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'''''Issues in Science and Religion''''' (1966) is a book by [[Ian Barbour]], originally published by [[Prentice Hall]].  A biography provided by the [[John Templeton Foundation]] and published by [[PBS]] online states this book "has been credited with literally creating the contemporary field of [[Relationship between science and religion|science and religion]]."<ref name=PBS1>{{cite web |url=http://www.pbs.org/newshour/forum/june99/barbour_bio.html |title=The PBS Online Newhour <small> May 28, 1999 </small> |accessdate=2008-06-30}}</ref> A review by [[physics]] professor John M. Bailey of [[Beloit College]] notes in his review of ''Issues'' that religion and science are "two of man's most basic activies [and] would seem to lie furthest apart and hence most difficult to reconcile." He adds that there are a large number of books that attempt to compare and contrast religion and science. In comparison to these other books, Bailey states that Barbour's book is "a valuable review of ideas in both science and theology."  <ref> [[John M. Bailey (physicist)]], [[American Journal of Physics]],  Volume 36, Issue 6, 1968, pages 562-563. </ref>  Another reviewer, [[Eric Lionel Mascall]] states "To indulge in superlatives is usually unwise, but I am tempted to say that this is by far the most competent book on the subject of science and theology that has appeared in the last twenty-five years." Mascall further states "the range of reading that it shows is staggering", "its style is lucid and interesting," and "the judgements that its author expresses are penetrating and balanced."<ref> [[Eric Lionel Mascall|Mascall, E. L.]], Book Review, [[Journal of Theological Studies]], n.s.:18 (1967) p.542 </ref>  

'''''Issues in Science and Religion''''' (1966) is a book by [[Ian Barbour]], originally published by [[Prentice Hall]].  A biography provided by the [[John Templeton Foundation]] and published by [[PBS]] online states this book "has been credited with literally creating the contemporary field of [[Relationship between science and religion|science and religion]]."<ref name=PBS1>{{cite web |url=http://www.pbs.org/newshour/forum/june99/barbour_bio.html |title=The PBS Online Newhour <small> May 28, 1999 </small> |accessdate=2008-06-30}}</ref> A review by [[physics]] professor John M. Bailey of [[Beloit College]] notes in his review of ''Issues'' that religion and science are "two of man's most basic activies [and] would seem to lie furthest apart and hence most difficult to reconcile. He adds that there are a large number of books that attempt to compare and contrast religion and science. In comparison to these other books, Bailey states that Barbour's book is "a valuable review of ideas in both science and theology."  <ref> [[John M. Bailey (physicist)]], [[American Journal of Physics]],  Volume 36, Issue 6, 1968, pages 562-563. </ref>  Another reviewer, [[Eric Lionel Mascall]] states "To indulge in superlatives is usually unwise, but I am tempted to say that this is by far the most competent book on the subject of science and theology that has appeared in the last twenty-five years." Mascall further states "the range of reading that it shows is staggering", "its style is lucid and interesting," and "the judgements that its author expresses are penetrating and balanced."<ref> [[Eric Lionel Mascall|Mascall, E. L.]], Book Review, [[Journal of Theological Studies]], n.s.:18 (1967) p.542 </ref>  

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