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Title The lab, the temple, and the market : reflections at the intersection of science, religion, and development / edited by Sharon Harper.

Publication Info. Ottawa, Ont. : International Development Research Centre, [2000]
©2000

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 251 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Note Co-published by: Kumarian Press.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Contents Foreword / Pierre Beemans -- Preface /Sharon Harper -- Introduction / Farzam Arabab -- The principle of fundamental oneness / Promilla Kapur -- Solidarity with the poor / Gregory Baum -- Rediscovering the resources of religion / Azizan Baharuddin -- Promoting a discourse on science, religion, and development / Farzam Arbab -- Our way of proceeding / William Ryan.
Summary The Lab, the Temple, and the Market tackles these complex questions in four separate essays. Each essay meshes a discussion of development issues and processes with a different system of religious belief: Hinduism, Christianity, Islam, and the Bah'i Faith. The authors each a scientist as well as a person of faith show how religious belief and personal faith can be deeply motivational and strikingly fruitful in scientific pursuits. Further, they emphasize how their faith has brought them a profound understanding of interconnectedness and compassion, and thus a wider perspective and greater.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Economic development -- Religious aspects.
Economic development -- Religious aspects.
Technology -- Religious aspects.
Technology -- Religious aspects.
Religion and science.
Religion and science.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Harper, Sharon, 1965-
International Development Research Centre (Canada)
Other Form: Print version: Lab, the temple, and the market. Ottawa : IDRC ; West Hartford, CT : Kumarian Press, ©2000 1565491165 0889369208 (DLC) 00055935 (OCoLC)44461950
ISBN 0889369208
9780889369207
1552502090 (electronic book)
9781552502099 (electronic book)
1280718110
9781280718113
1565491165 (alkaline paper)
9781565491168 (alkaline paper)
Sudoc No. E97-7/2000E