Index
Abelard, Peter, 116
Adorno, Theodor, 100
aesthetic theory, 76–78
agnosticism, 166, 171–175
AIDS patients, 304–33
Alain de Lille, 57, 66–23
Albanese, Catherine, 90
Americans, survey of, 90–95
ancestor-spirits, 245–246, 253–254
angels, 32–33
Angels: A Modern Myth(Serres), 56
anthropic principle, 297
anthropomorphism, 242, 247
Aquinas, Thomas, 90
Arendt, Hannah, 97
Aristotle, 13, 90, 118, 148, 317
art, 40–45, 76–78.See specific works,
artists
astronomy.Seecosmology
atheism, 11, 82, 103.See also
materialism;specific theories
atomic bomb, 158
Augustine, 115, 116, 314
authority: authoritarianism, 100–101;
definitions for, 97–98; Derrida
on, 55; domains of, 11; epistemic,
98; hypertrust and, 93; moral
values and, 98, 100; survey on,
90–95; trust and, 87–108
Bacon, Francis, 119, 153
Barbour, Ian G., 4
Barrett, Justin, 243, 247
Baum, L. Frank, 103
Bedau, Hugo, 144
Beer, Gillian, 175
belief: authority and (seeauthority);
faith and, 46 (see alsofaith);
knowledge and, 45; trust and, 96
(see alsotrust); Wittgenstein on,
81, 82
Bellah, Robert, 91
Benson, Herbert, 291, 294, 301n6
Berry, Wendell, 67n33
Betrayal of Science and Reason
(Ehrlich and Ehrlich), 5
Bible: creation account, 129, 200,
218–220; critical theory and, 116–
117, 214, 216; Darwinism and
(seeevolution, theory of );
fundamentalism and, 11, 186, 219;
God and (seeGod); higher
criticism, 214, 216; literalism and,
186; myth and, 152 (see also
mythology); nature and, 209;
original sin and, 200; Pentateuch,
215.See alsoChristianity;specific
topics
big bang theory, 131–137
Blanchot, Maurice, 68n47
Blanshard, Brand, 149
Blind Watchmaker, The(Dawkins),
196
body/mind, 265–269, 277–279