The Blackwell Companion to Science and Christianity

J. B. Stump 지음

Wiley-Blackwell 2012년 03월 12일 출간

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A cutting-edge survey of contemporary thought at the intersection of science and Christianity.Provides a cutting-edge survey of the central ideas at play at the intersection of science and Christianity through 54 original articles by world-leading scholars and rising stars in the discipline Focuses on Christianity's interaction with Science to offer a fine-grained analysis of issues such as multiverse theories in cosmology, convergence in evolution, Intelligent Design, natural theology, human consciousness, artificial intelligence, free will, miracles, and the Trinity, amongst many othersAddresses major historical developments in the relationship between science and Christianity, including Christian patristics, the scientific revolution, the reception of Darwin, and twentieth century fundamentalismDivided into 9 Parts: Historical Episodes; Methodology; Natural Theology; Cosmology Physics; Evolution; The Human Sciences; Christian Bioethics; Metaphysical Implications; The Mind; Theology; and Significant Figures of the 20th CenturyIncludes diverse perspectives and broadens the conversation from the Anglocentric tradition

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Acknowledgments ixNotes on Contributors xIntroduction xviiiJ. B. Stump and Alan G. PadgettPart I Historical Episodes 11 Early Christian Belief in Creation and the Beliefs Sustaining the Modern Scientific Endeavor 3Christopher B. Kaiser2 The Copernican Revolution and the Galileo Affair 14Maurice A. Finocchiaro3 Women, Mechanical Science, and God in the Early Modern Period 26Jacqueline Broad4 Christian Responses to Darwinism in the Late Nineteenth Century 37Peter J. Bowler5 Science Falsely So Called: Fundamentalism and Science 48Edward B. DavisPart II Methodology 616 How to Relate Christian Faith and Science 63Mikael Stenmark7 Authority 74Nicholas Rescher8 Feminist Philosophies of Science: Towards a Prophetic Epistemology 82Lisa L. Stenmark9 Practical Objectivity: Keeping Natural Science Natural 93Alan G. Padgett10 The Evolutionary Argument against Naturalism 103Alvin PlantingaPart III Natural Theology 11711 Arguments to God from the Observable Universe 119Richard Swinburne12 &"God of the Gaps&" Arguments 130Gregory E. Ganssle13 Natural Theology after Modernism 140J. B. Stump14 Religious Epistemology Personifi ed: God without Natural Theology 151Paul K. Moser15 Problems for Christian Natural Theology 162Alexander R. Pruss and Richard M. GalePart IV Cosmology and Physics 17316 Modern Cosmology and Christian Theology 175Stephen M. Barr17 Does the Universe Need God? 185Sean Carroll18 Does God Love the Multiverse? 198Don N. Page19 The Fine-Tuning of the Cosmos: A Fresh Look at Its Implications 207Robin Collins20 Quantum Theory and Theology 220Rodney D. HolderPart V Evolution 23121 Creation and Evolution 233Denis

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“The result is a fascinating, rich collection of fifty-four essays grouped into eleven major sections . . . To sum up, this volume nicely complements other recent works in the ongoing interaction between science and religion. Students and teachers in the field will find this volume an accessible, reliable, and up-to-date resource for the contemporary discourse between science and Christianity.”& (Themelios, 1 April 2013)“For those who have such a background, this book will be a valuable asset for orienting themselves in the broader conversation.”& (Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith, 1 March 2013)“Summing Up: Recommended.& Upper-division undergraduates through researchers/faculty.”& (Choice, 1 December 2012)

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저자(글) J. B. Stump

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J. B. Stump is Professor of Philosophy and directs the philosophy program at Bethel College (Indiana, USA). He is the philosophy editor of Christian Scholars Review, and has published articles there as well as in Studies in History and Philosophy of Science and Philosophia Christi. He has co-authored (with Chad Meister) Christian Thought: A Historical Introduction (2010).Alan G. Padgett is Professor of Systematic Theology at Luther Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota, USA. Long involved in the dialog between theology and science, he is a member of the International Society for Science and Religion (ISSR) and has lectured in Europe, Canada, the US and China on religion and theology. He has authored or edited ten other books, including Science and the Study of God (2003).