The Role of Theology in the History and Philosophy of Science

Erscheinungsjahr 2017
ISBN: 978-90-04-36021-1
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, 106 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 233 mm, Gewicht: 173 g

Reihe: Brill Research Perspectives in Humanities and Social Sciences / Brill Research Perspectives in Theology

After a bibliographic introduction highlighting various research trends in science and religion, Joshua Moritz explores how the current academic and conceptual landscape of theology and science has been shaped by the history of science, even as theology has informed the philosophical foundations of science. The first part assesses the historical interactions of science and the Christian faith (looking at the cases of human dissection in the Middle Ages and the Galileo affair) in order to challenge the common notion that science and religion have always been at war. Part two investigates the nature of the interaction between science and Christian theology by exploring the role that metaphysical presuppositions and theological concepts have played—and continue to play—within the scientific process.

Autoren/Hrsg.

M Moritz, Joshua

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften, Formalen Wissenschaften & Technik
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Systematische Theologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Wissenschafts- und Universitätsgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Wissenschaftstheorie, Wissenschaftsphilosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

The Role of Theology in the History and Philosophy of Science
Joshua M. Moritz
Bibliographic Introduction to “Science and Religion”
Part 1: Theology and the Historiography of Science
Part 2: Theology and the Philosophical Foundations and Boundaries of Science
Works Cited

Über Autor(innen)

Joshua M. Moritz, Ph.D. (2010) Graduate Theological Union, teaches philosophy at the University of San Francisco, theology at the Jesuit Graduate School of Theology at Santa Clara University, and theology and science at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, CA. He is Managing Editor of the journal Theology and Science (Routledge) and he has authored numerous books and articles, including Science and Religion: Beyond Warfare and Toward Understanding (Anselm Academic, 2016).