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Religion und Politik bilden seit jeher ein spannungsvolles Geflecht wechselseitiger Begründungs- und Abgrenzungsprozesse. Die in diesem Band versammelten Autoren beleuchten historische und aktuelle Konstellationen dieser Prozesse durch die Verschränkung von systematischen und historischen Perspektiven. So reicht die Spannweite der Beiträge von der Frühzeit des Christentums über die Reformation bis hin zu Schelling, Schleiermacher, Troeltsch und Barth, während gleichzeitig aktuelle Debatten u.a. zur Theologie in der DDR, zur Bedeutung der Menschenrechte, zum Konzept der inneren Führung und zur Flüchtlingsdebatte kritisch nachgezeichnet werden

How natural is religion? Is it a phenomenon written in our genes or brains, naturally developing with the development of the human race? The book considers the findings of evolutionary psychology from scientific, philosophical and theological perspectives and critically examines the relation between empirical, epistemological and theological notions. Chapters in the book deal with the aturalness of religion and religious experiences as based on genetics, biology and social psychology. Other authors examine the relationship between religion, science and theology with regard to the naturalness o

This book considers the nature of knowledge in science and religion and criticallyexamines the relation between these two domains of human knowledge andconvictions. Is religious belief knowledge? If so, what kind of knowledge isit? What kind of knowledge is science? And how are religious beliefs and scientificclaims of knowledge justified? All these are issues at the centre of publicdebates on the relation between science and religion

This book offers a penetrating analysis of issues raised by the perennial question, "Are we special?". It brings together scholars from a variety of disciplines, from astronomy and palaeontology to philosophy and theology, to explore this question. Contributors cover a wide variety of issues, including what makes humans distinct from other animals, the possibilities of artificial life and artificial intelligence, the likelihood of life on other planets, and the role of religious behavior. A variety of religious and scientific perspectives are brought to bear on these matters. As a whole, the book addresses whether the issue of human uniqueness is one to which sciences and religions necessarily offer differing responses