Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-213) and index.

"American religion, Steven Goldberg claims, has fallen into a trap. Just at the moment when it has amassed the political strength and won the legal right to participate effectively in public debate, it has lost its distinctive voice. Instead of speaking of human values, goals, and limits, it speaks in the language of science." "Discussing the most recent and pressing collisions between science and religion--such as the medicinal benefits of prayer, the human genome project, and cloning--Goldberg raises the timely question of what the appropriate role of religion might be in public life today. Tackling the legal aspects of religious debate, Goldberg suggests ways that religious leaders might confront new scientific developments in a more meaningful fashion."--Jacket.

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