Cosmic beginnings and human ends : where science and religion meet - Matthews, Clifford N., 1921-; Varghese, Roy Abraham (Chicago and LaSalle, Ill. : Open Court, 1995)
Images of Enlightenment: a mandala for science / Clifford N. Matthews -- Science and Genesis / Timothy Ferris -- The big bang origin of the universe / Edward W. Kolb -- Beyond immutability: the birth and death of elementary particles / E.C.G. Sudarshan -- From mystery to mystery / Eric D. Carlson -- The origin, evolution, and distribution of life in the universe / Cyril Ponnamperuma -- Science at the crossroads / George Bugliarello -- The coming clash of the titans / Rustum Roy -- A distinctly human face / Frederick Franck -- Tao, modern science, and human destiny / Hsing-Tsung Huang -- Gaia: cosmic beginnings, nonhuman ends / Lynn Margulis, Michael Dolan -- The smallest cells have important lessons to teach / James A. Shapiro -- Crucial conversations: theology, feminism, and science / Mary E. Hunt -- Is participatory science possible? / Alice J. Dan -- The ethics of scientific knowledge and technological power / Kenneth Vaux -- The equations of Maya / John L. Dobson -- Scientific and Christian thought: phenomenological reflection / Raimon Panikkar -- A search for beliefs to live by consistent with science / Roger W. Sperry -- Creation stories, religious and atheistic / John Leslie --The origin of consciousness / Richard G. Swinburne -- Religious responses to the big bang / Ian Barbour -- From cosmic beginnings to human ends / Roy Abraham Varghese.
Based on a symposium on science and religion held in Chicago at the 1993 Parliament of the World's Religions.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: Religion and science -- Congresses; Cosmogony -- Congresses; Cosmology -- Congresses