Science, Religion and Jainism – a Quick Review
‘Science and Religion’ By Muni Shri Chandrashekhar Vijayji Translated into English by SR Falnikar Kamal Prakashan Trust, Ahmedabad. First Edition, 1st Oct 1978 I read the book ‘Science and Religion’ which mainly deals with the concepts, beliefs and philosophies in Jainism and tries to test them in the light of scientific discoveries. The book was written in 1978, or at least this was the edition of the copy which I received, and hence many scientific discoveries are not covered and some others are quickly judged without going into their depth. For example, theory of gravitation by Newton has been discarded in the book as an ‘intellectual fallacy’ and many concepts like presence of life in fire are explained with logic based on weak grounds. I don’t know if the author was qualified enough to understand modern science at the micro as well as macro levels, though he appeared to be well read. For example, the author feels elated when some scientists say that scientific words are ‘not final...