Evolutionary and Molecular Biology

William R. Stoeger, S.J. (Editor), Francisco J. Ayala (Editor), Robert John Russell (Editor)

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Author
William R. Stoeger, S.J. (Editor), Francisco J. Ayala (Editor), Robert John Russell (Editor)
Publish Date
2006-01-18
Book Type
Paperback
Number of Pages
594
Publisher Name
The Vatican Observatory
ISBN-10
0268027536
ISBN-13
9780268027537
citemno
278727
Subtitle
Scientific Perspectives on Divine Action
SKU
9780268027537

Description

This collection of twenty-two research papers explores the creative interaction between evolutionary and molecular biology, philosophy, and theology. It is the result of the third of five international research conferences co-sponsored by the Vatican Observatory, Rome and the Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences, Berkeley. The over arching goal of these conferences is to support the engagement of constructive theology with the natural sciences and to investigate the philosophical and theological elements in ongoing theoretical research in the natural sciences.
This series of conferences builds on the initial 1987 Vatican Observatory conference and its resulting publication, Physics, Philosophy and Theology: A Common Quest for Understanding (1988), and on the previous Jointly-sponsored conferences and their publications, Quantum Cosmology and the Laws of Nature (1993) and Chaos and Complexity (1995). Future conferences will focus on scientific topics including the neuroscience's, quantum physics, and quantum field theory.