Science and Asian Spiritual Traditions (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780313334627)

This volume in the Greenwood Guides to Science and Religion series examines how Asian spiritual traditions -- primarily the religions of India and China - interacted and influenced the understanding of the natural world over the last two millennia. Unlike the religious and scientific traditions of the Christian West, which developed in tandem, or even the Islamic world, which helped the rise of Western science, the Asian religious traditions did not encounter Western science until relatively recently. This has led to a unique relationship between these two cultural phenomena. The volume will also address the impact of Western science had on these traditions, as well as the impact on western science of the recent study of Asian religions by New Age groups and philosophers.

Author: Geoffrey Redmond MD
ISBN-10: 0313334625
ISBN-13: 9780313334627
Publisher: Greenwood
Language: English
Published: 12/30/2007
Pages: 280
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.25lbs
Size: 9.40h x 6.50w x 1.01d

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 05/01/2008 pg. 20