The Oxford Handbook of Religion and Science

by Clayton, Philip; Simpson, Zachary

• ISBN13: 9780199279272
• ISBN10: 0199279276
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-12-28
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

The field of 'religion and science' is exploding in popularity among academics as well as the general reading public. Spawning an increasing number of conferences and courses, this field has shown an unprecedented rate of growth in recent years. Here for the first time is a single-volume introduction to the debate, written by the leading experts. Making no pretence to encyclopaedic neutrality, each chapter defends a major intellectual position - at the heart of the book is a series of 'pro' and 'con' papers, covering each of the current 'hot topics' (such as evolution versus creation, naturalism versus the supernatural). In addition to treatments of questions of methodology and implications for life and practice, the Handbook includes sections devoted to the major scientific disciplines, the major world religions, and the main sub-disciplines in this exciting and ever-expanding field of study.

Author Biography

Philip Clayton is Ingraham Professor, Claremont School of Theology; Professor of Philosophy and Religion, Claremont Graduate University.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors	p. xiii
Introduction	p. 1
Religion and Science Across the World's Traditions	p. 5
Hinduism and Science	p. 7
Buddhism and Science	p. 24
Judaism and Science	p. 41
Christianity and Science	p. 57
Islam and Science	p. 71
Indigenous Lifeways and Knowing the World	p. 87
Religious Naturalism and Science	p. 108
Atheism and Science	p. 124
Conceiving Religion in Light of the Contemporary Sciences	p. 137
Cosmology and Religion	p. 139
Fundamental Physics and Religion	p. 156
Molecular Biology and Religion	p. 172
Evolutionary Theory and Religious Belief	p. 187
Ecology and Religion	p. 207
Neurophenomenology and Contemplative Experience	p. 226
Psychology, the Human Sciences, and Religion	p. 236
Sociology and Religion	p. 253
Anthropology and Religion	p. 271
The Major Fields of Religion / Science	p. 291
Contributions from the History of Science and Religion	p. 293
Contributions from the Social Sciences	p. 311
Contributions from the Philosophy of Science	p. 328
Contributions from Philosophical Theology and Metaphysics	p. 345
Contributions from Systematic Theology	p. 359
Contributions from Practical Theology and Ethics	p. 372
Contributions from Spirituality: Simplicity-Complexity-Simplicity	p. 388
Methodological Approaches to the Study of Religion and Science	p. 405
The Scientific Landscape of Religion: Evolution, Culture, and Cognition	p. 407
Varieties of Naturalism	p. 430
Interpreting Science from the Standpoint of Whiteheadian Process Philosophy	p. 453
Anglo-American Post-modernity and the End of Theology-Science Dialogue?	p. 472
Trinitarian Faith Seeking Transformative Understanding	p. 488
Religious Experience, Cognitive Science, and the Future of Religion	p. 503
Toward a Comprehensive Integration of Science and Religion: A Post-metaphysical Approach	p. 523
Central Theoretical Debates in Religion and Science	p. 547
'Science and Religion' or 'Theology and Science'?	p. 549
Science and Theology: Their Relation at the Beginning of the Third Millenium	p. 551
Religion-and-Science	p. 562
Science, Theology, and Divine Action	p. 577
Quantum Physics and the Theology of Non-Interventionist Objective Divine Action	p. 579
Theologies of Divine Action	p. 596
Ground-of-Being Theologies	p. 612
Panentheism and its Critics	p. 633
The Potential of Panentheism for Dialogue between Science and Religion	p. 635
Problems in Panentheism	p. 652
Evolution, Creation, and Belief in God	p. 665
Evolution, Religion, and Science	p. 667
Darwinism	p. 681
God and Evolution	p. 697
Intelligent Design and its Critics	p. 713
In Defence of Intelligent Design	p. 715
The Pre-modern Sins of Intelligent Design	p. 732
Theologies of Emergent Complexity and their Critics	p. 749
Physics, Complexity, and the Science-Religion Debate	p. 751
Emergence and Complexity	p. 767
Emergence, Theology, and the Manifest Image	p. 784
The Hidden Battles over Emergence	p. 801
Feminist Approaches	p. 819
Going Public: Feminist Epistemologies, Hannah Arendt, and the Science-and-Religion Discourse	p. 821
Feminist Perspectives in Medicine and Bioethics	p. 836
Human Nature and Ethics	p. 851
The Sacred Emergence of Nature	p. 853
Science, Ethics, and the Human Spirit	p. 872
Values Issues in Religion and Science	p. 889
Theology, Ecology, and Values	p. 891
Environmental Ethics and Religion/Science	p. 908
Biotechnology and the Religion-Science Discussion	p. 929
Relations between Homo sapiens and Other Animals: Scientific and Religious Arguments	p. 945
Concluding Reflections: Dover Beach Revisited	p. 962
Index	p. 979
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