The religious dimensions of the biological narrative

Zygon 29 (4):603-618 (1994)
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A cell/molecular biologist challenges the thesis that science and religion are two ways of experiencing and interpreting the world and explores instead the possible ways that the modern biological worldview might serve as a resource for religious perspectives. Three concepts—meaning, valuation, and purpose—are argued to be central to the entire biological enterprise, and the continuation of this enterprise is regarded as a sacred religious trust.

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10.1111/j.1467-9744.1994.tb00693.x

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