Design Discourse in Abrahamic Traditions

History, Metaphysics, and Science
1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-1-032-71990-0
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)

Buch, Englisch, 250 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 531 g

Reihe: Routledge Science and Religion Series

Design Discourse in Abrahamic Traditions reconnects discussion of design arguments to its Jewish, Christian, and Muslim history. The ancient idea that there is evidence of purpose in nature remains one of the most debated topics in science and religion, but also one with great potential for inter-religious and interdisciplinary dialogue. This volume revitalizes current discussion by retrieving perspectives from the Abrahamic history of design arguments and engaging them with contemporary ideas. Beginning with the encounter ancient philosophy and creation beliefs, the book proceeds to delve deep into issues ranging from the nature of theological and teleological language to the implications of evolution and evil. This rich exploration showcases how, far from being irrelevant in a post-Humean, post-Darwinian world, design arguments continue to merit both popular-level and academic attention. The volume will be of particular interest to scholars working at the intersection of science and religion, philosophers of religion, and theologians.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kojonen, E V R

Malik, Shoaib A

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsphilosophie, Philosophische Theologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Theologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religion & Wissenschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction

E. V. R. Kojonen & Shoaib A. Malik

1. The Epistemological Impact of the Argument from Design in Philo of Alexandria

Ludovica De Luca

2. Early Christian Design Discourse: Perceiving the Creator through the Creation

E. V. R. Kojonen

3. Preaching Design: Theology and Rhetoric of Divine Order in Augustine’s Sermons

Timo Nisula

4 Wise Design and the Metaphysics of Natural Evil: Al-Maturidi’s Divinely Existentiated and Causally Coherent World

Ramon Harvey and David Solomon Jalajel

5 Ibn Taymiyya & Design-Discourse – Perceiving Design through the Natural World & Scripture Jamie B. Turner

6. Neo-Thomism on Evolution

Ignacio Silva

7. A Teleological Argument from Natural Selection

Seth Hart

8. Design and the Laws of Nature

Jeffrey Koperski

9. Design-Argument-Inspired, Midrashic Epistemology of Religion

Samuel Lebens

10. Cosmic Fine-Tuning and Biological Design Arguments: Friends, Enemies, or What?

Hans W. Vodder

11. An Islamic Engagement with Stephen Meyer’s Return of the God Hypothesis

Shoaib A. Malik, Mohammed Imran Khan, and Yasmeen Mukadam

12. From Design to God – What Fine-Tuning Design Arguments Tell Us about the Designer
Robin Collins

Über Autor(innen)

Erkki Vesa Rope Kojonen is University Lecturer in Systematic Theology at the University of Helsinki, Finland.

Shoaib Ahmed Malik is Lecturer in Science and Religion at the University of Edinburgh, UK.