Issues in Science and Theology: Nature – and Beyond (Issues in Science and Religion: Publications of the European Society for the Study of Science and Theology, 5)

Preface
Introduction
	Philosophical Considerations
	Theological Perspectives
	Scientific Insights
	Historical Reflections
Contents
Part I: Philosophical Considerations
	Chapter 1: Nature: And Beyond? Immanence and Transcendence in Science and Religion
		1.1 Introduction
		1.2 Signals of Transcendence
		1.3 Emergent Complexity
		1.4 Implications for Knowing the Transcendent
		1.5 Interim Assessment
		1.6 Emergent Complexity and a New Theology of Nature
		1.7 The Immanent Transcendent from the Standpoint of Natural Emergence
		1.8 Concluding Thoughts
		Bibliography
	Chapter 2: Immanence and Transcendence: On/Off Difference or Gradation? Implications for Science-and-Theology
		2.1 Introduction
		2.2 Proposal: Religion Arises as a Basic Distinction Between Transcendence and Immanence
		2.3 Discussion: Do We Really Need Neat Distinctions When Dealing with Religion?
			2.3.1 Social and Cultural Trends Regarding Religion and Spirituality
			2.3.2 Social Theory, History and Alternative Models
			2.3.3 Theology and Its Perplexities
			2.3.4 The Scientific Method
			2.3.5 The Scientific Study of Beliefs
		2.4 Back to the Proposed Distinction: Persisting with Religion and Transcendence
		Bibliography
	Chapter 3: Why I Am a Science-Inspired Naturalist But Not a Philosophical Naturalist Nor a Religious Naturalist
		3.1 Science-Inspired Naturalism
		3.2 Philosophical Naturalism
		3.3 Religious Naturalism
		3.4 Concluding Comments
		Bibliography
Part II: Theological Perspectives
	Chapter 4: The Twin Truths of Divine Immanence and Transcendence: Creation, Laws of Nature and Human Freedom
		4.1 Divine Transcendence and Immanence Conjoined in Classic Christian Theology
			4.1.1 Augustine of Hippo
			4.1.2 Thomas Aquinas
		4.2 Divine Transcendence and Immanence in the Bible
		4.3 No Tension Between Divine Transcendence and Immanence
		4.4 Creation as the Key to Hold Together Divine Transcendence and Immanence
		4.5 The Legitimacy of Taking Creation as Foundational
		4.6 Divine Transcendence and Immanence and Scientific Practice
			4.6.1 Science Without Scientism
			4.6.2 A Richly Diverse World
			4.6.3 Scientific Laws Describing Partial Causal Contributions: Steven Horst’s Cognitive Pluralism
		4.7 Divine Transcendence and Immanence and Human Freedom
			4.7.1 The Freedom of Created Humankind
			4.7.2 The Father’s Providence
			4.7.3 A Multidimensional but Integrated View of Humans
		Bibliography
	Chapter 5: Beyond the Disguised Friend: Immanence, Transcendence and Glory in a Darwinian World
		Bibliography
	Chapter 6: Divine Determination or Dynamic Indeterminacy? Transcendence, Immanence, and the Problem of Personal Identity
		6.1 Introduction
		6.2 Defining the Terms
		6.3 Immanent Identities?
		6.4 Will a Transcendent Narrator Save the Day?
		6.5 Entangled Alternatives
		Bibliography
	Chapter 7: Preserving the Heavens and the Earth: Planetary Sustainability from a Biblical and Educational Perspective
		7.1 The Biblical Perspective on the Heavens and a Little History of the Heavens
		7.2 The Heavens and the Earth: Integrating, Preserving or Cultivating Them?
		7.3 Closing Reflections Relating to Education
		Bibliography
	Chapter 8: The Ecological Significance of God’s Transcendence?
		8.1 The Ecological Significance of God’s Immanence
		8.2 Distance Is Not Necessarily Alienating
		8.3 A Few Statements on Notions of Transcendence
		8.4 The Ecological Significance of Transcendence
		8.5 God’s Transcendence and Its Ecological Significance
		Bibliography
	Chapter 9: A Critical Approach to the Concept of Panentheism in the Dialogue Between Science and Theology: Distinguishing Between Divine Transcendence and Immanence in Creation
		9.1 Introduction
		9.2 Explaining the Need for a Distinction Between Immanence and Transcendence
			9.2.1 A Need for Reconciliation
			9.2.2 The Mediation and the Openness of Biological Evolution
		9.3 Definitions and Origins of Panentheism
			9.3.1 The Traces of Panentheism in the History of Thought
			9.3.2 Contemporary Perspectives on Panentheism
		9.4 Panentheism: The Tractarian Path
			9.4.1 The Analogy of Emergence
			9.4.2 Two Metaphors: The Mother’s Womb and the Musician
			9.4.3 Strong Panentheism
			9.4.4 Elements of a Critique of Panentheism
		9.5 Divine Indwelling: Creation as oikos of the Holy Spirit
			9.5.1 A Summary on Continuous Creation
			9.5.2 Relational Panentheism
			9.5.3 Panentheism of Indwelling
		Bibliography
	Chapter 10: Revisioning the Anthropocene in a Trinitarian Frame: A Theological Response to Clive Hamilton’s Defiant Earth
		10.1 Introduction
		10.2 The Major Themes of Defiant Earth
		10.3 Critical Questions
		10.4 Charles Taylor and the Importance of ‘Interpretive Frameworks’
		10.5 The Recovery and Renewal of an Alternative ‘Trinitarian Frame’
		10.6 Interpreting the Ongoing Development of ‘Modernity’ Within a Trinitarian Frame
		10.7 Responding to the Multi-level Challenge of the Ecological Crisis
		10.8 The Narrative Vision of an Eco-Trinitarian Frame
		10.9 Responding to the Critical Challenges Posed by the Anthropocene in a Trinitarian Frame
		Bibliography
	Chapter 11: Beyond the ‘Book of Nature’ to Science as Second Person Narrative: From Methodological Naturalism to Teleological Transcendence
		11.1 Introduction
		11.2 The Story of the Second Book
		11.3 Four Flaws in the Metaphor of the Second Book
		11.4 A Joban Wisdom Approach
		11.5 A Renewed and Reversed Natural Theology
		Bibliography
	Chapter 12: Radical Transcendence and Radical Immanence: Convergence Between Eastern Orthodox Perspectives and Strong Theistic Naturalism?
