The Blackwell Companion to Science and Christianity

Copyright © 2012 Blackwell Publishing

The Blackwell Companion to Science and Christianity

Editor(s): J. B. Stump, Alan G. Padgett

Published Online: 19 MAR 2012 01:21AM EST

Print ISBN: 9781444335712

Online ISBN: 9781118241455

DOI: 10.1002/9781118241455

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A cutting-edge survey of contemporary thought at the intersection of science and Christianity.

  • Provides a cutting-edge survey of the central ideas at play at the intersection of science and Christianity through 54 original articles by world-leading scholars and rising stars in the discipline
  • Focuses on Christianity's interaction with Science to offer a fine-grained analysis of issues such as multiverse theories in cosmology, convergence in evolution, Intelligent Design, natural theology, human consciousness, artificial intelligence, free will, miracles, and the Trinity, amongst many others
  • Addresses major historical developments in the relationship between science and Christianity, including Christian patristics, the scientific revolution, the reception of Darwin, and twentieth century fundamentalism
  • Divided into 9 Parts: Historical Episodes; Methodology; Natural Theology; Cosmology & Physics; Evolution; The Human Sciences; Christian Bioethics; Metaphysical Implications; The Mind; Theology; and Significant Figures of the 20th Century
  • Includes diverse perspectives and broadens the conversation from the Anglocentric tradition

Table of contents

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      Front Matter (pages i–xix)

  2. Part I: Historical Episodes

    1. Chapter 1

      Early Christian Belief in Creation and the Beliefs Sustaining the Modern Scientific Endeavor (pages 1–13)

      Christopher B. Kaiser

    2. Chapter 2

      The Copernican Revolution and the Galileo Affair (pages 14–25)

      Maurice A. Finocchiaro

    3. Chapter 3

      Women, Mechanical Science, and God in the Early Modern Period (pages 26–36)

      Jacqueline Broad

    4. Chapter 4

      Christian Responses to Darwinism in the Late Nineteenth Century (pages 37–47)

      Peter J. Bowler

    5. Chapter 5

      Science Falsely So Called (pages 48–60)

      Edward B. Davis

  3. Part II: Methodology

    1. Chapter 6

      How to Relate Christian Faith and Science (pages 61–73)

      Mikael Stenmark

    2. Chapter 7

      Authority (pages 74–81)

      Nicholas Rescher

    3. Chapter 8

      Feminist Philosophies of Science (pages 82–92)

      Lisa L. Stenmark

    4. Chapter 9

      Practical Objectivity (pages 93–102)

      Alan G. Padgett

    5. Chapter 10

      The Evolutionary Argument against Naturalism (pages 103–115)

      Alvin Plantinga

  4. Part III: Natural Theology

    1. Chapter 11

      Arguments to God from the Observable Universe (pages 117–129)

      Richard Swinburne

    2. Chapter 12

      “God of the Gaps” Arguments (pages 130–139)

      Gregory E. Ganssle

    3. Chapter 13

      Natural Theology after Modernism (pages 140–150)

      J. B. Stump

    4. Chapter 14

      Religious Epistemology Personified (pages 151–161)

      Paul K. Moser

    5. Chapter 15

      Problems for Christian Natural Theology (pages 162–172)

      Alexander R. Pruss and Richard M. Gale

  5. Part IV: Cosmology and Physics

    1. Chapter 16

      Modern Cosmology and Christian Theology (pages 173–184)

      Stephen M. Barr

    2. Chapter 17

      Does the Universe Need God? (pages 185–197)

      Sean Carroll

    3. Chapter 18

      Does God Love the Multiverse? (pages 198–206)

      Don N. Page

    4. Chapter 19

      The Fine-Tuning of the Cosmos (pages 207–219)

      Robin Collins

    5. Chapter 20

      Quantum Theory and Theology (pages 220–230)

      Rodney D. Holder

  6. Part V: Evolution

    1. Chapter 21

      Creation and Evolution (pages 231–245)

