{"id":2545,"date":"2009-01-16T14:01:00","date_gmt":"2009-01-16T14:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2009\/01\/review-of-keith-ward-the-big-questions-in-science-and-religion\/"},"modified":"2009-01-16T14:01:00","modified_gmt":"2009-01-16T14:01:00","slug":"review-of-keith-ward-the-big-questions-in-science-and-religion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2009\/01\/review-of-keith-ward-the-big-questions-in-science-and-religion.html","title":{"rendered":"Review of Keith Ward, The Big Questions in Science and Religion"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><div>Here\u2019s the Table of Contents for my multi-post review of Keith Ward, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1599471353?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=jamefmcgrshom-20&amp;link_code=as3&amp;camp=211189&amp;creative=373489&amp;creativeASIN=1599471353\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><em>The Big Questions in Science and Religion<\/em><\/a> (West Conshohocken: Templeton Foundation Press, 2008):<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_BtqUSG7RCA0\/SXDaCDLx3JI\/AAAAAAAAAZY\/a2Qz8lO6R90\/s1600-h\/Big_Questions.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_BtqUSG7RCA0\/SXDaCDLx3JI\/AAAAAAAAAZY\/a2Qz8lO6R90\/s200\/Big_Questions.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/exploringourmatrix.blogspot.com\/2008\/10\/keith-ward-big-questions-in-science-and.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Introduction<\/a> and a <a href=\"http:\/\/exploringourmatrix.blogspot.com\/2008\/09\/quote-of-day-keith-ward.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Quotation<\/a><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/exploringourmatrix.blogspot.com\/2008\/10\/keith-ward-big-questions-in-science-and_07.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Chapter 1: How Did The Universe Begin?<\/a> <\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/exploringourmatrix.blogspot.com\/2008\/10\/keith-ward-big-questions-in-science-and_12.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Chapter 2: How Will the Universe End?<\/a> <\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/exploringourmatrix.blogspot.com\/2008\/10\/keith-ward-big-questions-in-science-and_16.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Chapter 3: Is Evolution Compatible with Creation?<\/a> <\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/exploringourmatrix.blogspot.com\/2008\/10\/keith-ward-big-questions-in-science-and_17.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Chapter 4: Do the Laws of Nature Exclude Miracles?<\/a> <\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/exploringourmatrix.blogspot.com\/2008\/10\/keith-ward-big-questions-in-science-and_18.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Chapter 5: What Is The Nature Of Space And Time?<\/a> <\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/exploringourmatrix.blogspot.com\/2008\/10\/keith-ward-big-questions-in-science-and_19.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Chapter 6: Is It Still Possible To Speak of the Soul?<\/a> <\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/exploringourmatrix.blogspot.com\/2008\/10\/keith-ward-big-questions-in-science-and_23.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Chapter 7: Is Science the Only Sure Path to Truth?<\/a> <\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/exploringourmatrix.blogspot.com\/2008\/11\/keith-ward-big-questions-in-science-and.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Chapter 8: Can Science Provide a Wholly Naturalistic Explanation for Moral and Religious Beliefs?<\/a> <\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/exploringourmatrix.blogspot.com\/2009\/01\/keith-ward-big-questions-in-science-and.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Chapter 9: Has Science Made Belief in God Obsolete?<\/a> <\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/exploringourmatrix.blogspot.com\/2009\/01\/keith-ward-big-questions-in-science-and_16.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Chapter 10: Does Science Allow for Revelation and Divine Action?<\/a> <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/tracker\/7622297540113836091-8914989380530573853?l=exploringourmatrix.blogspot.com\" alt=\"\"><\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s the Table of Contents for my multi-post review of Keith Ward, The Big Questions in Science and Religion (West Conshohocken: Templeton Foundation Press, 2008): Introduction and a Quotation Chapter 1: How Did The Universe Begin? Chapter 2: How Will the Universe End? Chapter 3: Is Evolution Compatible with Creation? Chapter 4: Do the Laws [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2545","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Review of Keith Ward, The Big Questions in Science and Religion<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Here&#039;s the Table of Contents for my multi-post review of Keith Ward, The Big Questions in Science and Religion (West Conshohocken: Templeton Foundation\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2009\/01\/review-of-keith-ward-the-big-questions-in-science-and-religion.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Review of Keith Ward, The Big Questions in Science and Religion\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Here&#039;s the Table of Contents for my multi-post review of Keith Ward, The Big Questions in Science and Religion (West Conshohocken: Templeton Foundation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2009\/01\/review-of-keith-ward-the-big-questions-in-science-and-religion.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Religion Prof: The Blog of James F. 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