Science and Religion in Dialogue

Copyright © 2010 Blackwell Publishing Ltd

Science and Religion in Dialogue

Editor(s): Melville Y. Stewart

Published Online: 29 JAN 2010

Print ISBN: 9781405189217

Online ISBN: 9781444317350

DOI: 10.1002/9781444317350

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This two-volume collection of cutting edge thinking about science and religion shows how scientific and religious practices of inquiry can be viewed as logically compatible, complementary, and mutually supportive.

  • Features submissions by world-leading scientists and philosophers
  • Discusses a wide range of hotly debated issues, including Big Bang cosmology, evolution, intelligent design, dinosaurs and creation, general and special theories of relativity, dark energy, the Multiverse Hypothesis, and Super String Theory
  • Includes articles on stem cell research and Bioethics by William Hurlbut, who served on President Bush's Bioethics Committee

 

Table of contents

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      Front Matter (pages i–xxviii)

    1. Introduction to Volume One (pages 1–37)

      Melville Y. Stewart

  3. Part 1: Has Science Really Destroyed Its Own Religious Roots?

    1. Chapter 1

      The Nature of Science (pages 39–53)

      Del Ratzsch

    2. Chapter 2

      The Religious Roots of Science (pages 54–68)

      Del Ratzsch

    3. Chapter 3

      The Alleged Demise of Religion: Greatly Exaggerated Reports from the Science/Religion “Wars” (pages 69–84)

      Del Ratzsch

  4. Part 2: God and Physical Reality: Relativity, Time, and Quantum Mechanics

    1. Chapter 4

      Relativity, God, and Time (pages 85–92)

      Dr. Thomas Greenlee

    2. Chapter 5

      General Relativity, The Cosmic Microwave Background, and Moral Relativism (pages 93–96)

      Dr. Thomas Greenlee

    3. Chapter 6

      Quantum Mechanics and the Nature of Reality (pages 97–104)

      Dr. Thomas Greenlee

  5. Part 3: Interaction Between Science and Christianity

    1. Chapter 7

      Science and Religion in Harmony (pages 105–119)

      Deborah B. Haarsma

    2. Chapter 8

      How Christians Reconcile Ancient Texts with Modern Science (pages 120–130)

      Deborah B. Haarsma

    3. Chapter 9

      Christian and Atheist Responses to Big Bang Cosmology (pages 131–149)

      Deborah B. Haarsma

  6. Part 4: Interplay of Scientific and Religious Knowledge Regarding Evolution

    1. Chapter 10

      Scientific Knowledge Does Not Replace Religious Knowledge (pages 151–167)

      Loren Haarsma

    2. Chapter 11

      God, Evolution, and Design (pages 168–180)

      Loren Haarsma

    3. Chapter 12

      Human Evolution and Objective Morality (pages 181–201)

      Loren Haarsma

  7. Part 5: The Universe Makes It Probable That There Is A God

    1. Chapter 13

      What Makes a Scientific Theory Probably True (pages 203–212)

      Richard Swinburne

    2. Chapter 14

      The Argument to God from the Laws of Nature (pages 213–222)

      Richard Swinburne

    3. Chapter 15

      The Argument to God from Fine-Tuning (pages 223–233)

      Richard Swinburne

  8. Part 6: A Paleontologist Considers Science and Religion

    1. Chapter 16

      Is Intelligent Design Really Intelligent? (pages 235–242)

      Peter Dodson

    2. Chapter 17

      God and the Dinosaurs Revisited (pages 243–250)

      Peter Dodson

    3. Chapter 18

      Science and Religion in the Public Square (pages 251–264)

      Peter Dodson

  9. Part 7: Christian Faith and Biological Explanation

    1. Chapter 19

      Evolutionary Creation: Common Descent and Christian Views of Origins (pages 265–277)

      Stephen Matheson

    2. Chapter 20

      A Scientific and Religious Critique of Intelligent Design (pages 278–289)

      Stephen Matheson

    3. Chapter 21

      Biology, the Incarnation, and Christian Materialism (pages 290–298)

      Stephen Matheson

  10. Part 8: Religion, Naturalism, and Science

    1. Chapter 22

      Science and Religion: Why Does the Debate Continue? (pages 299–316)

      Alvin Plantinga

    2. Chapter 23

      Divine Action in the World (pages 317–323)

      Alvin Plantinga

    3. Chapter 24

      The Evolutionary Argument Against Naturalism (pages 324–332)

      Alvin Plantinga

  11. Part 9: Science and Theology as Faithful Human Activities

    1. Chapter 25

      Two For the Ages: Origen and Newton (pages 335–344)

      Gary Patterson

    2. Chapter 26

      The Holy Trinity of Nineteenth-Century British Science: Faraday, Maxwell, and Rayleigh (pages 345–358)

      Gary Patterson

    3. Chapter 27

      A Professor in Dialogue with His Faith (pages 359–368)

      Gary Patterson

  12. Part 10: Cosmology and Theology

    1. Chapter 28

      Our Place in the Vast Universe (pages 369–379)

      Don N. Page

    2. Chapter 29

      Does God So Love the Multiverse? (pages 380–395)

      Don N. Page

    3. Chapter 30

      Scientific and Philosophical Challenges to Theism (pages 396–410)

      Don N. Page

  13. Part 11: Science Under Stress in the Twentieth Century: Lessons from the Case of Early Nuclear Physics

    1. Chapter 31

      The Copenhagen Spirit of Science and Birth of the Nuclear Atom (pages 411–419)

      Richard Peterson

    2. Chapter 32

      When Scientists Go to War (pages 420–428)

