A Quaker Astronomer Reflects: Can a Scientist Also Be Religious?

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Interactive Publications, 2013 M03 15 - 55 páginas
World renowned astronomer and Quaker Jocelyn Bell Burnell reflects on the big issues confronting scientists who also have a strong spiritual belief system. How can the principles of science be reconciled with the faith required by religion? Does scientific investigation call into question the givens of religion? While specific to her Quaker beliefs, Burnell's reflections apply to many other religions as well. This is the 2013 James Backhouse Lecture Series, sponsored by the Society of Friends (Quakers) in Australia.
 

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Introduction
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2 Quakers and Science
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3 Stars planets and moons
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4 Galaxies and the Universe
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5 Implications of this science for beliefs
39
6 This I also know
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Appendix
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Backhouse Lectures List
54
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Jocelyn Bell Burnell is a professional astronomer and a Quaker from Britain Yearly Meeting. In the UK she has been President of the Royal Astronomical Society, President of the Institute of Physics and Clerk of Britain Yearly Meeting, and continues to do a lot of committee work for both communities. She has received many scientific prizes, and is much in demand as a speaker and broadcaster.

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