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Book SynopsisInternational Society for Science & Religion's 2025 Book Prize recipient, in the category of books for professionals and educatorsArtificial intelligence (AI) is rarely out of the news or the public imagination. Images of red-eyed Terminators illustrate press accounts of incremental advances in medical diagnosis, facial recognition, natural language processing, and robotics. Such advances are transforming society through measurable impacts on peopleâs decisions and opportunities.Religion and Artificial Intelligence: An Introduction explores an emerging field with a religious studies approach, drawing on cultural and digital anthropological methods to demonstrate the entanglements of religion and AI, our imaginaries of these objects and our ideas about their utopian or dystopian futures. It addresses key topics, including the following: What AI is and is not. How religions are reacting to AI with examples of rejection, adoption, and adaptation. How established religions understand creation and place human-like AI within that. How overtly secular and even ânew atheistâ groups understand AI as a tool for liberation from human evolution and religion. Religious visions of superintelligent AI. This engaging book is essential for anyone considering the relationship between religion, science and technology, and interested in the questions raised by transhumanism, posthumanism, and new religious movements.The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under A creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.

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Book SynopsisThis fully revised edition offers a comprehensive overview of the many theories of religion and politics and provides students with an accessible, in-depth guide to the subject's most significant debates, issues, and methodologies. It begins by asking the basic questions of how social scientists see religion and why religion remains relevant to politics in the modern era. Fox examines the influence of religious identity, beliefs, institutions and legitimacy on politics, and surveys important approaches and issues found in the literature on religion and politics. Four new chapters on religious policy around the world, political secularism, and religious freedom and human rights have been added to fully revised content covering religious identity, rational choice approaches to religious politics worldviews, beliefs, doctrines, ideologies, institutions and political mobilization, fundamentalism, secularization, and religion and conflict.This work will be essential readingTrade Review"This revised and reorganized edition of the Fox volume makes this work the standard introduction to politics and religion. An Introduction to Religion and Politics (2nd edition) covers virtually all of the major approaches to the study of religion and politics, and is both accessible to beginning students and a valuable resource for serious academic analysts. Quite simply, it has become the dominant text in the comparative field." - Ted G. Jelen, University of Nevada, Las Vegas"An Introduction to Religion and Politics is an outstanding step beyond the high quality first edition. Fox, a leading scholar, offers a tour de force on subjects ranging from religious freedom to government regulation of faith. The book is distinguished by its comprehensiveness, notably intellectual breadth and topical range." - Patrick James, Dornsife Dean’s Professor, School of International Relations, University of Southern California"Any student who seeks a foundation of knowledge about religion and global politics, in using this revised text, will be learning at the feet of one of the pioneers and masters of the field. Professor Fox leaves no stone unturned in covering both the theory and practice of religion in global politics in today's world." - Daniel Philpott, Professor, University of Notre Dame, Indiana.Table of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Secularization and Functionalism: Predictions of Religion’s Decline, and Irrelevance Chapter 3: Religious Identity Chapter 4: Religious Worldviews, Beliefs, Doctrines, and Theologies Chapter 5: Religious Legitimacy Chapter 6: Religious Institutions and Political Mobilization Chapter 7: Rational Religion Chapter 8: Religious Fundamentalism Chapter 9: Religion and Conflict Chapter 10: Government Religion Policy 1: Official Policies and Supporting Religion Chapter 11: Government Religion Policy 2: Restrictions, Regulation, Control and Discrimination Chapter 12: Political Secularism Chapter 13: Religious Freedom Chapter 14: Religion in International Relations Chapter 15: Conclusions

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Book SynopsisThis book explores the implications of recent insights in modern neuroscience that attribute mental capacities often ascribed to a soul to physical brain function alone. It explores how this insight changes the traditional 'care of souls', encouraging more attention to fostering spiritual growth through a social and communal focus.Table of Contents1. Introduction; Part I. Human Nature as Physical: 2. Christian history and the two-part person; 3. Embodiment of soulishness; Part II. The Formation of Persons: 4. How bodies become persons; 5. How relationships shape us; 6. How we are changed and transformed; Part III. Embodied Christian Life and the Church: 7. Why bodies need churches; 8. Church bodies; 9. The embodied church; 10. Concluding thoughts: the church after dualism.

