RELIGION-AND-SCIENCE, THE THIRD COMMUNITY

Religion and Which Sciences ? Science and Which Community ?

The author addresses ways in which participants in the religion-and-science dialogues avoid ethically setmtive issues involving the scientifically developed subject of nonhuman animals. Using the concept of ethical anthropocentrism, he maintains that the contemporary dialogue is mired in a traditional set of concepts and myopic discourse. The present approach entails serious risks of weakening ...

Science and religion.

1 Science and Religion

Certainly no one in 1879 in Ulm, Germany, could have guessed that one of their own born that year would someday receive global praise for his undisputed genius, meriting recently the coveted title “person of the century” (Time magazine). Likewise, international fame was probably not what Albert Einstein himself anticipated in 1895 when he failed the entrance exam for the Federal Polytechnical I...

Religion, science and markets.

in 2001, a food scandal raged through­ out indonesia. the indonesian ulemas council (Mui; Jakarta, indonesia) accused a Japanese company of using pork products in the production of the flavour enhancer monosodium glutamate (MSg), and demanded that the indonesian govern­ ment take appropriate action. it was a serious accusation: if true, the company would have violated halal rules, which forbid ...

Science and Religion.