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Science and Religion
Books relating to Science and Religion will be found at a variety of locations – check your reading list on DiscoverEd. However, classmarks BL for Science and Religion and Q for Science might be useful places to browse at New College Library. Other books for your topics may found at the Main Library and at the Murray Library at Kings Buildings.
Books for Science and Religion
Search DiscoverEd to find print and electronic Science and Religion books. These include:
- The Cambridge Companion to Science and Religion byISBN: 0521885388
- The Nature of Creation byISBN: 1844657248
- The Oxford Handbook of the Bible and Ecology byISBN: 9780190606732
- Emerging Voices in Science and Theology: Contributions by Young Women byISBN: 9781032139579
- Science and Religion byISBN: 1107664462
Heritage Collections
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The Heritage Collections teams preserve, provide access to and interpret the heritage collections looked after by the University. They are based at the Centre for Research Collections (CRC) provide access to the University's wide ranging collections, which as well as rare books and manuscripts include anatomical, geological and other scientific object collections.
All of these collections can be accessed at the CRC on the 6th floor, Main Library.
Finding academic literature for Science and Religion
- History of Science, Technology and MedicineDescribes journal articles, conference proceedings, books, book reviews, and dissertations in the history of science and technology and allied historical fields.
- Religion Past & PresentReligion Past and Present (RPP) Online is the online version of the updated English translation of the 4th edition of Religion in Geschichte und Gegenwart (RGG) which aims to be the definitive encyclopedia of subjects connected with religion.
- Philosopher's IndexContains bibliographical information and abstracts of articles in philosophy and related disciplines (including religion and science) published in over 1600 journals world wide.
- Web of ScienceCitations and abstracts to millions of journal articles and conference proceedings from all subjects make this a valuable tool for inter-disciplinary research
Journals for Science and Religion
Search DiscoverEd to find print and electronic Science and Religion journals. These include:
- Christian BioethicsCall Number: Per E, Online
- Journal for the Study of Religion, Nature and CultureCall Number: Per J
- Religion, Brain & BehaviorCall Number: Per R
- Science & Christian beliefCall Number: Per S
- Zygon : journal of religion and scienceCall Number: Per Z
New College Library Special Collections for Religion & Science
Reference books for Science and Religion
Search DiscoverEd to find print and electronic Science and Religion reference books, or browse the shelves in the New College Library Hall. These include:
- Encyclopedia of Sciences and Religions byISBN: 1402082649
- The Oxford Companion to the History of Modern Science byISBN: 0195112296
- Who's Who in Theology and Science byISBN: 0826408451
Data sources
- Finding data : Research Data ServiceFind data freely available on the internet or through University of Edinburgh subscriptions.
- World Christian DatabaseThe World Christian Database provides comprehensive statistical information on world religions, Christian denominations, and people groups.
- World Religion DatabaseThe World Religion Database (WRD) contains detailed statistics on religious affiliation for every country of the world.