Encyclopedia of Science and Religion

J. Wentzel Vrede van Huyssteen

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Encyclopedia of science and religion / J. Wentzel Vrede van Huyssteen, editor in chief. — 2nd ed.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 0-02-865704-7 (alk. paper) — ISBN 0-02-865705-5 (v. 1 : alk. paper)

—ISBN 0-02-865706-3 (v. 2 : alk. paper)

1. Religion and science—Encyclopedias. I. Van Huyssteen, Wentzel.

BL240.3 .E43 2003

291.1'75—dc21

2002152471

Printed in the United States of America
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