New Directions in Theology and Science: Beyond Dialogue

Cover
Half Title
Series Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Acknowledgements
Contributors
Introduction
	Notes
	References
Part I: Theology and the sciences
1. More history, more theology, more philosophy, more science: the state of theological engagement with science
	Credibility and content
	Some recent history
	Prospects: more history, science, theology, partners, philosophy
	Notes
	References
2. Theology and science in the field
	An Anglican climate change observatory in the Solomon Islands: harvesting community-embedded knowledge through church-coordinated hardware
	The potentials and dangers of scientist-priests
	Radically pragmatic techniques for working together according to a method typical of fools
	Finally, what does the "and" stand for?
	Notes
	References
3. Religion and the science of climate destabilisation: the case for (re)entanglement
	Notes
	References
4. The inflation of nature and the Extended Evolutionary Synthesis
	A worry about reductionism
	The Extended Evolutionary Synthesis
	Phenotypic plasticity
	Genetic accommodation
	Niche construction
	The return of the organism
	An Aristotelian interpretation of the EES
	The inflation of nature
	Science and religion after an inflation of nature
	Notes
	References
Part II: 'Science' and 'religion' in the public sphere
5. Pop science and pop theology: new ways of exploring an old dialogue
	Introduction
	Moving beyond the conflict model
	A new priesthood
	New narratives of science and religion
	Conclusion
	Notes
	References
6. An unfortunate communicatio idiomatum: on the curious spectacle of two modern inventions morphing into one another in the public square
	A debate with pre-arranged conclusions
	"I believe in Science"
	Literal readings: an unorthodox projection?
	An unfortunate communicatio idiomatum—and the discreet charm of scientism
	There is no such a thing as religion
	Pluralism as the imposition of a doctrine
	A case study of scientism as the norm and science as the exception: on the secular techno-religion of Yuval Noah Harari
	Problems addressed in the debate
	A Eucharistic and dialogical way out?
	Notes
	References
7. Is science the theology of modernity?
	But what if a fully imminent metaphysics undermines meaningful knowledge?
	To conclude
	Notes
	References
Part III: Theologies of science
8. Why do scientific research in the twenty-first century?
	Notes
	References
9. After an apologetics of conflict: Biblical exegesis for a creation theology of science
	Creation in Colossians
		The Christian doctrine of creation is a reason for worship and hope
		The Christian doctrine of creation has Christ at the centre
		The Christian doctrine of creation affirms that God is the sole creator of the universe through wisdom
		The Christian doctrine of creation needs to be seen in the light of the reality of new creation
		The Christian doctrine of creation sees being human as the gift of intimate relationship with God and with the natural world
	Creator, creation, chaos, and the human: the Book of Job
		The dialogues and Yahweh's answer possess a materialistic focus
		The hymn to wisdom endows humankind with a unique vision into creation
		The Lord's Answer is an answer
		A relational human-divine theology of creation in Job-Colossians
	Notes
	References
10. Creation as deconstruction in Cusanus, Luther, and Hamann
	Cusanus and the realism of unknowability
	Luther on the goodness of creation and the ambiguity of the world
	Hamann and the rejection of pure reason
	The common emphases and their actual relevance
	Conclusion
	Notes
	References
Afterword: The bigger picture: science, religion, and historical change
11. Divine pedagogy—speculations about "science" and "religion" after the next great breakthrough
	Origins
	Axial compromises
	Our secular age
		Glaube als option
		Disenchantment 1 and 2
		The immanent frame
		Bundling and unbundling
		What has driven these unbundlings?
		The end of Christendom
	Bracketing the spiritual
	Notes
	References
Index