PT1722 God and Gray Matter: Resources
Also See the Bibliography Compiled by the Templeton Foundation and CTNS
http://www.ctns.org/Course_Program/SRC_details/Bibliography/bibliography.html
Science and Religion: General
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Barbour, Ian. Religion and Science: Historical and Contemporary Issues.
HarperSanFrancisco, 1999. A Revised version of Religion in an Age
of Science, 1990.
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Barbour, Ian. When Science Meets Religion: Enemies, Strangers, or Partners?
HarperSanFrancisco, 2000.
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Drees, Willem. Religion, Science, and Naturalism. Cambridnge University
Press, 1996.
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Gould, Stephen Jay. Rocks of Ages: Science and Religion in the Fullness
of Life. New York: Ballantine, 1999.
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Griffen, David Ray. Religion and Scientific Naturalism: Overcoming the
Conflicts. Albany, NY: SUNY Press, 2000.
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Heilbron, J. L. The Sun in the Church: Cathedrals as Solar Observatories.
Harvard University Press, 1999. BTS Stacks: 520 H363s
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Livingston, Hart, and Noll. Evangelicals and Science in Historical Perspective.
New York: Oxford University Press, 1999.
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McGrath, Alister. The Foundations of Dialogue in Science & Religion.
Blackwell, 1998.
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Peacocke, Arthur. God and the New Biology. London: J. M Dent &
Sons, 1986.
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Taylor, Barbara Brown, The Luminous Web:Essays on Science and Religion.
Cambridge: Cowley, 2000.
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The Science-Religion Relation: Controversy, Convergence, and Search
for Meaning [William James Award address delivered at Ann Meeting of
the American Psychological Assn, New York, Ag 1995; replies, L Marmol,
pp 159-160, and E Shafranske, pp 161-166, rejoinder, pp 167-171; bibliog]
International Journal for the Psychology of Religion, 7, no 3 (1997),
p. 143-158
Darwinism and Human Evolution Evolution
and Creationism/Religion in America
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Cziko, Gary. Without Miracles: Universal Selection Theory and the Second
Darwinian Revolution. MIT Press, 1995.
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Dawkins, Richard. Climbing Mount Improbable. New York: W.W. Norton
& Co., 1996. An excellent book detailing how "improbable things" like
eyes, wings, spider webs, and figs can be explained by evolution if studied
carefully. Illuminating and well-written, good for non-scientist.
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Dennet, Daniel. Darwin's Dangerous Idea.
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Denton. Nature’s Destiny. (New York: The Free Press, 1998). [Focuses on
intelligent design.]
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Diamond, Jared. The Third Chimpanzee: The Evolution and Future of the
Human Animal. HarperCollins: 1992.
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Gilbert, James. Redeeming Culture: American Religion in an Age of Science.
The University of Chicago Press, 1997.
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Haught, John. God after Darwin: A Theology of Evolution. Westview
Press, 2000.
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Hughes, Liz Rank. Reviews of Creationist Books. Berkeley: The National
Center for Science Education, 1992.
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Larson, Edward J. Summer for the Gods: The Scopes Trial and America’s
Continuing Debate Over Science and Religion. Harvard University Press,
1997.
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Livingston, David. Darwin’s Forgotten Defenders: The Encounter Between
Evangelical Theology and Evolutionary Thought. Grand Rapids: Eerdmann,
1987.
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Lowenberg, Bert. "The Controversy over Evolution in New England, 1859-1893."
New England Quarterly 8 (1935):232-57.
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Matsumura, Molleen, Voices for Evolution. Berkeley: The National
Center for Science Education, 1995.
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Moore, James R. The Post-Darwinian Controversies. Cambridge: CUP,
1979.
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Numbers, Ronald. Darwinism Comes to America. Harvard University
Press, 1998.
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Pennock, Robert T. Tower of Babel: The Evidence Against the New Creationism.
MIT Press, 2000.
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Ruse, Michael, ed. But is it Science?: The Philosophical Question in the
Creation/Evolution Controversy. Prometheus Books, 1996.
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Ruse, Michael. Mystery of Mysteries: Is Evolution a Social Construction?
Harvard University Press, 1999.
Sociobiology and Evolutionary Psychology
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Avise, John C. The Genetic Gods. Harvard University Press, 1998.
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Dawkins, Richard. The Selfish Gene. Oxford University Press, 1990.
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Frans de Waal, "Good Natured: The Origins of Right and Wrong in Humans
and Other Animals."
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Hefner, Philip, The Human Factor: Evolution, Culture, and Religion.
Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1993.
