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Science and Religion in Dialogue


Science and Religion in Dialogue


1. Aufl.

von: Melville Y. Stewart

42,99 €

Verlag: Wiley-Blackwell
Format: PDF
Veröffentl.: 01.12.2009
ISBN/EAN: 9781444317367
Sprache: englisch
Anzahl Seiten: 1168

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This two-volume collection of cutting edge thinking about science and religion shows how scientific and religious practices of inquiry can be viewed as logically compatible, complementary, and mutually supportive. <ul> <li>Features submissions by world-leading scientists and philosophers</li> <li>Discusses a wide range of hotly debated issues, including Big Bang cosmology, evolution, intelligent design, dinosaurs and creation, general and special theories of relativity, dark energy, the Multiverse Hypothesis, and Super String Theory</li> <li>Includes articles on stem cell research and Bioethics by William Hurlbut, who served on President Bush's Bioethics Committee</li> </ul> <p> </p>
<b>VOLUME ONE.</b> <p><i>Lists of Figures and Tables</i> xii</p> <p><i>Biographical Sketches</i> xiv</p> <p><i>Preface</i> xx</p> <p><i>Acknowledgements</i> xxvi</p> <p>Introduction to Volume One 1<br /> Melville Y. Stewart</p> <p><b>Part 1 Has Science Really Destroyed Its Own Religious Roots? 39</b></p> <p>1 The Nature of Science 41<br /> Del Ratzsch</p> <p>2 The Religious Roots of Science 54<br /> Del Ratzsch</p> <p>3 The Alleged Demise of Religion 69<br /> Del Ratzsch</p> <p><b>Part 2 God and Physical Reality: Relativity, Time, and Quantum Mechanics 85</b></p> <p>4 Relativity, God, and Time 87<br /> Thomas Greenlee</p> <p>5 General Relativity, The Cosmic Microwave Background, and Moral Relativism 93<br /> Thomas Greenlee</p> <p>6 Quantum Mechanics and the Nature of Reality 97<br /> Thomas Greenlee</p> <p><b>Part 3 Interaction Between Science and Christianity 105</b></p> <p>7 Science and Religion in Harmony 107<br /> Deborah B. Haarsma</p> <p>8 How Christians Reconcile Ancient Texts with Modern Science 120<br /> Deborah B. Haarsma</p> <p>9 Christian and Atheist Responses to Big Bang Cosmology 131<br /> Deborah B. Haarsma</p> <p><b>Part 4 Interplay of Scientific and Religious Knowledge Regarding Evolution 151</b></p> <p>10 Scientific Knowledge Does Not Replace Religious Knowledge 153<br /> Loren Haarsma</p> <p>11 God, Evolution, and Design 168<br /> Loren Haarsma</p> <p>12 Human Evolution and Objective Morality 181<br /> Loren Haarsma</p> <p><b>Part 5 The Universe Makes It Probable That There Is A God 203</b></p> <p>13 What Makes a Scientific Theory Probably True 205<br /> Richard Swinburne</p> <p>14 The Argument to God from the Laws of Nature 213<br /> Richard Swinburne</p> <p>15 The Argument to God from Fine-Tuning 223<br /> Richard Swinburne</p> <p><b>Part 6 A Paleontologist Considers Science and Religion 235</b></p> <p>16 Is Intelligent Design Really Intelligent? 237<br /> Peter Dodson</p> <p>17 God and the Dinosaurs Revisited 243<br /> Peter Dodson</p> <p>18 Science and Religion in the Public Square 251<br /> Peter Dodson</p> <p><b>Part 7 Christian Faith and Biological Explanation 265</b></p> <p>19 Evolutionary Creation: Common Descent and Christian Views of Origins 267<br /> Stephen Matheson</p> <p>20 A Scientific and Religious Critique of Intelligent Design 278<br /> Stephen Matheson</p> <p>21 Biology, the Incarnation, and Christian Materialism 290<br /> Stephen Matheson</p> <p><b>Part 8 Religion, Naturalism, and Science 299</b></p> <p>22 Science and Religion: Why Does the Debate Continue? 301<br /> Alvin Plantinga</p> <p>23 Divine Action in the World 317<br /> Alvin Plantinga</p> <p>24 The Evolutionary Argument Against Naturalism 324<br /> Alvin Plantinga</p> <p><b>Part 9 Science and Theology as Faithful Human Activities 333</b></p> <p>25 Two For the Ages: Origen and Newton 335<br /> Gary Patterson</p> <p>26 The Holy Trinity of Nineteenth-Century British Science: Faraday, Maxwell, and Rayleigh 345<br /> Gary Patterson</p> <p>27 A Professor in Dialogue with His Faith 359<br /> Gary Patterson</p> <p><b>Part 10 Cosmology and Theology 369</b></p> <p>28 Our Place in the Vast Universe 371<br /> Don N. Page</p> <p>29 Does God So Love the Multiverse? 