God, Humanity and the Cosmos - 3rd edition A Textbook in Science and Religion

by Southgate, Christopher

• ISBN13: 9780567524676
• ISBN10: 0567524671
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-12-15
• Publisher: Bloomsbury T&T Clark

Summary

God, Humanity and the Cosmos, first published 1999, revised and expanded edition 2005, remains the only full-length textbook of the science-religion debate. It is divided in five 'books'. The first covers overarching issues in the history of the science-religion interaction, the theology of creation and the philosophy of science. The second looks in depth at the three most prominent areas of interaction - physics, evolutionary biology, and psychology. The third looks at contemporary theological resources for engaging with the science-religion interaction, both within and outside the Christian tradition, and at God's action in the world as a test-case for scientifically-informed theology. The final book considers areas of particular topical concern - how science and religion interact in secondary education, what issues are raised by 'the new atheists', what particular issues are raised by science for Islamic thinking, what challenges are thrown up by the human use of technology, and specifically by climate change. The final, brief 'book' consists of a short set of predictions about the future development of the field.

Table of Contents

List of Figures and Tables\List of Exercises\List of Contributors\How to Use this Book\Foreword\Editor's Note and Acknowledgements\BOOK ONE\1. An Introduction to the Debate between Science and Religion - Christopher Southgate and Michael Poole\2.The Significance of the Theology of Creation Within Christian Tradition: Systematic Considerations - Paul D. Murray and David Wilkinson\ 4. Truth and Reason in Science and Theology - Paul D. Murray\BOOK TWO\ 5. Theology and the New Physics - Lawrence Osborn\6. Theology and Evolutionary Biology - Andrew Robinson, Michael Robert Negus and Christopher Southgate\7. Psychology and Theology - Fraser Watts and Geoff Dumbreck\BOOK THREE\ 8. Models of God in an Ecological Age - Christopher Southgate\9. Some Resources for Theological Thinking on God and the World from Outside the Christian Tradition - Michael Robert Negus and Christopher Southgate\ 10. A Test Case - Divine Action Christopher Southgate\BOOK FOUR\11. The New Atheism - Christopher Southgate\12. Science and Education - Michael Poole\13. Islam and Science - Michael Robert Negus\14. Technology and Christianity - Jacqui Stewart\15. Biotechnology - A New Challenge to Theology and Ethics - Celia Deane-Drummond\16. Climate Change: Engaging Theology with Science in Society - Celia Deane-Drummond\BOOK FIVE\17. A look to the future - Christopher Southgate\References and bibliography\Index