Speaking Across the Chasm: Literature as a Bridge Between Science and Religion.

This article explores issues within the relationship between science and religion. The author advocates a greater empirical scrutiny of religion, partly using fictional literature. She argues that the observations of human nature made by authors is a kind of empiricism. A close look at Salman Rushie...

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Published in:Cross Currents Vol. 57; no. 1; pp. 84 - 102
Main Author: Sen, Suchismita
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Published: University of North Carolina Press Spring2007
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