380<br /> Don N. Page</p> <p>30 Scientific and Philosophical Challenges to Theism 396<br /> Don N. Page</p> <p><b>Part 11 Science Under Stress in the Twentieth Century: Lessons from the Case of Early Nuclear Physics 411</b></p> <p>31 The Copenhagen Spirit of Science and Birth of the Nuclear Atom 413<br /> Richard Peterson</p> <p>32 When Scientists Go to War 420<br /> Richard Peterson</p> <p>33 Scientific Responsibility: A Quest for Good Science and Good Applications 429<br /> Richard Peterson</p> <p><b>Part 12 The Science of Religion 437</b></p> <p>34 The Evolution of Religion: Adaptationist Accounts 439<br /> Michael J. Murray</p> <p>35 The Evolution of Religion: Non-Adaptationist Accounts 458<br /> Michael J. Murray</p> <p>36 Evolutionary Accounts of Religion: Explaining or Explaining Away 472<br /> Michael J. Murray</p> <p><b>Part 13 Belief in God 479</b></p> <p>37 How Real People Believe: Reason and Belief in God 481<br /> Kelly James Clark</p> <p>38 Reformed Epistemology and the Cognitive Science of Religion 500<br /> Kelly James Clark</p> <p>39 Explaining God Away? 514<br /> Kelly James Clark</p> <p><b>VOLUME TWO.</b></p> <p>Introduction to Volume Two 527<br /> Melville Y. Stewart</p> <p><b>Part 14 Background Topics for the Science and Religion Dialogue 603</b></p> <p>40 Reflections on the Scientific Revolution (1543–1687) 605<br /> Owen Gingerich</p> <p>41 Designing a Universe Congenial for Life 618<br /> Owen Gingerich</p> <p><b>Part 15 Stewardship and Economic Harmony: Living Sustainability on Earth 629</b></p> <p>42 Earth's Biospheric Economy 631<br /> Calvin DeWitt</p> <p>43 The Steward and the Economist 645<br /> Calvin DeWitt</p> <p>44 Sustainable Living in the Biosphere 658<br /> Calvin DeWitt</p> <p><b>Part 16 Cosmology and Theism 671</b></p> <p>45 God, Time, and Infinity 673<br /> William Lane Craig</p> <p>46 Time and Eternity 683<br /> William Lane Craig</p> <p>47 The End of the World 703<br /> William Lane Craig</p> <p><b>Part 17 Theology and Science in a Postmodern Context 721</b></p> <p>48 Theology and Science in a Postmodern Context 723<br /> Nancey Murphy</p> <p>49 Science and Divine Action 732<br /> Nancey Murphy</p> <p>50 Theology, Science and Human Nature 740<br /> Nancey Murphy</p> <p><b>Part 18 Darwin and Intelligent Design 749</b></p> <p>51 Darwin and Intelligent Design 751<br /> Francisco J. Ayala</p> <p><b>Part 19 The Laws of Physics and Bio-Friendliness 767</b></p> <p>52 The Nature of the Laws of Physics and Their Mysterious Bio-Friendliness 769<br /> Paul Davies</p> <p><b>Part 20 Time and Open Theism 789</b></p> <p>53 The A-Theory of Time, Presentism, and Open Theism 791<br /> Dean Zimmerman</p> <p><b>Part 21 Science and Scripture 811</b></p> <p>54 A Kind of Darwinism 813<br /> Peter van Inwagen</p> <p>55 Darwinism and Design 825<br /> Peter van Inwagen</p> <p>56 Science and Scripture 835<br /> Peter van Inwagen</p> <p><b>Part 22 The Mutuality of Science and Theology 847</b></p> <p>57 Science and Religion in Western History: Models and Relationships 849<br /> Alan Padgett</p> <p>58 Overcoming the Problem of Induction: Science and Religion as Ways of Knowing 862<br /> Alan Padgett</p> <p>59 God and Time: Relative Timelessness Reconsidered 884<br /> Alan Padgett</p> <p><b>Part 23 Physics and Scientific Materialism 893</b></p> <p>60 The Laws of Physics and the Design of the Universe 895<br /> Stephen M. Barr</p> <p>61 The Multiverse and the State of Fundamental Physics Today 911<br /> Stephen M. Barr</p> <p>62 Philosophical Materialism and the Many-Worlds Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics 928<br /> Stephen M. Barr</p> <p><b>Part 24 Biotechnology and Human Dignity 943</b></p> <p>63 Embodied Being: Evolution and the Emergence of the Human Person 945<br /> William Hurlbut</p> <p>64 Embryos, Ethics, and Human Dignity 960<br /> William Hurlbut</p> <p>65 Biotechnology and the Human Future 974<br /> William Hurlbut</p> <p><b>Part 25 Science, Emergence, and Religion 985</b></p> <p>66 Freedom, Consciousness, and Science: An Emergentist Response to the Challenge 987<br /> Philip Clayton</p> <p>67 Mediating Between Physicalism and Dualism: "Broad Naturalism" and the Study of Consciousness 999<br /> Philip Clayton</p> <p><b>Part 26 Theories and Unobservables: The Realist/Nonrealist Debate in Science and Religion 1011</b></p> <p>68 Scientific Realism 1013<br /> Bruce Reichenbach</p> <p>69 Religious Realism 1034<br /> Bruce Reichenbach</p> <p>70 Experience and the Unobservable 1053<br /> Bruce Reichenbach</p> <p>Glossary 1078</p> <p>Index 1087</p>