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Holmes, Rolston III. Genesis and God: Values and Their Origins in Natural
and Human History. The Gifford Lectures, 1997-98. Cambridge University
Press, 1999.
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Miller. Finding Darwin’s God. (New York: HarperCollins, 1999) [An interesting
attempt at reconciliation.]
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Mithen, Steven. The Prehistory of the Mind: The Cognitive Origins of
Art, Religion, and Science. London: Thames and Hudson, 1996.
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Pinker, Steven. How the Mind Works. New York: W. W. Norton: 1997.
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Plotkin, Henry. Evolution in Mind: An Introduction to Evolutionary Psychology.
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1998.
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Rorty, Richard. "Is Everything Relative?: A Debate on the Unity of Knowledge,"
Wilson Quarterly Winter 1998. Published on the Internet at http://wwics.si.edu/OUTREACH/WQ/WQSELECT/RORRMK.HTM
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Ruse, Michael. Taking Darwin Seriously: A Naturalistic Approach to Philosophy.
Amherst, NY: Prometheus Books, 1998.
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Shermer, Michael. How We Believe: The Search for God in an Age of Science.
New York: W. H. Freeman: 2000.
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Wilson, E. O. On Human Nature. Harvard University Press, 1978.
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Wilson, E. O. Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge. New York: Alfred
A. Knopf, 1998.
Science, Neurology, Ritual, and Religion
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Ashbrook, James B. ed., Faith and Ministry in Light of the Double Brain.
Wyndham Hall Press, 1989.
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Austin, James H., Zen and the Brain: Toward an Understanding of Consciousness.
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Brown, Warren S., Nancey Murphy, and H. Newton Malony. Whatever Happened
to the Soul?: Scientific and Theological Portrains of Human Nature.
Minneapolis: Fortress, 1998.
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Calvin, William H. "Left Brain, Right Brain: Science or the New Phrenology?"
from The Throwing Madonna: Essays on the Brain. Cited from Internet publication
at http://weber.u.washington.edu/~wcalvinbks/bk2ch10.htm.
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Crick, Francis. The Astonishing Hypothesis: The Scientific Search for
the Soul (New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1994).
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Csikszentmihalyi, Mihaly. Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience:
Steps Toward Enhancing the Quality of Life. HarperCollins, 1990.
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Driver, Tom F. Liberating Rites: Understanding the Transformative Power
of Ritual. Westview: 1998.
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Floyd, Chris. "The Limbic Fire: Neruoscience and the Soul: An Interview
with V. S. Ramachandran. Science and Spirit Magazine. September/October
1999: 24-26.
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Gardner, Howard. Multiple Intelligences. Basic Books.
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Frames of Mind. Basic Books.
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Hick, John. The Fifth Dimension: An Exploration of the Spiritual Realm.
Oxford: Oneworld, 1999.
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Holmes, Urban T. Turning to Christ: A Theology of Evangelization and
Renewal. Reprint. Cambridge, MA: Cowley: 1994;
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The Priest in Community: Exploring the Roots of Ministry. New York:
Crossroads/Seabury: 1979.
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Johnson, George. Fire in the Mind: Science, Faith, and the Search for
Order. New York: Vintage, 1995.
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Koenig, Harold G. Is Religion Good for Your Health? The Effects of Religion
on Physical and Mental Health. New York: The Haworth Pastoral Press,
1997.
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Laughlin, Jr., Charles D. and Eugene G. d’Aquili. Biogenetic Structuralism.
New York: Columbia University Press, 1974.
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Laughlin, Jr., Charles D. "A Synopsis of Biogenetic Structural Theory,"
[revised 7 September 1996] http://www.carleton.ca/~claughli/synopsis.htm.
This document is one page of his entire online introduction and "tutorial"
to the field of biogenetic structuralism, http://www.carleton.ca/~claughli/biogen.htm.
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Mitchell, Nathan. "What Biogeneticists Are Saying About Ritual: A Report,"
Liturgy Digest, 1:1 (Spring 1993): 38-67.
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Pannenberg, Wolfhart. Anthropology in Theological Perspective. London:
T&T Clark, 1999.
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Ramachandran, V.S. Phantoms in the Brain.
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Rappaport, Roy A. Ritual and Religion in the Making of Humanity.
Cambridge University Press, 1999.
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Reardon, Mark. "The Brain: Navigating the New Reality: An Exploration of
Brain-Compatible Learning." Adult Learning. Winter 1998-99: 10-17.
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Salloway, Malloy & Cummings, Eds. The Neuropsychiatry of Limbic and
Subcortical Disorders. (Washington: American Psychiatric Press, 1977).
