Competing Truths Theology and Science as Sibling Rivals

by Coleman, Richard J.

• ISBN13: 9781563383601
• ISBN10: 1563383608
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-08-01
• Publisher: Bloomsbury T&T Clark

Summary

Richard Coleman pushes both scientists and theologians past the paradigms of comparison and contrast, opposition and competition, and argues that two disciplines must challenge each other as each seeks to find truth from its own particular tradition.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Part One THE RIVALS THEY ONCE WERE
Science and Theology as Rivals	3	(73)
The Stature of Being Queen	4	(27)
The Nature of The Rivalry	31	(27)
The Dethroning of Theology as Queen: The Triumph of Method	58	(18)
Where Have All the Sovereigns Gone?	76	(35)
Science That Became Queen But Not A Worldview	77	(11)
The Nature of The Capitulation	88	(23)
Part Two THE PHILOSOPHICAL AND THEOLOGICAL LANDSCAPE
Clearing the Ground and Claiming the Real	111	(54)
The Double Crisis in Ontology and Epistemology: The Postmodern Condition	112	(13)
Theology in Search of a Methodology	125	(24)
The Real That Includes Questions of Truth	149	(16)
The Conversation That Makes the Most Sense	165	(36)
Three Models Considered and Found Inadequate	166	(17)
The Challenge of Different Fits	183	(18)
Part Three WORKING TOWARD A NARRATIVE TRUTH OF THE UNIVERSE
The Elements of Narrative Truth	201	(38)
Narrative Truth	202	(16)
Plot, Characters, Place	218	(7)
Decisive Events	225	(14)
The Truth We Seek	239	(64)
Revelation Reconsidered	240	(17)
Issues of Contention and Promise	257	(46)
Bibliography	303	(16)
Index	319