The science-and-religion delusion : towards a theology of science / Tom McLeish. "We are all God's vocabulary" : the idea of creation as a speech-act of the trinitarian God and its significance for the dialogue between theology and sciences / Christoph Schwöbel -- Why should free scientific inquiry matter to faith? : the case of John Calvin / Randall C. Zachman -- Not knowing creation / Andrew B. Torrance -- Origins in Genesis : claims of an ancient text in a modern scientific world / John H. Walton -- How did Genesis become a problem? : on the hermeneutics of natural science / Francis Watson -- Knowing creation in the light of Job and astrobiology / William P. Brown -- Knowing and being known : interpersonal cognition and the knowledge of God in Paul's letters / Susan Grove Eastman -- Sanctifying matter / Marilyn McCord Adams -- The vision of the hazelnut / Peter van Inwagen -- Are we hardwired to believe in God? : natural signs for God, evolution, and the sensus divinitatis / C. Stephen Evans -- Knowing nature : Aristotle, God, and the quantum / Robert C. Koons -- Knowing nature : beyond the false dilemma of reduction or emergence / William M.R. Simpson -- Creation, providence, and evolution / Denis R. Alexander -- "The trees of the field shall clap their hands" (Isaiah 55:12) : what does it mean to say that a tree praises God? / Mark Harris -- The science-and-religion delusion : towards a theology of science / Tom McLeish.
Summary:
It is hard to think of an area of Christian theology that provides more scope for interdisciplinary conversation than the doctrine of creation. This doctrine not only invites reflection on an intellectual concept: it calls for contemplation of the endlessly complex, dynamic, and fascinating world that human being inhabit. But the possibilities for wide-ranging discussion are such that scholars sometimes end up talking past one another. Productive conversation requires mutual understanding of insights across disciplinary boundaries. Knowing Creation offers an essential resource for helping scholars from a range of fields to appreciate one another's concerns and perspectives. In so doing, it offers an important step forward in establishing a mutually-enriching dialogue that addresses, amongst others, the following key questions: Who is the God who creates? Why does God create? What is "creation"? What does it mean to recognize that a theology of creation speaks of a natural world that is subject to the observation of the natural sciences? What does it mean to talk about both a "natural" order and a "created" order? What are the major tensions that have arisen between the natural sciences and Christian thinking historically, and why? How can we move beyond such tensions to a positive and constructive conversation, while also avoiding facile notions such as a "god of the gaps"? Is it feasible for a natural scientist to maintain a belief in God's continuing creative activity? In what ways might a naturalistic understanding of the natural world be said to be limited? How can biblical studies, theology, philosophy, history, and science talk better together about these questions? At a time when the doctrine of creation - and even a mention of "creation"--Has been disparaged due to its supposed associations with anti-scientific dogma, and theological offerings sometimes risk appearing a little more than reactionary exercises in naive apologetics, ill-informed by science or distinctly wary of engagement with it, it is more important than ever to offer a cross-disciplinary resource that can voice a positive account of a Christian theology of creation, and do so as a genuinely broad-ranging conversation about science and faith. -- Provided by publisher.
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