What Science Can and Cannot Offer to a Religious Narrative

Abstract. A molecular/cell biologist offers perspectives on the contributions that the scientific worldview might and might not make to religious though. It is argued that two essential features of institutionalized religions–their historical context and their supernatural orientation—are not addres...

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1. VerfasserIn: Goodenough, Ursula W. (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: Wiley-Blackwell 1994
In: Zygon
Jahr: 1994, Band: 29, Heft: 3, Seiten: 321-330
weitere Schlagwörter:B earth cult
B Mystical Experience
B ritual sky cult
B ancestor cult
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Zusammenfassung:Abstract. A molecular/cell biologist offers perspectives on the contributions that the scientific worldview might and might not make to religious though. It is argued that two essential features of institutionalized religions–their historical context and their supernatural orientation—are not addressed by the sciences, nor can the sciences contribute to the art and ritual that elicit states of faith and transcendence. The sciences have, however, important stories (myths) to offer, stories that have the potential to unify us, to tell us what is sacred, what has meaning, and how we might best proceed.
ISSN:1467-9744
Enthält:Enthalten in: Zygon
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9744.1994.tb00670.x