Rocks of Ages: Science and Religion in the Fullness of Life, (Paperback)

from nmele

Clear cogent argument in favor of keeping science and religion separate. Gould considers the peculiarly American phenomenon of creation science and biblical literalism in its historical and cultural context, correcting some popular myths about its history along the way.

from ElectricRay

If you've read any of the clutter of recent books on evolutionary science or popular atheism, you'll know that Stephen Jay Gould - and particularly this book, Rocks of Ages comes with something of a health warning: Gould, despite great eminence and magisterial publishing history, is seen by a cer...

from ABVR

Stephen Jay Gould's central theme in Rocks of Ages is that - far from being in eternal, irreconcilable conflict - science and religion are non-overlapping realms of human endeavor that proceed from different premises, ask different questions, and use different methods to seek answers. Not only ar...

from Devil_llama

Gould hits a sour note in this book, presenting his idea of Non-Overlapping Magesteria, totally ignoring the fact that for many religiously devout, there is considerable overlap, since science touches on our origin through the despised theory of evolution. When Gould discusses his own experience ...

from amaraduende

This got repetitive, it was very simplistic. Obviously its a great topic that needs to be written about, though. Interesting ideas. Gould says religion and science occupy totally different spheres and the truth of one does not reflect on the other. The problems come because humans occupy both sph...