How can science help religion toward optimal benefit for society?

Zygon

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 277-288

  Grinde, Bjørn ^a,b  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Adaptive advantage; Anthropic principle; Benefits of religion; Evolutionary theory; Human nature; Intelligent design; Science

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845418044     PISSN: 05912385     EISSN: 14679744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9744.2005.00661.x     Document Type: Article

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