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The discussion of how science and Christianity relate to each other is a truly global one. Christianity around the world encompasses diverse sets of perspectives, ideas, and challenges. Similarly, the practice and perception of science can vary significantly from one region to another. When brought together in their global contexts we find a richness in the engagement between science and Christianity that leads to diverse questions and distinctive answers. Global Perspectives on Science and Christianity brings together scholars from six continents, hailing from disciplines of natural and social sciences, theology, history, and philosophy, to provide a unique collection of perspectives on how science and Christianity relate around the world. Tackling some issues that are seldom addressed as well as providing fresh perspectives on perennial topics, this is an important, relevant and genuinely global contribution to the discussion.

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With contributions from six continents, this excellent new collection of essays provides novel and eye-opening insights into the interactions between the sciences and Christian communities in diverse settings, offering fresh perspectives on a number of traditional topics in the field. Highly recommended! Peter Harrison, DLitt, PhD Professor Emeritus of History and Philosophy, University of Queensland, Australia Professorial Research Fellow, University of Notre Dame, Australia It is refreshing and essential to read this book on the interface between science and Christian faith! Each chapter engages a local context in its particularity in ways that speak to our diverse global realities. May it encourage more conversation and action! Archbishop Linda Nicholls Primate, Anglican Church of Canada Member of the Anglican Communion Science Commission This fascinating collection of essays is eloquent testimony to the growing maturity of science-theology engagement. It seriously considers the contextual (cultural, political, and historical) nature of both disciplines while also recognizing fundamental similarities across significant differences. I commend it to students and practitioners alike. Vinoth Ramachandra, PhD Former Secretary for Dialogue and Social Engagement, International Fellowship of Evangelical Students If one is to fully comprehend the diversity of science and Christianity relations throughout the world, Brownnutt and Fox's volume is a must-read. What is particularly commendable is the depth, originality, and clarity with which the authors engage with the different local social and religious backgrounds in their explorations of diverse relations between science and Christianity. Ignacio Silva, DPhil Professor of Theology and Sciences, Austral University, Argentina Professor of Philosophy of Religion, Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina

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MIKE BROWNNUTT has a PhD in experimental quantum computing from Imperial College London, UK, and wrote his habilitation on that topic at the University of Innsbruck, Austria. He also has a master's degree in theology from the University of Chester, UK. He currently serves as course director of the Faraday Institute for Science and Religion in Cambridge, and is working on a PhD in non-modern philosophy of science and religion at the University of Birmingham, UK. KEITH R. FOX has a PhD in pharmacology from the University of Cambridge, UK, and has served as a lecturer, then professor at the University of Southampton, UK, since 1987. He is the editor of Science & Christian Belief and is an ordained lay minister in the Church of England. He co-authored Modifying Our Genes: Theology, Science and ""Playing God"" (SCM Press, 2021) and has written multiple papers on science, as well as ethics and Christianity.

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