Toward A Theology Of Scientific Endeavour The Descent Of Science

Author : Christopher B. Kaiser
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2021-02-27
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781351878562

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Toward a Theology of Scientific Endeavour by Christopher B. Kaiser Pdf

Foundations of science are specific conditions of the cosmos, of human intelligence, of cultural beliefs, and of technological structures that make the pursuit of modern science possible. Each of the four foundations of scientific endeavour can be studied as a topic on its own. The concurrent study of all four together reveals several tensions and interconnections among them that point the way to a greater unification of faith and science. This book explores four foundations of scientific endeavour and investigates some of the paradoxes each of them raises. Kaiser shows that the resolution of these paradoxes inevitably leads us into theological discourse and raises new challenges for theological endeavour. In order to address these challenges, Kaiser draws on the wider resources of the Judeo-Christian tradition and argues for a refocusing of contemporary theology from the perspective of natural science.

Author : Professor Christopher B Kaiser
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2013-05-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781409477662

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Toward a Theology of Scientific Endeavour by Professor Christopher B Kaiser Pdf

Foundations of science are specific conditions of the cosmos, of human intelligence, of cultural beliefs, and of technological structures that make the pursuit of modern science possible. Each of the four foundations of scientific endeavour can be studied as a topic on its own. The concurrent study of all four together reveals several tensions and interconnections among them that point the way to a greater unification of faith and science. This book explores four foundations of scientific endeavour and investigates some of the paradoxes each of them raises. Kaiser shows that the resolution of these paradoxes inevitably leads us into theological discourse and raises new challenges for theological endeavour. In order to address these challenges, Kaiser draws on the wider resources of the Judeo-Christian tradition and argues for a refocusing of contemporary theology from the perspective of natural science.

Author : Piotr Roszak
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 163 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783031624988

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Overcoming Reductionism and Crafting a New Synthesis by Piotr Roszak Pdf

Author : Revd Dr Anna Case-Winters
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2013-05-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781409477808

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Reconstructing a Christian Theology of Nature by Revd Dr Anna Case-Winters Pdf

In the present ecological crisis, it is imperative that human beings reconsider their place within nature and find new, more responsible and sustainable ways of living. Assumptions about the nature of God, the world, and the human being, shape our thinking and, consequently, our acting. Some have charged that the Christian tradition has been more a hindrance than a help because its theology of nature has unwittingly legitimated the exploitation of nature. This book takes the current criticism of Christian tradition to heart and invites a reconsideration of the problematic elements: its desacralization of nature; its preoccupation with the human being to the neglect of the rest of nature; its dualisms and elevation of the spiritual over material reality, and its habit of ignoring or resisting scientific understandings of the natural world. Anna Case-Winters argues that Christian tradition has a more viable theology of nature to offer. She takes a look at some particulars in Christian tradition as a way to illustrate the undeniable problems and to uncover the untapped possibilities. In the process, she engages conversation partners that have been sharply critical and particularly insightful (feminist theology, process thought, and the religion and science dialogue). The criticisms and insights of these partners help to shape a proposal for a reconstructed theology of nature that can more effectively fund our struggle for the fate of the earth.

Author : Ignacio Silva
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2021-09-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781000437416

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Providence and Science in a World of Contingency by Ignacio Silva Pdf

Providence and Science in a World of Contingency offers a novel assessment of the contemporary debate over divine providential action and the natural sciences, suggesting a re-consideration of Thomas Aquinas’ metaphysical doctrine of providence coupled with his account of natural contingency. By looking at the history of debates over providence and nature, the volume provides a set of criteria to evaluate providential divine action models, challenging the underlying, theologically contentious assumptions of current discussions on divine providential action. Such assumptions include that God needs causally open spaces in the created world in order to act in it providentially, and the unfitting conclusion that, if this is the case, then God is assumed to act as another cause among causes. In response to these shortcomings, the book presents a comprehensive account of Aquinas’ metaphysics of natural causation, contingency, and their relation to divine providence. It offers a fresh and bold metaphysical narrative, based on the thought of Thomas Aquinas, which appreciates the relation between divine providence and natural contingency.

Author : Mark Graves
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2016-04-22
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781317095866

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Mind, Brain and the Elusive Soul by Mark Graves Pdf

Does science argue against the existence of the human soul? Many scientists and scholars believe the whole is more than the sum of the parts. This book uses information and systems theory to describe the "more" that does not reduce to the parts. One sees this in the synapses”or apparently empty gaps between the neurons in one's brain”where informative relationships give rise to human mind, culture, and spirituality. Drawing upon the disciplines of cognitive science, computer science, neuroscience, general systems theory, pragmatic philosophy, and Christian theology, Mark Graves reinterprets the traditional doctrine of the soul as form of the body to frame contemporary scientific study of the human soul.

Author : W. Ross Hastings
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2017-07-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781532616846

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Echoes of Coinherence by W. Ross Hastings Pdf

This book re-imagines the universe (and the scientific study of it) through the lens of a triune Creator, three persons of irreducible identity in a perichoretic or coinherent communion. It modestly proposes that Trinitarian theology, and especially the coinherent natures of the Son in the incarnation, provides the metaphysic or “theory of everything” that manifests itself in the subject matter of science. The presence of the image of the triune God in humanity and of traces of this God in the non-human creation are discussed, highlighting ontological resonances between God and creation (resonances between the being of God and his creation), such as goodness, immensity-yet-particularity, intelligibility, agency, relationality, and beauty. This Trinitarian reality suggests there should be a similarity also with respect to how we know in theology and science (critical realism), something reflected in the history of ideas in each. These resonances lead to the conclusion that the disciplines of theology and science are, in fact, coinherent, not conflicted. This involves recognition of both the mutuality of these vocations and also, importantly, their particularity. Science, its own distinct guild, yet finds its place ensconced within an encyclopedic theology, and subject to first-order, credal theology.

