Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Origins and Creation by George V. Coyne, S.J., Emeritus Director, Vatican Observatory. Chapter 2: The Wonder of Creation by Virginia Del Re, Islamic scholar. Chapter 3: Science, Religion, and Me Personally by Colin Tudge, Science writer. Chapter 4: Parallel Lines: Faraday and Pasteur by F. David Peat, Physicist. Chapter 5: From Stardust to Angel Dust by James Kemp, Lawyer. Chapter 6: Very Different Butterflies: The Scope for Deep Complementarity between Western and Native American Science by Sean Howard, Political Scientist. Chapter 7: The Contribution of Religions to a Just and Sustainable Economic Development by Edy Korthals Altes, former Dutch Ambassador, Honorary President of Religions for Peace. Chapter 8: Globalization between Market and Democracy by Hendrik Opdebeeck, Philosopher and economist. Chapter 9: Making Literature, Science-and Love? by Alison MacLeod, Novelist. Chapter 10: The Inner Darkness of the Body, Interview with Sculptor Antony Gormley.

About the Author

These essays examine the role of belief in the lives of scientists; the connections between science and faith; the roads to peace; the need for just and sustainable societies; the nature of the creative act in both literature and art; and the experience of the artist and writer at work. Among the contributors are science writer Colin Tudge, George Coyne, SJ, Emeritus Director of the Vatican Observatory, and sculptor Antony Gormley.The Pari Dialogues is edited by the scientist and writer F. David Peat who is also the director of the Pari Center for New Learning.