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Is God a Scientist?

A Dialogue Between Science and Religion

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  • © 2005

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  1. Robert Crawford
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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
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  2. Introduction

    • Robert Crawford
    Pages 1-6

  3. The Method of Science

    • Robert Crawford
    Pages 7-21

  4. Religion and Scientific Method

    • Robert Crawford
    Pages 23-35

  5. God Talk

    • Robert Crawford
    Pages 37-55

  6. The Experiment Begins

    • Robert Crawford
    Pages 57-74

  7. The Subjects of the Experiment

    • Robert Crawford
    Pages 75-92

  8. The Test

    • Robert Crawford
    Pages 93-109

  9. The Action of the Divine Scientist

    • Robert Crawford
    Pages 111-131

  10. The End of the Experiment

    • Robert Crawford
    Pages 133-153

  11. Objections to the Model of the Divine Scientist.

    • Robert Crawford
    Pages 155-163

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 165-179
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About this book

The scriptures of the Faiths use models to depict what God is like; namely Father, Mother, Husband, Judge, Lover, Friend, shepherd and so on. Science also uses models to advance its knowledge, and in a scientific age a model of God as the Cosmic Scientist interacting with the traditional could communicate well. It would imply that the world is a laboratory created by God in order to test whether humanity will obey his laws and live up to the values which he embraces. Using material drawn from science and six world faiths, the book shows the difference and similarity between divine and human experiments and argues that God will bring the experiment to a successful conclusion.

About the author

ROBERT CRAWFORD is a graduate of four universities and has been awarded fellowships from the Universities of London and Cape Town. He has taught at universities, polytechnics and colleges in England, the United States, Nigeria, South Africa, and Swaziland. In addition to writing seven books he has contributed many articles to religious and theological journals. Currently he is a professor working with the Open University.

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