      Richard Peterson

    3. Chapter 33

      Scientific Responsibility: A Quest for Good Science and Good Applications (pages 429–435)

      Richard Peterson

  14. Part 12: The Science of Religion

    1. Chapter 34

      The Evolution of Religion: Adaptationist Accounts (pages 437–457)

      Michael J. Murray

    2. Chapter 35

      The Evolution of Religion: Non-Adaptationist Accounts (pages 458–471)

      Michael J. Murray

    3. Chapter 36

      Evolutionary Accounts of Religion: Explaining or Explaining Away (pages 472–478)

      Michael J. Murray

  15. Part 13: Belief in God

    1. Chapter 37

      How Real People Believe: Reason and Belief in God (pages 479–499)

      Kelly James Clark

    2. Chapter 38

      Reformed Epistemology and the Cognitive Science of Religion (pages 500–513)

      Kelly James Clark

    3. Chapter 39

      Explaining God Away? (pages 514–526)

      Kelly James Clark

    1. Chapter 39a

      Introduction to Volume Two (pages 527–602)

      Melville Y. Stewart

  17. Part 14: Background Topics for the Science and Religion Dialogue

    1. Chapter 40

      Reflections on the Scientific Revolution (1543–1687) (pages 603–617)

      Owen Gingerich

    2. Chapter 41

      Designing a Universe Congenial for Life (pages 618–627)

      Owen Gingerich

  18. Part 15: Stewardship and Economic Harmony: Living Sustainability on Earth

    1. Chapter 42

      Earth's Biospheric Economy (pages 629–644)

      Calvin Dewitt

    2. Chapter 43

      The Steward and the Economist (pages 645–657)

      Calvin Dewitt

    3. Chapter 44

      Sustainable Living in the Biosphere (pages 658–670)

      Calvin Dewitt

  19. Part 16: Cosmology and Theism

    1. Chapter 45

      God, Time, and Infinity (pages 671–682)

      William Lane Craig

    2. Chapter 46

      Time and Eternity (pages 683–702)

      William Lane Craig

    3. Chapter 47

      The End of the World (pages 703–719)

      William Lane Craig

  20. Part 17: Theology and Science in a Postmodern Context

    1. Chapter 48

      Theology and Science in a Postmodern Context (pages 721–731)

      Nancey Murphy

    2. Chapter 49

      Science and Divine Action (pages 732–739)

      Nancey Murphy

    3. Chapter 50

      Theology, Science and Human Nature (pages 740–747)

      Nancey Murphy

  21. Part 18: Darwin and Intelligent Design

    1. Chapter 51

      Darwin and Intelligent Design (pages 749–766)

      Dr Francisco J. Ayala

  22. Part 19: The Laws of Physics and Bio-Friendliness

    1. Chapter 52

      The Nature of the Laws of Physics and Their Mysterious Bio-Friendliness (pages 767–788)

      Paul Davies

  23. Part 20: Time and Open Theism

    1. Chapter 53

      The A-Theory of Time, Presentism, and Open Theism (pages 789–809)

      Dean Zimmerman

  24. Part 21: Science and Scripture

    1. Chapter 54

      A Kind of Darwinism (pages 811–824)

      Peter van Inwagen

    2. Chapter 55

      Darwinism and Design (pages 825–834)

      Peter van Inwagen

    3. Chapter 56

      Science and Scripture (pages 835–846)

      Peter van Inwagen

  25. Part 22: The Mutuality of Science and Theology

    1. Chapter 57

      Science and Religion in Western History: Models and Relationships (pages 847–861)

      Alan Padgett

    2. Chapter 58

      Overcoming the Problem of Induction: Science and Religion as Ways of Knowing (pages 862–883)

      Alan Padgett

    3. Chapter 59

      God and Time: Relative Timelessness Reconsidered (pages 884–892)

      Alan Padgett

  26. Part 23: Physics and Scientific Materialism

    1. Chapter 60

      The Laws of Physics and the Design of the Universe (pages 893–910)

      Stephen M. Barr

    2. Chapter 61

      The Multiverse and the State of Fundamental Physics Today (pages 911–927)

      Stephen M. Barr

    3. Chapter 62

      Philosophical Materialism and the Many-Worlds Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics (pages 928–942)

      Stephen M. Barr

  27. Part 24: Biotechnology and Human Dignity

    1. Chapter 63

      Embodied Being: Evolution and the Emergence of the Human Person (pages 943–959)

      William Hurlbut

    2. Chapter 64

      Embryos, Ethics, and Human Dignity (pages 960–973)

      William Hurlbut

    3. Chapter 65

      Biotechnology and the Human Future (pages 974–983)

      William Hurlbut

  28. Part 25: Science, Emergence, and Religion

    1. Chapter 66

      Freedom, Consciousness, and Science: An Emergentist Response to the Challenge (pages 985–998)

      Philip Clayton

    2. Chapter 67

      Mediating Between Physicalism and Dualism: “Broad Naturalism” and the Study of Consciousness (pages 999–1010)

      Philip Clayton

  29. Part 26: Theories and Unobservables: The Realist/Nonrealist Debate in Science and Religion

    1. Chapter 68

      Scientific Realism (pages 1011–1033)

      Bruce Reichenbach

    2. Chapter 69

      Religious Realism (pages 1034–1052)

      Bruce Reichenbach

    3. Chapter 70

      Experience and the Unobservable (pages 1053–1077)

      Bruce Reichenbach

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      Glossary (pages 1078–1086)

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      Index (pages 1087–1120)

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