Religion and Science in the Context of Chinese Culture

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Editors:

• Tak-Kong Chan
• Frank Budenholzer

The papers in this volume come from a conference held in 2001 in Taipei, Taiwan. The book begins with a chapter on science and religion in the West, in the non-Asian context, and then focuses on science and religion in the Asian context and investigates a variety of themes in science and religion. Its emphasis is on religious, philosophical, cultural and ecological issues.

Contents

1. Introduction
   Frank Budenholzer, Taiwan
2. Religion and Science from the Viewpoint of Western Scholarship
   Ted Peters, USA
3. Scientific and Cultural Aspects of Folk Medicine
   Chih-ming Cheng, Taiwan
4. ‘Traditional Chinese Philosophy and Natural Knowledge’
   Vincent Shen, Canada
5. ‘Chinese Academic Community: On the Relationship Between Religion and Science’
   Zhuo Xinping, China
6. ‘The Concept of ‘Seed’ of Vijnanav-Vada in the Gene of Species: An Observation of Genetic Transformation of Liver cells Induce by Hepatitis B Virus’
   Lai Pen-Jeu, Taiwan
7. ‘Religion, Science and the Environment’
   Michael T Seigel, Japan
8. ‘Christianity, religion and Science in the Context of Contemporary Chinese Culture’
   Leo Leeb, China
9. ‘Religion and Science in Taiwan/China’
   Frank Buldenholzer, Taiwan