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God, Humanity and the Cosmos: A Textbook in Science and Religion
Published in Paperback by Trinity Pr Intl (1999)
Authors: Christopher Southgate, Celia Deane-Drummond, Paul D. Murray, Michael Robert Negus, Lawrence Osborn, Mivhael Poole, Jacqui Stewart, and Fraser Watts
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Innovative, competent, interesting, unusual
Having had the privilege of studying the course behind this publication first-hand at Exeter, I would recommend the book to any student who seeks a thorough and well-rounded survey of the contemporary debate between science and religion.

Or is it a debate? The authors posit several models of dialogue between these two - usually separated - spheres, and this forms a core feature of this textbook: the opportunity to explore ways in which the two complement and enrich one another.

Therefore as well as being competently yet simply introduced to complex scientific questions (the Big Bang, the origin of life, quantum theory - to name a few), the author allows scope for the reader to see - for himself, and through the eyes of great thinkers, more and less famous - how it is possible to construct a working hypothesis of the inter-relation between God, humanity and the cosmos.

In the later chapters, which are a particularly unique and enjoyable section, we are introduced to the scientifically-influenced theologies of Jay McDaniel's "pelican heaven", Sallie McFague's "embodied God" and Ruth Page's "Web of Life". The reader can enjoy these models, whilst exercising a critical eye, sensitive to the scientific perceptions and phenomena so effectively outlined towards the beginning of the book.

On top of this, other views are outlined, including a section on Islamic theology and creation.

This is a great book for students and all those interested in understanding more of the world about them. It is refreshing to find a theology book which is so world-affirming, without resorting to religious dogmatism: not just a dry textbook, but a competent handbook AND a "choose you own adventure!"


Dragons and Dragon Lore
Published in Paperback by Book Tree (1999)
Authors: Ernest Ingersoll, Henry Fairfield Osborn, and Paul Tice
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On Borrowed Time.
Published in Paperback by Dramatist's Play Service (1998)
Authors: Paul Osborn and L. E. Watkins
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Point of no return
Published in Unknown Binding by ()
Author: Paul Osborn
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Reading Education: Foundations for a Literate America
Published in Textbook Binding by Lexington Books (1984)
Authors: Jean Osborn, Paul T. Wilson, and Richard C. Anderson
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