      Denis R. Alexander

    2. Chapter 22

      Darwinism and Atheism (pages 246–257)

      Michael Ruse

    3. Chapter 23

      Creation and Evolutionary Convergence (pages 258–269)

      Simon Conway Morris

    4. Chapter 24

      Signature in the Cell (pages 270–282)

      Stephen C. Meyer

    5. Chapter 25

      Darwin and Intelligent Design (pages 283–294)

      Francisco J. Ayala

    6. Chapter 26

      Christianity and Human Evolution (pages 295–305)

      John F. Haught

    7. Chapter 27

      Christian Theism and Life on Earth (pages 306–316)

      Paul Draper

  7. Part VI: The Human Sciences

    1. Chapter 28

      Toward a Cognitive Science of Christianity (pages 317–334)

      Justin L. Barrett

    2. Chapter 29

      The Third Wound: Has Psychology Banished the Ghost from the Machine? (pages 335–343)

      Dylan Evans

    3. Chapter 30

      Sociology and Christianity (pages 344–355)

      John H. Evans and Michael S. Evans

    4. Chapter 31

      Economics and Christian Faith (pages 356–367)

      Robin J. Klay

  8. Part VII: Christian Bioethics

    1. Chapter 32

      Shaping Human Life at the Molecular Level (pages 369–380)

      James C. Peterson

    2. Chapter 33

      An Inclusive Framework for Stem Cell Research (pages 381–392)

      John F. Kilner

    3. Chapter 34

      The Problem of Transhumanism in the Light of Philosophy and Theology (pages 393–405)

      Philippe Gagnon

    4. Chapter 35

      Ecology and the Environment (pages 406–417)

      Lisa H. Sideris

  9. Part VIII: Metaphysical Implications

    1. Chapter 36

      Free Will and Rational Choice (pages 419–429)

      E. J. Lowe

    2. Chapter 37

      Science, Religion, and Infinity (pages 430–440)

      Graham Oppy

    3. Chapter 38

      God and Abstract Objects (pages 441–452)

      William Lane Craig

    4. Chapter 39

      Laws of Nature (pages 453–463)

      Lydia Jaeger

  10. Part IX: The Mind

    1. Chapter 40

      Christianity, Neuroscience, and Dualism (pages 465–479)

      J. P. Moreland

    2. Chapter 41

      The Emergence of Persons (pages 480–490)

      William Hasker

    3. Chapter 42

      Christianity and the Extended-Mind Thesis (pages 491–499)

      Lynne Rudder Baker

    4. Chapter 43

      In Whose Image? (pages 500–509)

      Noreen Herzfeld

    5. Chapter 44

      How Science Lost Its Soul, and Religion Handed It Back (pages 510–519)

      Julian Baggini

  11. Part X: Theology

    1. Chapter 45

      The Trinity and Scientific Reality (pages 521–532)

      John Polkinghorne

    2. Chapter 46

      God and Miracle in an Age of Science (pages 533–542)

      Alan G. Padgett

    3. Chapter 47

      Eschatology in Science and Theology (pages 543–553)

      Robert John Russell

    4. Chapter 48

      The Quest for Transcendence in Theology and Cosmology (pages 554–564)

      Alexei V. Nesteruk

  12. Part XI: Significant Figures of the Twentieth Century in Science and Christianity

    1. Chapter 49

      Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (pages 565–577)

      James F. Salmon

    2. Chapter 50

      Thomas F. Torrance (pages 578–588)

      Tapio Luoma

    3. Chapter 51

      Arthur Peacocke (pages 589–599)

      Taede A. Smedes

    4. Chapter 52

      Ian G. Barbour (pages 600–610)

      Nathan J. Hallanger

    5. Chapter 53

      Wolfhart Pannenberg (pages 611–621)

      Hans Schwarz

    6. Chapter 54

      John Polkinghorne (pages 622–631)

      Christopher C. Knight

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      Index (pages 632–644)

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