		12.1 Transcendence and Immanence in Orthodox Thinking
		12.2 Divine Action in the Modern Science-Theology Dialogue
		12.3 The ‘Theological Turn’ in the Divine Action Debate
		12.4 Orthodox Perspectives on ‘Nature’
		12.5 A Return to Teleology?
		12.6 Beyond Byzantinism
		Bibliography
Part III: Scientific Insights
	Chapter 13: Awe and Wonder in Scientific Practice: Implications for the Relationship Between Science and Religion
		13.1 Awe and Wonder in Scientific Practice
		13.2 Why We Feel Awe and Wonder: A Review of the Scientific Evidence
			13.2.1 Awe
			13.2.2 Wonder
		13.3 Awe, Wonder, and Scientific Practice
		13.4 Awe and Wonder in Science: Theism or Non-theistic Spirituality?
		Bibliography
	Chapter 14: A Contingency Interpretation of Information Theory as a Bridge Between God’s Immanence and Transcendence
		14.1 Introduction
		14.2 Entering the Semantic Realm
		14.3 Evolutionary Issues
		14.4 Evaluating God from Nature: Which Standard?
		14.5 A Fruitful Theological Endeavour?
		14.6 Conclusion
		Bibliography
	Chapter 15: The Transcendent Within: How Our Own Biology Leads to Spirituality
		15.1 The Transcendent Within
		15.2 A Catalogue of Transcendent Experiences
		15.3 Biological Switches of Transcendent Experience
		15.4 Portals to Transcendence
		15.5 A Life Is Seeded for Spirituality
		15.6 Reductionist Interpretations of Human Nature Are an Impediment to Our Own Biological Experience
		Bibliography
	Chapter 16: Beyond the Everyday Self
		16.1 Introduction
		16.2 Two-Factor Theory
		16.3 Beyond What?
		16.4 Filtering in Consciousness
		16.5 Conclusion
		Bibliography
	Chapter 17: Friluftsliv: Aesthetic and Psychological Experience of Wilderness Adventure
		17.1 Introduction
			17.1.1 Friluftsliv
			17.1.2 The Present Study
		17.2 Method
		17.3 Results
		17.4 Discussion
			17.4.1 Aesthetic Dimension
			17.4.2 Wonder
		17.5 Conclusion
		Bibliography
Part IV: Historical Reflections
	Chapter 18: History and Evolution in Pannenberg and Lonergan
		18.1 Introduction
		18.2 Differentiating History
		18.3 Pannenberg
		18.4 Lonergan
		Bibliography
	Chapter 19: Early Modern Natural Philosophy Allied with Revealed Religion: Boyle and Whiston
		19.1 Introduction
		19.2 Boyle on Nature, Revelation, and Bodily Resurrection
		19.3 Whiston and the Creation in Six Days
		19.4 Conclusion
		Bibliography
	Chapter 20: How Can Energy Help Us Think Divine Immanence and Transcendence in the Universe?
		20.1 Energy as a Philosophical, Theological and Scientific Term: Equivocal Heterogeneity or Analogy?
		20.2 Immanence and Transcendence of Aristotelian Energy
		20.3 Immanence and Transcendence of Theological Energy
			20.3.1 Energy in the Bible
			20.3.2 The Theology of Divine Energies
		20.4 Immanence and Transcendence of Energy in the Physical Sciences
		20.5 Conclusion
		Bibliography
	Chapter 21: The Cosmos Considered as a Moral Institution
		21.1 Introduction: The Problem
		21.2 Morality and the Cosmos
		21.3 The Cosmos Through History
		21.4 Conditions for a New Conception
			21.4.1 C1. Humans Are Part of the Universe
			21.4.2 C2. Public Accessibility of the Argument
			21.4.3 C3. Law and Virtue
			21.4.4 C4. Imperfection and Evil
		21.5 Epilogue
		Bibliography
Index