Biology

About the discipline

Biology studies living organisms, through data, models and theories based on observation. Similarly to many religions, it aims to explain the origin and order of the world, through understanding plant, animal and human life. Read More »

Articles

  • “Islamic Philosophy and the Challenge of Cloning” by Mohammad Farimani and Zygon Motahari. Journal of Religion & Science. 42 no. 1 (2007): 145-51.
  • “A Shared Y-Chromosomal Heritage Between Muslims and Hindus in India” by Ramana Gutala, et al. Human Genetics. 120, no. 4 (2006): 543-551.
  • “R. A. Fisher: a Faith Fit for Eugenics” by James Moore. Studies in History & Philosophy of Biological & Biomedical Sciences. 38 no. 1 (2007): 110-35.
  • “The Tree of Science and Original Sin: Do Christian Religious Beliefs Constrain the Supply of Scientists?” by Maury D. Granger and Gregory N. Price. Journal of Socio-Economics. 36, no. 1 (2007): 144-60.
  • “The First Amendment Implications of Teaching the Theory of Evolution and Creationism In Public Schools” by E.Y. Brownfield, E.Y. Journal of Law & Education. 36, no. 1 (2007): 141-8.
  • “On the Compatibility of a Conservation Ethic with Biological Science” by Mark Sagoff. Conservation Biology. 21, no. 2 (2007): 337-345.
  • “Science and Religion, 400 B.C.-A.D. 1550: From Aristotle to Copernicus” by Margaret J. Osler. Journal for the History of Astronomy. 37, no. 4 (2006): 486-7.
  • “Culture and Development Matter To Understanding Souls, No Matter What Our Evolutionary Design” by Michel Ferrari. Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 29, no. 5 (2006): 472.
  • “Making Muslim Babies: Ivf and Gamete Donation in Sunni Versus Shi’a Islam” by Marcia C. Inhorn. Medicine and Psychiatry. 30, no. 4 (2006): 427-50.
  • “A look at religion through science: Symposium on Buddhism explores how modern-day believers are affected by scientific developments” by Liaw Wy-Cin. The Straits Times (Singapore). July 19, 2008.
  • “Obama Overturns Stem-Cell Ban: Is it War on Religion?” Political Machine. March 9, 2009.
  • “Are Scientists Playing God? It Depends on Your Religion” by John Tierney. The New York Times. Nov. 20, 2007.
  • “Demographic profile of states with human cloning laws” by Bonnie Stabile. Politics and the Life Sciences. Vol. 26, no. 1 (March 2007): 43-50.

Books

  • Recent Themes in the History of Science and Religion: Historians in Conversation. Donald A. Yerxa (ed.). The University of South Carolina Press, 2010.
  • The New Frontier of Religion and Science: Religious Experience, Neuroscience and the Transcendent. John Hick. Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
  • A Science and Religion Primer. Heidi A. Campbell and Heather Looy (eds.) Supported by a grant from the Templeton Publishing Subsidy. BakerAcademic, 2009.
  • Religious Perspectives On Bioethics. Mark Cherry. Taylor & Francis, 2009.
  • Science in Theistic Contexts: Cognitive Dimensions. John Hedley, Margaret Osler and Jitse M. van der Meer Brooke. University of Chicago Press Journals, 2001.
  • Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation. Robert Chambers and James A. Secord (ed.). University Of Chicago Press, 1994 (original publication, 1844).
  • Where the Conflict Really Lies: Science, Religion, and Nautralism. Alvin Plantinga. Oxford University Press, USA, 2011.
  • The Cambridge Companion to the Philosophy of Biology (Chp. 22, “Biology and Religion”). David L. Hull and Michael Ruse (eds.). New York, 2008.
  • A Companion to Bioethics. Helga Kuhse and Peter Singer (eds.). 2nd ed. Blackwell Publishing, 2009.
  • Why the Science and Religion Dialogue Matters: Voices from the International Society for Science and Religion. Fraser Watts and Kevin Dutton. International Society for Science and Religion. Published by Templeton Foundation Press, 2006.
  • Media Perspectives on Intelligent Design and Evolution by Mark Paxton. Greenwood, 2011.

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  • Farimani, Mohammad and Zygon Motahari. “Islamic Philosophy and the Challenge of Cloning.” Journal of Religion & Science. 42 no. 1 (2007): 145-51.
  • Gutala, Ramana, et al. “A Shared Y-Chromosomal Heritage Between Muslims and Hindus in India.” Human Genetics. 120, no. 4 (2006): 543-551.
  • Moore, James. “R. A. Fisher: a Faith Fit for Eugenics.” Studies in History & Philosophy of Biological & Biomedical Sciences. 38 no. 1 (2007): 110-35.

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