03139cam a2200553Mu 4500 ocn829462140 OCoLC 20200709055754.0 m d cr cnu---unuuu 130309s2013 nyu o 000 0 eng d EBLCP eng EBLCP OCLCO N$T 9780231529051 (electronic bk.) 0231529058 (electronic bk.) (OCoLC)829462140 549694 (N$T) BM538.S3 P65 2013 REL 106000 bisacsh 201.65 296.3/75 296.375 N$TA Pollack, Robert, 1940- The faith of biology and the biology of faith [electronic resource] : order, meaning, and free will in modern medical science. New York : Columbia University Press, 2013. 1 online resource (189 p.) Columbia Series on Religion and Politics Description based upon print version of record. Cover; Half title; Title; Copyright; Series Page; Dedication; Contents; Preface to the 2013 Paperback Edition; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1. Order Versus Meaning: Science and Religion; Chapter 2. The Meaning Is in the Order: DNA-Based Medicine; Chapter 3. Meaning Beyond Order: The Science of One Life at a Time; Postscript; Bibliography; Index Are there parallels between the ""moment of insight"" in science and the emergence of the ""unknowable"" in religious faith? Where does scientific insight come from? Award-winning biologist Robert Pollack argues that an alliance between religious faith and science is not necessarily an argument in favor of irrationality: the two can inform each other's visions of the world.Pollack begins by reflecting on the large questions of meaning and purpose?and the difficulty of finding either in the orderly world described by the data of science. He considers the obligation to find meaning. Free will and determinism. Genetics -- Moral and ethical aspects. Judaism and science. Meaning (Philosophy) -- Religious aspects. Natural selection. RELIGION / Religion & Science bisacsh Judaism and science. Meaning (Philosophy) Religious aspects. Natural selection. Free will and determinism. Genetics Moral and ethical aspects. Electronic books. Print version: Pollack, Robert E. The Faith of Biology and the Biology of Faith : Order, Meaning, and Free Will in Modern Medical Science New York : Columbia University Press,c2013 9780231115070 Columbia series on religion and politics. http://public.eblib.com/EBLPublic/PublicView.do?ptiID=932171 Ebook Library EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=549694 EBL - Ebook Library EBLB EBL932171 EBSCOhost EBSC 549694 cpp1723AUTO 02 N$T 52782 52782