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From the Geological House The Geological Society of the Society may use the letters FGS. Candidate The Geological Society of London was founded in 1807 and is the oldest Fellowship is available to members not yet qualifying for Fellowship. geological society in the world. It received its Royal in 1825 for The Society has its own Publishing House based in Bath, UK. It produces the purpose of 'investigating the mineral structure of the Earth' and is the Society's international journals, and maps, and is the now Britain's national society for geology. European distributor for publications of the American Association of Both a learned society and a professional body, the Geological Society Petroleum Geologists (AAPG), the Society for Sedimentary Geology • Special Publication 310 is recognized by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) as the (SEPM) and the Geological Society of America (GSA). Members of the NEW chartering authority for geoscience, able to Chartered Geologist Society can buy books at considerable discounts. The Publishing status upon appropriately qualified Fellows. The Society has a House has an online bookshop (http://www.geolsoc.org.uk/bookshop). Geology and Religion: A History of Harmony and Hostility fellowship of 9099, of whom about 1500 live outside the UK. Further information on Society membership may be obtained from the By M. Kölbl-Ebert Fellowship of the Society is open to persons holding a recognized honours Fellowship Department, The Geological Society, Burlington House, degree in geology or a cognate subject, or not less than six years' Piccadilly, London W1J 0BG (e-mail: [email protected]; relevant experience in geology or a cognate subject. A with a tel: +44 (0)207 434 9944). For thousands of years, religious ideas have shaped the thoughts and actions of human beings. Many of minimum of six years' relevant postgraduate experience in the practice The Society's Web Site can be found at http://www.geolsoc.org.uk/. of geology may apply for chartered status. Successful applicants are The Society is a Registered Charity, number 210161. the early geological concepts were initially developed within this context. The long-standing relationship entitled to use the designatory postnominal CGeol (Chartered Geologist). •ISBN: 978-1-86239-269-4 between geology and religious thought, which has been sometimes indifferent, sometimes fruitful and •April 2009 sometimes full of conflict, is discussed from a historical point of view. This relationship continues into the Editorial Board D. L. Fey R. H. Mazzucchelli, •360 pages A. Arribas, US Geological Survey, USA Searchtech Pty Ltd, Australia •Hardback present. Although Christian fundamentalists attack evolution and related palaeontological findings as •Prices: Newmont Mining Corp., USA D. Fowle, G. Melo Jr., well as the geological evidence for the age of the Earth, mainstream theologians strive for a fruitful List: E. A. Bailey, University of Kansas, USA Federal University at Rio Grande do dialogue between and religion. Much of what is written and discussed today can only be US Geological Survey, USA Norte State, Brazil £95.00/US$190.00 D. L. Garnett, C. J. Moon, GSL: understood within the historical perspective. A. Bajc, Charles Darwin University, Australia Ontario Geological Survey, Canada Leicester University, UK £47.50/US$95.00 R. G. Garrett, O. A. Bavinton, C. J. Oates, AAPG/SEPM/GSA/RAS/ This considers the development of geology from mythological approaches towards the European Geological Survey of Canada, Canada Anglo American plc, UK Anglo American plc, UK EFG/PESGB/TMS: R. J. Goldfarb, Enlightenment, biblical or geological Flood and the age of the Earth, geology within ‘religious’ I. Brenner, G. 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Kelley, Development in the UK and Europe D. Cohen, US Geological Survey, USA L. Stillings, University of New South Wales, US Geological Survey, USA Edited By D. J. Evans and R. A. Chadwick D. Kirste, Australia D. A. H. Teagle, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, W. B. Coker Southampton Oceanography Centre, UK The UK became a net importer of natural gas in 2004 and by 2020 will import up to 90% of its Canada •ISBN: 978-1-86239-272-4 BHP Billiton, Canada K. Telmer, requirements, leaving it vulnerable to increasing energy bills and risk of disruption to supply. New M. Leybourne, •June 2009 D. de Bruin, University of Victoria, Canada pipelines to Europe and improvements to interconnectors will meet some demand, but Government Council for Geoscience, South Africa GNS Science, Wellington, New Zealand •292 pages C. Weisener, •Hardback P. de Caritat, A. 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