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Article: Science, Religion, and Ecology Turn Eastward.
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- USA TODAY
- Article date:
- September 1, 2001
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The tenets of Eastern religion are more compatible with nature than their Western counterparts.
WHAT PASSES for eclecticism in the science-religion dialogue is personified by Carleton University religion professor Ian Barber, 1999 winner of the Templeton Prize for Progress in Religion. Since 1965, he has been decrying that scientists know as little about religion as theologians do about science and prescribing more communication between the two groups as the antidote. He takes pride in observing that, 30 years ago, condescension typified relations between professional science and professional religion, whereas today, both sides are better listeners. Although ...
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