Stephen J. Pope

Stephen J. Pope teaches at Boston College.

Articles by Stephen J. Pope

Books

Deeper Than Darwin: The Prospect for Religion in an Age of Evolution

John F. Haught

Deeper Than Darwin: The Prospect for Religion in an Age of Evolution

Jul 13, 2004 reviewed by Stephen J. Pope
Here is the mature thought of one of the academy’s most eloquent and learned scholars of religion and science. John F. Haught is both a distinguished professor in the theology department at Georgetown University and director of the Georgetown Center for the Study of Science and Religion.
Books

When Science Meets Religion, by Ian Barbour; Faith, Science, and Understanding, by John Polkinghorne; and Can A Darwinian Be a Christian?, by Michael Ruse

Feb 07, 2001 Reviewed by Stephen J. Pope

Ian Barbour finds four major options in the current literature on science and religion: conflict, independence, dialogue and integration. Though he clearly prefers the latter two approaches, he explains well the attraction that some people feel for the former two.

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Rocks of Ages, by Stephen Jay Gould

Jun 02, 1999 reviewed by Stephen J. Pope

We could avoid all sorts of nasty fights, Stephen Jay Gould argues, if we would stop expecting science to provide validating evidence for religious dogmas or biblical events. Nor ought we to turn to religion to resolve questions of a properly scientific nature. He wants no more natural theology, no more "anthropic principle," no more attempts to find scientific confirmation for religious beliefs, and no more fundamentalist "creation science." In short, "science gets the age of rocks, and religion the rock of ages; science studies how the heavens go, religion how to go to heaven."

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A scientist's search for comprehensive knowledge

Nov 04, 1998 by Stephen J. Pope

By Edward O. Wilson, Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge. (Knopf, 352 pp.)