jagadish Chandra Bose and Vedantic Science 6. Ancient Indian Philosophy meets Modern Western Science: Discussions of Causality and Consciousness in the Colonial Indian Academy 7. Being Religious, Being Scientific: Science, Religion, and Atheism in Contemporary India 8. Betwixt Science and Religion; East and West: Jesuits in 17th and 18th Century Southern India 9. Exploring the Contemporary Debate Over Islam and Science in India: Portrait of the Aligarh School 10. How Scientific was Islamic Science? A Case Study in the Alchemy of al-Razi 11. Western influences on Greek scholars: The scientific education of Greek Orthodox during the 17th century