Science and religion in search of cosmic purpose / edited by John F. Haught ; contributors, Francisco J. Ayala [and others].

Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, [2000], ©2000.

xvi, 137 pages ; 24 cm

Inflationary cosmology and the question of teleology / Andrei Linde -- Darwin and the teleology of nature / Francisco J. Ayala -- Islamic cosmology: basic tenets and implications, yesterday and today / Seyyed Hossein Nasr -- Cosmos and consciousness: Indian perspectives / Anindita Niyogi Balslev -- Cosmology, science, and ethics in Japanese neo-Confucianism / Mary Evelyn Tucker -- Cosmic directionality and the wisdom of science / Brian Swimme -- Information and cosmic purpose / John F. Haught -- Is there design and purpose in the universe? / Owen Gingerich.

Includes bibliographical references and index.