Religions and Science Beyond Belief
Comments on Taner Edis’s Science and Nonbelief
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This book review considers Taner Edis's 2006 book, Science and Nonbelief. The review situates the author among other physicists considering issues of religion & science, and notes strengths and weaknesses of the book.
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Zeller, Benjamin E. 2010. Prophets And Protons: New Religious Movements and Science in Late Twentieth-Century America. New York: New York University Press.
Zeller, Benjamin E., et. al. Forthcoming. Religion, Food, and Eating in North America New York: Columbia University Press.
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2012-01-02
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Zeller, B. (2012). Religions and Science Beyond Belief: Comments on Taner Edis’s Science and Nonbelief. Bulletin for the Study of Religion, 40(4), 6-11. https://doi.org/10.1558/bsor.v40.i4.10859
