Karl Giberson, physics professor at Eastern Nazarene University and an
ASA member, is well known as the former editor-in-chief of both /Science
and Theology News/ and /Science & Spirit/ which achieved global
circulation in the field of science and religion studies. He couples his
knowledge of this arena with that of his physics, philosophy of science,
and Roman Catholic priest colleague, Mariano Artigas of the University
of Navarra in Spain. The result is a splendid book that presents the
writings of six contemporary science ’Äúoracles’Äù: biologists Richard
Dawkins, the late Stephen Jay Gould, and Edward O. Wilson and physical
scientists Stephen Hawking, the late Carl Sagan, and Steven Weinberg, to
each of whom a chapter is devoted. On each Giberson focuses on his main
ideas and how he pushes viewpoints that transcend science. The final
chapter summarizes the similarities and dissimilarities of these
oracles... The authors make a good case for how the misuse of science to
advance philosophical and quasi-religious or antireligious ideas fails
to reckon with the limitations of science. It is the polemics of these
oracles and their chief antagonists, couched in what purports to be
’Äúscientific language’Äù that obscure rather than illuminate the complex
nature and meanings of human existence.  The book is highly
recommended.-- PSCF Review