Contents, Volume 11 #4

September/October 1993

Dossier

Science and Spirit

After centuries of separation,
there is a search for
a new synthesis

Leader
A growing number of people are looking for ways to cross the language barrier of science. Stephanie Vincec CSJ (p.2)

The Lost Art of Medical Science
Although medical technology has been astonishingly successful, medicine has lost contact with human experience. Ian McWhinney (p.5)

Three Scientists Look at Spirit (p.8)

True Religion Keeps Searching. John Polanyi

When Scientists Become Prophets. Margot Mandy

Standing on Sacred Ground. Robert Allore SJ

The Genomic Revolution
Can science's most exciting field be kept out of the hands of the technocrats? Laurie Edwards (p.10)

Women and Science's Possibilities
A search for a different kind of science, outside the control of sponsors and funders. An interview with Ursula Franklin (p.14)

In the Beginning Was the Big Bang
The creation stories in Genesis were never intended to be scientific cosmology. Ovey Mohammed SJ (p.18)

Ethics and Ecology: A Symposium
Reclaiming wonder, problems and mysteries, and the beer can by the highway. Charles Taylor, Peter Timmerman and David Cayley (p.21)

The Cosmology of the Creed
The Nicene creed sees the world as a single cosmos held in the embrace of God. John Honner SJ (p.26)

A Window on God's Grandeur
Early Jesuit scientists won respect even from their religious opponents. Joseph Macdonnell SJ (p.28)

Science in Eastern Spiritualities (p.30)

India's Holistic Worldview. T.R. Raghunath

Tai Chi. Andy James

St. Robert Bellarmine
In the Galileo affair, he was an able defender of a crumbling synthesis. Joe Mróz SJ (p.33)

Article

School Funding: A Matter of Equity
Ontario Jewish parents seek government support for their schools. Gil Kezwer (p.34)

Books

Four Northrop Frye Collections
Reviewed by Craig Stewart Walker (p.37)

One Woman Army
By Mick Lowe.
The Un-Canadians
By Len Sher.
Reviewed by Doug Smith (p.40)

The Authentic Doctrine of the Eucharist
By Teresa Whelan. Reviewed by Robert Croken SJ (p.42)

Bookshelf Gleanings
Canadian drama and German jazz. (p.44)

Features

Points
Diverse wisdom, church without laity and vocation bonanza. (p.4)

Colloquy
Where the bereavement dudes hang out. Cheryl McQueen (p.36)

Disputatio
Torture victims are part of the refugee picture. Joan Simalchik (p.46)

Testament
Lively memory of witnesses of the faith. Pamela Bright (p.47)