Author : Fraser Watts
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2018-12-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780429872891

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Creation by Fraser Watts Pdf

Published in 1999. How can we reconcile assumptions about the lawfulness of the universe with provision for chance events? Do the ‘laws of nature’ indicate what absolutely must happen, or just what is most likely to happen? These are important questions for both science and theology, and are explored here in the first in-depth coverage of an important but neglected topic. Including perspectives from prestigious contributions, and published with the backing of the International Society for Science and Religion (ISSR), Creation: Law and Probability employs the disciplines of history and philosophy, as well as cosmology, evolutionary biology, and neuroscience in a fascinating dialogue of faith traditions.

Author : Christopher Lee Bolt
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2019-04-17
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781532636615

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The World in His Hands by Christopher Lee Bolt Pdf

From the moment we wake until the time we go to sleep, we are bombarded by the benefits of science in the practical elements of everyday life. Electricity, lights, hot showers, breakfast cereals, clothing, cars, cell phones, roads, security systems, computers, communications, traffic lights, climate control, and entertainment are just a sampling of the many benefits of science. In addition to technological advances, medicine and agriculture progress with science as well. Even educational, political, and marketing strategists invoke science to substantiate their claims. Science dominates the collective Western mindset, and we regard it with the utmost respect. Yet society remains generally religious, even though science and religion are frequently thought of as being at odds with one another. How do we reconcile the two? Christians are taught to believe that God is in control of everything, including the natural elements. But how does God relate to physical laws? Is God in control of the world, or laws of nature? Could both views be correct? This book examines the Christian doctrine of divine providence and its implications for the laws of nature and the problem of induction before contrasting secular and Islamic approaches to these same topics.

Author : Fraser N. Watts
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0754658902

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Creation by Fraser N. Watts Pdf

This text arises from a conference of the International Society for Science and Religion (ISSR) held in Boston in August 2004. Chapters include: 'Concepts of Law and Probability in Theology and Science', 'The Development of the Concept of Laws of Nature', 'Chance and Evolution' and 'God and Probability'.

Author : Stephen H. Webb
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 383 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2010-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781630874223

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The Dome of Eden by Stephen H. Webb Pdf

What would biology look like if it took the problem of natural evil seriously? This book argues that biological descriptions of evolution are inherently moral, just as the biblical story of creation has biological implications. A complete account of evolution will therefore require theological input. The Dome of Eden does not try to harmonize evolution and creation. Harmonizers typically begin with Darwinism and then try to add just enough religion to make evolution more palatable, or they begin with Genesis and pry open the creation account just wide enough to let in a little bit of evolution. By contrast, Stephen Webb provides a theory of how evolution and theology fit together, and he argues that this kind of theory is required by the internal demands of both theology and biology. The Dome of Eden also develops a theological account of evolution that is distinct from the intelligent design movement. Webb shows how intelligent design properly discerns the inescapable dimension of purpose in nature but, like Darwinism itself, fails to make sense of the problem of natural evil. Finally, this book draws on the work of Karl Barth to advance a new reading of the Genesis narrative and the theology of Duns Scotus to provide the necessary metaphysical foundation for evolutionary thought.

Author : Léon Turner
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 0754693163

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Theology, Psychology, and the Plural Self by Léon Turner Pdf

Is the human self singular and unified or essentially plural? This book explores the seemingly disparate ways that Christian theology and the secular human sciences have approached this complex question. Through an original analysis of recent theological and secular accounts of self and personhood, this book examines the extent of the intertheoretical disparity and its broader implications for theology's dialogue with the human sciences in general, and psychology in particular. It explains why theologians ought to take questions about the plurality of self very seriously, and how they overlap with many of the central concerns of contemporary theological anthropology, including the notions of relationality, particularity and human sinfulness. Introducing a novel psychological framework to distinguish various understandings of self-disunity, the author argues that contemporary theology's blanket condemnation of self-multiplicity is misconceived, and identifies a possible means of reconciling theological and human scientific accounts.

Author : Christopher B. Kaiser
Publisher : Augsburg Fortress Publishers
Page : 379 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781451470345

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Seeing the Lord's Glory by Christopher B. Kaiser Pdf

The dilemma of early Christology, the author observes, is found in the early Christian claims to have seen the Lord and beheld his glory - expressions that in early Judaism would have pointed unequivocally to visions of Israel's God. He also examines the phenomenon of kyriocentric visions in Second Temple Judaism.

Author : Wolfhart Pannenberg
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1993-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0664253849

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Toward a Theology of Nature by Wolfhart Pannenberg Pdf

Pannenberg poses theological questions to natural scientists that illuminate his personal position on issues dealing with theology and the natural sciences, especially physics, reviewing the relationship between natural law and contingency, the importance of the spirit in the phenomenon of life, field theory, language, and the theological account for the nature of God and God's creative activity.

Author : Margaret Small
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : History
ISBN : 9781783275205

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Framing the World by Margaret Small Pdf

A timely examination of the ways in which sixteenth-century understandings of the world were framed by classical theory.