[Technical. Final chapter attributes experience of Paul to a temporal lobe
seizure.]
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Schick & Vaughn. How to Think About Weird Things: Critical Thinking
for a New Age. (Mountain View, CA: Mayfield, 1999). [From the skeptic’s
point of view. Very nice, avoids polemics. Potential as a book for class.]
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Swinburn, Richard. The Evolution of the Soul. Oxford: Clarendon
Press, 1986.
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Truett, K. R, et al. "A Model System for Analysis of Family Resemblance
in Extended Kinship of Twins." Behavior Genetics 24, no. 1 (1994):
35-49. A study of twins showing that religious behavior may be genetically
influenced.
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Turner, Victor. "Body, Brain, and Culture," in The Anthropology of Performance
(New York: PAJ Publications, 1987.
Religious Naturalism and Creation
Spirituality
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Fox, Matthew. Creation Spirituality: Liberating Gifts for the Peoples
of the Earth. HarperSanFrancisco: 1991.
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Goodenough, Ursula. The Sacred Depths of Nature. Oxford, 1998.
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McFague, Sallie. Super, Natural Christians: How We Should Love Nature.
Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1997.
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Sagan, Carl. Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space.
New York: Random House, 1994
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Billions and Billions: Thoughts on Life and Death at the Brink of the
Millennium. New York: Ballantine Books, 1997.
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Wright, Robert. NonZero: The Logic of Human Destiny. Parthenon,
2000.
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Swimme, Brian. The Hidden Heart of the Cosmos.
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Swimme, Brian and Thomas Berry. The Universe Story. HarperSanFrancisco,
1992.
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Quinn, Daniel. Providence: The Story of a Fifty-Year Vision Quest. Bantam,
1995.
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Rue, Loyal. Everybody’s Story: Wising Up to the Epic of Evolution.
SUNY, 2000.
Religious Experience
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Proudfoot, Wayne. Religious Experience. University of California
Press, 1985.
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James, William. The Varieties of Religious Experience (New York,
1963 from 1902 original);
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Taves, Ann. Fits, Trances, and Visions: Experiencing Religion and Explaining
Experience from Wesley to James. Princeton University Press, 1999.
Evolution and Creationism/Religion
in America
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Cziko, Gary. Without Miracles: Universal Selection Theory and the Second
Darwinian Revolution. MIT Press, 1995.
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Haught, John. God after Darwin: A Theology of Evolution. Westview
Press, 2000.
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Hughes, Liz Rank. Reviews of Creationist Books. Berkeley: The National
Center for Science Education, 1992.
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Larson, Edward J. Summer for the Gods: The Scopes Trial and America’s
Continuing Debate Over Science and Religion. Harvard University Press,
1997.
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Matsumura, Molleen, Voices for Evolution. Berkeley: The National
Center for Science Education, 1995.
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Pennock, Robert T. Tower of Babel: The Evidence Against the New Creationism.
MIT Press, 2000.
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Ruse, Michael, ed. But is it Science?: The Philosophical Question in the
Creation/Evolution Controversy. Prometheus Books, 1996.
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Ruse, Michael. Mystery of Mysteries: Is Evolution a Social Construction?
Harvard University Press, 1999.
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Gilbert, James. Redeeming Culture: American Religion in an Age of Science.
The University of Chicago Press, 1997.
Technology and Religious Experience
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Cobb, Jennifer. Cybergrace: The Search for God in the Digital World.
Crown,1998.
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Davis, Erik Techgnosis: Myth, Magic, and Religion in the Information
Age. Harmony Books, 1998.
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Babin, Pierre, with Mercedes Iannone. The New Era in Religious Communication.
Translated by David Smith. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1991.
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Sample, Tex. The Spectacle of Worship in Wired World: Electronic Culture
and the Gathered People of God. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1998.
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White, Susan J. Christian Worship and Technological Change. Nashville:
Abingdon Press, 1994.
Novels about Science
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Dooling, Richard. Brain Storm. Picador,1998.
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McEwan, Ian. Enduring Love, Anchor Books, 1999. Reviewed in Science
& Spirit, March/April 2000:22-25.
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Quinn, Daniel. Ishmael: An Adventure of the Mind and Spirit. Bantam,
1992.
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Sagan, Carl. Contact.
Films
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Anima Mundi, Koyannisqatsi, Powakatasi. Films by Godfrey Reggio
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Contact
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Inherit the Wind. Two versions, one with Spencer Tracy and Fredric
March; the second with Kirk Douglas and Jason Robards.
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Instinct. Recent film portrayal of some ideas from Daniel Quinn.
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Michael Crichton, Jurassic Park (and several other novels)