<p>“In sum, whereas there are a few papers that are ‘technical’, the vast majority will be interesting to the general reader, though profitable also to the scholar, as they are both thought-provoking and enlightening, Science and Religion in Dialogue offers an (almost) complete guide to most of the current thinking on the complementary disciplines of science and faith.”  (<i>The Heythrop Journal</i>, 24 May 2013)</p> "This excellent collection of papers was written by 12 philosophers and 14 scientists who participated in a five-year-long "Science and Religion" series held at five major Chinese universities. These world-class scientists, philosophers, and theologians engage in a genuine dialogue in their  papers based on the idea that science and religion have things in common and enough of a common universe of discourse to participate in a meaningful exchange, since science and religion not only are logically compatible when both are properly understood and described, but also are complementary. An excellent introduction explains the focus for each of the 26 areas into which the papers are grouped. These sections range from "Has Science Really Destroyed Its Own Religious Roots?" to "Theories and Unobservables: The Realist/Nonrealist Debate in Science and Religion." Each paper is preceded by an abstract, and all but three of the writers are represented by three papers in a specific area. Documentation is excellent, and the second volume contains a glossary. This collection is an excellent resource for those wishing to explore the current state of dialogue between science and religion. Although a few of the papers are somewhat technical, interested general readers will find these essays very thought-provoking." (<i>CHOICE,</i> December 2010)
<b>Melville Y. Stewart</b> is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at Bethel University, St. Paul, Minnesota. His many previous publications include <i>East & West Philosophy of Religion</i> (with Zhang Zhigang, 1998), <i>Philosophy of Religion: An Anthology of Contemporary Views</i> (1996) and <i>The Greater-Good Defence: An Essay on the Rationality of Faith</i> (1993).
There are few intellectual battles greater than the one currently being waged between faith and science. But must religion and science be such bitter adversaries? Or are these seemingly implacable foes more like natural allies in the search for objective truth? The underlying assumption of <i>Science and Religion in Dialogue</i> is that scientific and religious practices of inquiry can, in fact, be viewed as logically compatible, complementary, and mutually supportive. Edited by philosopher Melville Y. Stewart, this wide-ranging two-volume collection represents the most cutting-edge thinking on topics at the convergence of faith and science. Consisting of 70 articles by eminent scientists and philosophers from the world's most prestigious colleges and universities, issues such as Big Bang cosmology, evolution, Intelligent Design, dinosaurs and creation, and the God-Gene Hypothesis are addressed. The implications of religious beliefs on hot-button scientific issues such as stem-cell research, bioethics, and neuroscience, are also explored, along with topics that delve into the deeper realm of physics such as general and special theories of relativity, dark energy, dark matter, the Multiverse Hypothesis, and Super String Theory. <p>Thought-provoking and enlightening, <i>Science and Religion in Dialogue</i> offers serious non-specialist readers a window on the most current thinking on the complementary truths of science and faith.</p>
"The essays in <i>Science and Religion in Dialogue</i> explode any naive notion about a simple monologue—in either direction—between 'science' and 'religion'. Drawing together accomplished scholars from across the sciences and humanities, this collection serves as an excellent introduction to key themes and issues at the nexus of philosophy, theology, and the sciences. The pithiness of the contributions and the breadth of topical coverage make this a fine resource for research or instructional purposes."<br /> —<b>Justin L. Barrett</b>, University of Oxford <p>"This book is a treasure trove for recent dialogue in science and religion. It covers an enormous range of topics, featuring many of the leading figures who have written on these issues. Further, the writing is unusually accessible. No doubt this will be among the one or two leading volumes on science and religion for years to come."<br /> —<b>Robin Collins</b>, Messiah College</p> <p>"<i>Science and Religion in Dialogue</i> ranges widely, both in topics covered and in disciplines represented by expert contributors. Put these two elements together and you have a treasure trove of cogent reflection on topic after topic, issue after issue, in the contemporary dialogue."<br /> —<b>Keith E. Yandell</b>, University of Wisconsin - Madison</p> <p>"This collection of essays nicely puts the lie to the 'warfare model' and shows how fruitful dialogue between science and religion can be."<br /> —<b>Kenneth Kemp</b>, University of St. Thomas</p>

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