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<p>Acknowledgments ix</p> <p>Notes on Contributors x</p> <p>Introduction xviii<br /><i>J. B. Stump and Alan G. Padgett</i></p> <p><b>Part I Historical Episodes 1</b></p> <p>1 Early Christian Belief in Creation and the Beliefs Sustaining the Modern Scientific Endeavor 3<br /><i>Christopher B. Kaiser</i></p> <p>2 The Copernican Revolution and the Galileo Affair 14<br /><i>Maurice A. Finocchiaro</i></p> <p>3 Women, Mechanical Science, and God in the Early Modern Period 26<br /><i>Jacqueline Broad</i></p> <p>4 Christian Responses to Darwinism in the Late Nineteenth Century 37<br /><i>Peter J. Bowler</i></p> <p>5 Science Falsely So Called: Fundamentalism and Science 48<br /><i>Edward B. Davis</i></p> <p><b>Part II Methodology 61</b></p> <p>6 How to Relate Christian Faith and Science 63<br /><i>Mikael Stenmark</i></p> <p>7 Authority 74<br /><i>Nicholas Rescher</i></p> <p>8 Feminist Philosophies of Science: Towards a Prophetic Epistemology 82<br /><i>Lisa L. Stenmark</i></p> <p>9 Practical Objectivity: Keeping Natural Science Natural 93<br /><i>Alan G. Padgett</i></p> <p>10 The Evolutionary Argument against Naturalism 103<br /><i>Alvin Plantinga</i></p> <p><b>Part III Natural Theology 117</b></p> <p>11 Arguments to God from the Observable Universe 119<br /><i>Richard Swinburne</i></p> <p>12 “God of the Gaps” Arguments 130<br /><i>Gregory E. Ganssle</i></p> <p>13 Natural Theology after Modernism 140<br /><i>J. B. Stump</i></p> <p>14 Religious Epistemology Personified: God without Natural Theology 151<br /><i>Paul K. Moser</i></p> <p>15 Problems for Christian Natural Theology 162<br /><i>Alexander R. Pruss and Richard M. Gale</i></p> <p><b>Part IV Cosmology and Physics 173</b></p> <p>16 Modern Cosmology and Christian Theology 175<br /><i>Stephen M. Barr</i></p> <p>17 Does the Universe Need God? 185<br /><i>Sean Carroll</i></p> <p>18 Does God Love the Multiverse? 198<br /><i>Don N. Page</i></p> <p>19 The Fine-Tuning of the Cosmos: A Fresh Look at its Implications 207<br /><i>Robin Collins</i></p> <p>20 Quantum Theory and Theology 220<br /><i>Rodney D. Holder</i></p> <p><b>Part V Evolution 231</b></p> <p>21 Creation and Evolution 233<br /><i>Denis R. Alexander</i></p> <p>22 Darwinism and Atheism: A Marriage Made in Heaven? 246<br /><i>Michael Ruse</i></p> <p>23 Creation and Evolutionary Convergence 258<br /><i>Simon Conway Morris</i></p> <p>24 Signature in the Cell: Intelligent Design and the DNA Enigma 270<br /><i>Stephen C. Meyer</i></p> <p>25 Darwin and Intelligent Design 283<br /><i>Francisco J. Ayala</i></p> <p>26 Christianity and Human Evolution 295<br /><i>John F. Haught</i></p> <p>27 Christian Theism and Life on Earth 306<br /><i>Paul Draper</i></p> <p><b>Part VI The Human Sciences 317</b></p> <p>28 Toward a Cognitive Science of Christianity 319<br /><i>Justin L. Barrett</i></p> <p>29 The Third Wound: Has Psychology Banished the Ghost from the Machine? 335<br /><i>Dylan Evans</i></p> <p>30 Sociology and Christianity 344<br /><i>John H. Evans and Michael S. Evans</i></p> <p>31 Economics and Christian Faith 356<br /><i>Robin J. Klay</i></p> <p><b>Part VII Christian Bioethics 369</b></p> <p>32 Shaping Human Life at the Molecular Level 371<br /><i>James C. Peterson</i></p> <p>33 An Inclusive Framework for Stem Cell Research 381<br /><i>John F. Kilner</i></p> <p>34 The Problem of Transhumanism in the Light of Philosophy and Theology 393<br /><i>Philippe Gagnon</i></p> <p>35 Ecology and the Environment 406<br /><i>Lisa H. Sideris</i></p> <p><b>Part VIII Metaphysical Implications 419</b></p> <p>36 Free Will and Rational Choice 421<br /><i>E. J. Lowe</i></p> <p>37 Science, Religion, and Infinity 430<br /><i>Graham Oppy</i></p> <p>38 God and Abstract Objects 441<br /><i>William Lane Craig</i></p> <p>39 Laws of Nature 453<br /><i>Lydia Jaeger</i></p> <p><b>Part IX The Mind 465</b></p> <p>40 Christianity, Neuroscience, and Dualism 467<br /><i>J. P. Moreland</i></p> <p>41 The Emergence of Persons 480<br /><i>William Hasker</i></p> <p>42 Christianity and the Extended-Mind Thesis 491<br /><i>Lynne Rudder Baker</i></p> <p>43 In Whose Image? Artificial Intelligence and the <i>Imago Dei </i>500<br /><i>Noreen Herzfeld</i></p> <p>44 How Science Lost its Soul, and Religion Handed it Back 510<br /><i>Julian Baggini</i></p> <p><b>Part X Theology 521</b></p> <p>45 The Trinity and Scientific Reality 523<br /><i>John Polkinghorne</i></p> <p>46 God and Miracle in an Age of Science 533<br /><i>Alan G. Padgett</i></p> <p>47 Eschatology in Science and Theology 543<br /><i>Robert John Russell</i></p> <p>48 The Quest for Transcendence in Theology and Cosmology 554<br /><i>Alexei V. Nesteruk</i></p> <p><b>Part XI Significant Figures of the Twentieth Century in Science and Christianity 565</b></p> <p>49 Pierre Teilhard de Chardin 567<br /><i>James F. Salmon</i></p> <p>50 Thomas F. Torrance 578<br /><i>Tapio Luoma</i></p> <p>51 Arthur Peacocke 589<br /><i>Taede A. Smedes</i></p> <p>52 Ian G. Barbour 600<br /><i>Nathan J. Hallanger</i></p> <p>53 Wolfhart Pannenberg 611<br /><i>Hans Schwarz</i></p> <p>54 John Polkinghorne 622<br /><i>Christopher C. Knight</i></p> <p>Index 632</p>

