Stump / Padgett The Blackwell Companion to Science and Christianity

1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-1-118-25650-3
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 664 Seiten, E-Book

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 others
* Addresses major historical developments in the relationship between science and Christianity, including Christian patristics, the scientific revolution, the reception of Darwin, and twentieth century fundamentalism
* Divided 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 Century
* Includes diverse perspectives and broadens the conversation from the Anglocentric tradition

Autoren/Hrsg.

Stump, J. B.

Padgett, Alan G.

Über Autor(innen)

J. B. Stump is Professor of Philosophy and directs thephilosophy program at Bethel College (Indiana, USA). He is thephilosophy editor of Christian Scholars Review, and haspublished articles there as well as in Studies in History andPhilosophy of Science and Philosophia Christi. He hasco-authored (with Chad Meister) Christian Thought: A HistoricalIntroduction (2010).
Alan G. Padgett is Professor of Systematic Theology atLuther Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota, USA. Long involved in thedialog between theology and science, he is a member of theInternational Society for Science and Religion (ISSR) and haslectured in Europe, Canada, the US and China on religion andtheology. He has authored or edited ten other books, includingScience and the Study of God (2003).