Overview

The field of 'religion and science' is exploding in popularity among academics as well as the general reading public. Spawning an increasing number of conferences and courses, this field has shown an unprecedented rate of growth in recent years. Here for the first time is a single-volume introduction to the debate, written by the leading experts. Making no pretence to encyclopaedic neutrality, each chapter defends a major intellectual position - at the heart of the book is a series of 'pro' and 'con' papers, covering each of the current 'hot topics' (such as evolution versus creation, naturalism versus the supernatural). In addition to treatments of questions of methodology and implications for life and practice, the Handbook includes sections devoted to the major scientific disciplines, the major world religions, and the main sub-disciplines in this exciting and ever-expanding field of study.

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Author:   Philip Clayton (Ingraham Professor, Claremont School of Theology; Professor of Philosophy and Religion, Claremont Graduate University) ,  Zachary Simpson
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 18.10cm , Height: 5.70cm , Length: 25.80cm
Weight:   1.802kg
ISBN:  

9780199279272

ISBN 10:   0199279276
Pages:   1040
Publication Date:   26 October 2006
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  General ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1: Philip Clayton: Introduction I.Religion and Science across the World's Traditions 2: Sangeetha Menon: Hinduism and Science 3: B. Alan Wallace: Buddhism and Science 4: Norbert M. Samuelson: Judaism and Science 5: John Polkinghorne: Christianity and Science 6: Seyyed Hossein Nasr: Islam and Science 7: John Grim: Indigenous Lifeways and Knowing the World 8: Willem Drees: Religious Naturalism and Science 9: Peter Atkins: Atheism and Science II. Conceiving Religion in Light of the Contemporary Sciences 10: Bernard Carr: Cosmology and Religion 11: Kirk Wegter-McNelly: Fundamental Physics and Religion 12: Martinez Hewlett: Molecular Biology and Religion 13: Jeffrey P. Schloss: Evolutionary Theory and Religion 14: Susan Bratton: Ecology and Religion 15: Evan Thompson: The Neurosciences and Religion 16: Raymond F. Paloutzian: Psychology, the Human Sciences, and Religion 17: Richard Fenn: Sociology and Religion 18: Michael Lambek: Anthropology and Religion III. The Major Fields of Religion/Science 19: John Hedley Brooke: Contributions from the History of Science and Religion 20: Robert A. Segal: Contributions from Religious Studies 21: Robin Collins: Contributions from the Philosophy of Science 22: Joseph Bracken: Contributions from Philosophical Theology and Metaphysics 23: Wolfhart Pannenberg: Contributions from Systematic Theology 24: Ted Peters: Contributions from Practical Theology and Ethics 25: Pauline Rudd: Simplicity - Complexity - Simplicity: The Perspectives of Spirituality IV. Methodological Approaches to the Study of Religion and Science 26: Scott Atran: The Scientific Landscape of Religion: Evolution, Culture, and Cognition 27: Owen Flanagan: Varieties of Naturalism 28: David Ray Griffin: Interpreting Science from the Standpoint of Whitheadian Process Philosophy 29: Nancey Murphy: Anglo-American Postmodernity and the End of Theology-Science Dialogue? 30: F. LeRon Shults: Trinitarian Faith Seeking Transformative Understanding 31: Phillip H. Wiebe: Religious Experience, Cognitive Science, and the Future of Religion 32: Ken Wilber and Sean Esbjorn-Hargens: Toward a Comprehensive Integration of Science and Religion: A Post-Metaphysical Approach V. Central Theoretical Debates in Religion and Science `Science and Religion' or `Theology and Science'? 33: Michael Welker: Science and Theology: Their Relation at the Beginning of the Third Millennium 34: Philip Hefner: Religion-and-Science Science, Theology, and Divine Action 35: Robert John Russell: Quantum Physics and the Theology of Non-Interventionist Objective Divine Action 36: Tom Tracy: Theologies of Divine Action 37: Wesley J. Wildman: Ground-of-Being Theologies Panentheism and its Critics 38: Michael Brierley: The Potential of Panentheism for Dialogue between Science and Religion 39: Owen C. Thomas: Problems in Panentheism Evolution, Creation, and Belief in God 40: Will B. Provine: Evolution, Religion, and Science 41: Alister E. McGrath: Darwinism 42: John F. Haught: God and Evolution Intelligent Design and its Critics 43: William Dembski: In Defence of Intelligent Design 44: Robert T. Pennock: The Premodern Sins of Intelligent Design Theologies of Emergent Complexity and their Critics 45: George F. R. Ellis: Physics, Complexity, and the Science-Religion Debate 46: Niels Henrik Gregersen: Emergence and Complexity 47: Michael Silberstein: Emergence, Theology, and the Manifest Image 48: Carl Gillett: The Hidden Battles over Emergence Feminist Approaches 49: Lisa L. Stenmark: Going Public: Feminist Epistemologies, Hannah Arendt, and the Science and Religion Discourse 50: Ann Pedersen: Feminist Perspectives in Medicine and Bioethics Human Nature and Ethics 51: Ursula Goodenough and Terrence W. Deacon: Emergence, Ethics, and Religious Naturalism 52: William B. Hurlbut: Science, Ethics, and the Human Spirit VI. Values Issues in Religion and Science 53: Celia Deane-Drummond: Theology and Ecology 54: Holmes Rolston III: Environmental Ethics and Religion/Science 55: Ron Cole-Turner: Biotechnology and the Religion-Science Discussion 56: Nancy R. Howell: Relations between Homo sapiens and Other Animals: Scientific and Religious Arguments 57: Mary Midgley: Dover Beach Revisited: Concluding Reflections

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This volume offers an impressive combination of breadth and clarity: breadth in the inclusion of experts from all the major world religions and scientific disciplines, and clarity in focusing attention on the similarities and differences among these diverse traditions and disciplines. Of particular interest is a section presenting pro and con views on eight issues currently debated in this burgeoning interdisciplinary field. Ian G. Barbour, Author of""When Science Meets Religion"" ...compelling new perspectives upon a wide range of subjects in the humanities and social sciences under the topic of religion and science. Dr. Horst Jesse, European Legacy

the editors have been very skillful ... I hope I have said enough to indicate the richness, reach and seriousness of this weighty contribution. Christopher Southgate, Science & Christian Belief This volume offers an impressive combination of breadth and clarity: breadth in the inclusion of experts from all the major world religions and scientific disciplines, and clarity in focusing attention on the similarities and differences among these diverse traditions and disciplines. Of particular interest is a section presenting pro and con views on eight issues currently debated in this burgeoning interdisciplinary field. Ian G. Barbour, Author of When Science Meets Religion ...compelling new perspectives upon a wide range of subjects in the humanities and social sciences under the topic of religion and science. Dr. Horst Jesse, European Legacy

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Philip Clayton is Ingraham Professor, Claremont School of Theology; Professor of Philosophy and Religion, Claremont Graduate University.

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