<p>“The Blackwell Companions are a well-known and prestigious series that always form an up-to-date and high-quality entry to a certain academic domain ... My appreciation prevails and I believe this book really offers a most worthy introduction to the issue of science-Christianity relations. Congratulations to Stump and Padgett for putting together this valu­able collection of well-written essays.”  (<i>Philosophia Reformata</i>, 1 November 2015)</p> <p>“As I said at the outset, this Blackwell Companion has proved itself to be an indispensable companion to me as I try to set out the current shape of the field for the third generation, but I cannot help but wonder how different such a volume will look in their time.”  (<i>Modern Believing</i><i>, 1 January 2014)</i></p> <p>“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.”  (<i>Themelios</i>, 1 April 2013)</p> <p>“For those who have such a background, this book will be a valuable asset for orienting themselves in the broader conversation.”  (<i>Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith</i>, 1 March 2013)</p> <p>“Summing Up: Recommended.  Upper-division undergraduates through researchers/faculty.”  (<i>Choice</i>, 1 December 2012)</p>

<p><b>J.B. Stump</b> is Professor of Philosophy and directs the philosophy program at Bethel College (Indiana, USA). He is the philosophy editor of <i>Christian Scholar’s Review,</i> and has published articles there as well as in <i>Studies in History and Philosophy of Science</i> and <i>Philosophia Christi.</i> He has co-authored (with Chad Meister) <i>Christian Thought: A Historical Introduction</i> (2010).</p> <p><b>Alan G. Padgett</B> is Professor of Systematic Theology at Luther Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota, USA. Long involved in the dialogue 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 10 other books, including <i>Science and the Study of God</i> (2003).

<p><i>“The Blackwell Companion to Science and Christianity</i> is a marvellous volume, with a wide-ranging roster of contributions from respected science-and-religion scholars. I commend Stump and Padgett for covering all the important bases, but also including a few surprises thrown in for good measure.”</p> <p><b>Karl Giberson,</B> co-author of <i>The Anointed: Evangelical Truth in a Secular Age</i> <p>The period from the last few decades of the twentieth century has witnessed the development of a widespread scholarly interest in issues related to science and religion. The relationship between these approaches to understanding the world has long been restless, and often occasions divisive but invigorating discussions that can serve to further our understanding of both. <p>The volume addresses major historical developments, methodological approaches, and significant figures in the discipline. It also engages with both mutually supportive and contrasting ideas about evolution, Christian bioethics, cosmology and physics, the human sciences, metaphysics, and perspectives on mind. <p><p>Bringing together some of the world’s leading scholars, and incorporating diverse philosophical and historical perspectives, <i>The Blackwell Companion to Science and Christianity</i> offers a cutting-edge survey of contemporary thought at the intersection of science and Christianity.

<i>The Blackwell Companion to Science and Christianity</i> is a marvelous volume, with a wide-ranging roster of contributions from respected science-and-religion scholars. I commend Stump and Padgett for covering all the important bases, but also including a few surprises thrown in for good measure. <br /><br />-Karl Giberson, author <i>The Anointed: Evangelical Truth in a Secular Age</i> (with Randall Stephens)

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