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This timely and fascinating work addresses questions of ultimate concerns for Christian believers by clarifying what religious believers' statement God creates means in relation to the mechanistic determinism of science enthusiasts and the New Atheist Movement. Drawing from the methodological works of C.S. Peirce, Bernard Lonergan, and Wolfhart Pannenberg, the book creatively shows how the old science-theology conflict, or warfare , can be turned into one of collaboration or rapprochement. Using the works of these three thinkers, it departs from the common practice of treating the field of science-theology as an abstract mainstream theology. The book takes a stand on contextual theology, treating the problem posed by Richard Dawkins and his fellow New Atheists as one in need of a creative solution. It also suggests that the dialogue between science and theology must take seriously the experiences and challenges from different social and cultural contexts. The text shows how these experiences can lead to the kind of creative theological thinking we see in the works of Pannenberg and Lonergan, who both explicate, not only how an understanding of an evolutionary universe is compatible with the Christian doctrine of creation, but also how a methodological comparison of science and theology reveals a common concern for human understanding and openness to divine agency.

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A Science-Theology Rapprochement, draws upon the work of Pannenberg, Peirce, and Lonergan to provide a creative approach to overcoming the apparent divide between religion and science. This thoughtful integration demonstrates how much the natural sciences and theology can benefit from one another in their mutual efforts to test and refine truth claims. I am glad to see such an important topic addressed by an intelligent and careful scholar like Dr. Orji. Theodore James Whapham, PhDDean and Associate Professor, Ann and Joe O. Neuhoff School of Ministry, University of Dallas

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Cyril Orji is Professor of Systematic Theology and Core Integrated Study at the University of Dayton, USA. He specializes in systematic and fundamental theology, with particular emphasis on the theology and philosophy of Bernard Lonergan, which he brings into conversation with the works of the American pragmatist and semiotician Charles Sanders Peirce and the German Lutheran theologian Wolfhart Pannenberg. He also collaborates in inter-religious dialogue and the intersection of religion and culture - inculturation, post-colonial critical theory, and Black and African theologies - and engages in communal practices of communicative theology in the development of local and contextual theologies. He has published in journals such as Theological Studies, Pacifica and Irish Theological Quarterly. His books include An Introduction to Religious and Theological Studies (2015), The Catholic University and the Search for Truth (2013) and Ethnic and Religious Conflicts in Africa: An Analysis of Bias and Conversion Based on the Work of Bernard Lonergan (2008).

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