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For more than 30 years, historians have rejected what they call the `warfare thesis¿¿the idea that there is an inevitable conflict between religion and science¿insisting that scientists and believers can live in harmony. Taking as its starting point the most famous of all such conflicts, the Galileo affair, this book argues that religious and scientific communities exhibit very different attitudes towards knowledge.

In this timely study, Dawes defends the methodological naturalism of the sciences. Though religions offer what appear to be explanations of various facts about the world, the scientist, as scientist, will not take such proposed explanations seriously. Even if no natural explanation were available, she will assume that one exists. Is this merely a sign of atheistic prejudice, as some critics suggest? Or are there good reasons to exclude from sc...

Dawes provides an introduction to the Bible that anchors individual and group study on the solid foundation of basic biblical vocabulary and concepts. (Biblical Studies)

This book offers a philosophical approach to religion that acknowledges both the diversity of religions and the many and varied dimensions of the religious life. Rather than restricting itself to Christian theism, it covers a wide range of religious traditions, examining their beliefs in the context of the actual practice of the religious life. After outlining the aims of religion, the book focuses on claims to knowledge. What kinds of knowle...

Defending the methodological naturalism of the sciences, Dawes finds that theistic explanations are unlikely to ever be the best explanation for phenomena. His arguments offer a critical contribution to both the philosophy of science and the philosophy of religion.

A natural sequel to "The Historical Jesus Quest", this book provides commentary on the work and significance of the classic writers presented in that volume: Spinoza, Strauss, Sweitzer, Troeltsch, Bultmann, Kasemann, and others.

Virtually all the current debates about the historical Jesus have their roots in questions that have been pursued by biblical historians over the past two centuries. This anthology brings together seminal essays by those scholars who have been most influential in the rise and development of Jesus studies, enabling the reader to compare their differing points of view.