Frank, Adam, 1962-

The constant fire : beyond the science vs. religion debate / Adam Frank. - Berkeley : University of California Press, c2009. - xi, 288 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-281) and index.

House of the rising sun -- I: The map: reimagining science, myth, and the sacred -- The roots of conflict: science and religion before divorce -- The conflict we know: religion, science, and the modern world -- Science and the sacred: telescopes, microscopes, and hierophanies -- Not the God you pray to: the varieties of scientists' religious experience -- Science, myth, and sacred narratives: the universe as story -- II: The terrain: sacred narratives in science and myth -- The origin of everything: big bangs, the multiverse, and the parade of ants -- The deluge this time: climate change and flood myths -- III: A new path to the waterfall: science, myth, truth, and the future -- Music of the spheres: truth, myth, and science -- A need born of fire: mythos, ethos, and humanity's most dangerous century -- Epilogue: fire in the open mind.

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Religion and science--History.

BL 245 / .F73 2009