Understanding Religion and Science: Introducing the Debate

The Anthropic Principle and the Science and Religion Debate

About the Author The Revd Dr John Polkinghorne KBE FRS worked in theoretical elementary particle physics for 25 years and was previously Professor of Mathematical Physics at Cambridge University and then President of Queens’ College, Cambridge. Dr Polkinghorne was the Founding President of the International Society for Science and Religion (2002-2004) and is the author of numerous books on scie...

Understanding Morality in the Religion-and-Science Context

Introducing the SLI debate

It is my great pleasure to introduce this special issue on specific language impairment (SLI). The special issue re-examines the diagnostic criteria for SLI and questions whether the term ‘SLI’ should continue be used as a diagnostic label for children with ‘unexplained language problems’ (the term used by Bishop 2014 in her lead article). This special issue has come about because of increasing...

Science and religion: Baden Powell and the Anglican debate, 1800–1860

from a wide range of secondary sources. While it tries for a comprehensive overview, it does rely heavily on the Anglo-American experience. Like Peter Gay's study of middle-class sexuality, Russett's work will be mined for a great deal of insightful material, but it also has some rather substantial drawbacks. For this presents the reader who is interested in the continental parallels with certa...

Science and religion.