Overview
Raising the argument that theology and science are sibling rivals competing for the attention of truth seekers, the author recommends that both camps use the model of narrative truth to connect the word-truth of theology with the fact-like statements of science, since narrative truth has the potenti
Full Product Details
Author: Richard J. Coleman
Publisher: Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
Imprint: Continuum International Publishing Group - Trinity
Dimensions:
Width: 15.40cm
, Height: 2.30cm
, Length: 23.00cm
Weight: 0.540kg
ISBN: 9781563383601
ISBN 10: 1563383608
Pages: 336
Publication Date: 01 August 2001
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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General/trade
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Undergraduate
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Out of Print
Availability: Out of stock
Reviews
Richard J. Coleman's Competing Truths is an impressive contribution tocontemporary scholarship on science and religion. Exhibiting here a vastknowledge of relevant literature on this exciting field of inquiry, hehas produced a very thoughtful survey and commentary, developing his own distinctive theological interpretation in the process. His provocativetreatment may not please every scholar he discusses, but it will be readwith profit by all. --John F. Haught Blurb from reviewer
It comes as something of a relief to pick up a book by a generalist that promises to interpret the discussion in this field in terms that are accessible to the general reader...In down-to-earth language, the book reviews the history of the rivalry between theology and science (Part I), the contemporary philosophical and theological landscape (Part II), and concludes with a constructive statement, Working Toward a Narrative Truth of the Universe (Part III)...Coleman's discussion of the history of the relationship between theology and science is useful and generally clear. H. Paul Santmire, for Theology and Science, Vol.1, No. 1, 2003--Sanford Lakoff
Richard J. Coleman's Competing Truths is an impressive contribution tocontemporary scholarship on science and religion. Exhibiting here a vastknowledge of relevant literature on this exciting field of inquiry, hehas produced a very thoughtful survey and commentary, developing his own distinctive theological interpretation in the process. His provocativetreatment may not please every scholar he discusses, but it will be readwith profit by all. --John F. Haught
Author Information
Richard J. Coleman is a minister in the United Church of Christ, a participant in the pastor-theologian program sponsored by the Center for Theological Inquiry at Princeton, and the author of Issues of Theological Conflict. He lives in Pembroke, Massachusetts.
