Catholicism and science /

Hess, Peter M. J.

Catholicism and science / Peter M.J. Hess and Paul L. Allen. - Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2008. - xxvi, 241 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. - Greenwood guides to science and religion .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-233) and index.

Introduction to science in the Catholic tradition -- From cosmos to unbounded universe : physical sciences from Trent to Vatican I -- From the Garden of Eden to an ancient earth : Catholicism and the life and earth sciences -- Catholicism and science at mid-twentieth century -- The legacy of Vatican II in cosmology and biology -- Catholicism, neuroscience, and genetics.

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Catholic Church--Doctrines--History.


Religion and science--History.

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