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Book SynopsisIf you accept evolutionary theory, can you also believe in God? Are human beings superior to other animals, or is this just a human prejudice? Does Darwin have implications for heated issues like euthanasia and animal rights? Does evolution tell us the purpose of life, or does it imply that life has no ultimate purpose? Does evolution tell us what is morally right and wrong, or does it imply that ultimately 'nothing' is right or wrong? In this fascinating and intriguing book, Steve Stewart-Williams addresses these and other fundamental philosophical questions raised by evolutionary theory and the exciting new field of evolutionary psychology. Drawing on biology, psychology and philosophy, he argues that Darwinian science supports a view of a godless universe devoid of ultimate purpose or moral structure, but that we can still live a good life and a happy life within the confines of this view.Trade Review'Steve Stewart-Williams explains how evolutionary thought challenges many deep-seated assumptions about God, morality, and human superiority and raises significant questions about such things as euthanasia, suicide, and the way we treat non-human animals. While it has become commonplace for many to equate Darwin's legacy with the stripping away of the moral and the good and to replace it with unpalatable 'Darwinist' alternatives that advocate amorality, nihilism, and a world where 'might makes right', Stewart-Williams carefully and entertainingly shows that, on the contrary, the world after Darwin remains meaningful, wondrous, and intrinsically moral.' Stephen Hill, Massey University'This is an important, accessible, and timely book for anyone wishing to understand the implications of evolutionary theory for standard views of human nature, morality and religion.' Stephen Boulter, Oxford Brookes UniversityTable of Contents1. Darwin and the big questions; Part I. Darwin Gets Religion: 2. Clash of the Titans; 3. Design after Darwin; 4. Darwin's God; 5. God as gap filler; 6. Darwin and the problem of evil; 7. Wrapping up religion; Part II. Life After Darwin: 8. Human beings and their place in the universe; 9. The status of human beings among the animals; 10. Meaning of life, RIP?; Part III. Morality Stripped of Superstition: 11. Evolving good; 12. Remaking morality; 13. Uprooting the doctrine of human dignity; 14. Evolution and the death of right and wrong.

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Book SynopsisThis Element presents science-engaged theology that encourages theologians to collaborate with colleagues in other disciplines in a highly localised manner in order to make concrete claims with accountability and show how theological realities are entangled with the empirical world. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.Table of Contents1. Introduction: memento naturam; 2. Beyond the territories of science and religion; 3. Neither serf nor queen: theology's new boldness in the university; 4. Unity and pluralism in science; 5. The sciences among the sources of theology; 6. Conclusion: advice to those who would be science-engaged theologians; References.

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Book SynopsisFrom the beginnings of modern psychology to the mid-1960s, the complicated relationship between psychology and Catholicism is methodically investigated by Kugelmann, who aims to provide clarity in an area filled with emotion and opinion. This study will be of great interest to scholars and students of psychology and religious studies.Trade Review'Kugelmann has done a masterful job of documenting a major set of developments with psychology and with US Roman Catholicism from obscurity, while integrating many diverse literatures and strands of scholarship in psychology, history, theology, philosophy, and their relevant subspecialties. Were the opening chapter required reading in every psychology of religion course, as well as every Christian seminary and pastoral counseling program, it would elevate the level of discourse in the field tremendously.' Brian H. McCorkle, Boston University'This is an insightful study about the many relationships and the many forms of Catholicism and the equally pluralistic science of modern psychology. Well informed, Kugelmann gives a lucid and fair account of both the struggles and [the] encounters as they have taken place in the United States of America. Detailed and precise, the volume may well serve as a model for research into the complexities of the situation in other countries, and is a must-read for anyone interested in the contemporary relations between religion and psychology in general.' Jacob A. Belzen, University of Amsterdam'Kugelmann has marshalled an extraordinary wealth of original archival research and a keen sensitivity to the historical, cultural, and theological world of twentieth-century Catholicism in telling the story of the encounter between scientific psychology and the Church. This volume is essential for any historian of the human sciences exploring the ways late modernity and religious institutional life met one another during the last century.' Vincent W. Hevern, S. J., Le Moyne College'The author's great passion for his subject shines through this book, and I was certainly enlightened by his clear, detailed account of this very complex subject.' The PsychologistTable of Contents1. An introduction; 2. The major fault line: modernism and psychology; 3. Neoscholastic psychology; 4. Psychology as the boundary: Catholicism, spiritualism, and science; 5. Psychoanalysis versus the power of will; 6. From out of the depths: Carl Jung's challenges and Catholic replies; 7. Institutionalizing the relationship; 8. Humanistic psychology and Catholicism: dialogue and confrontation; 9. Trading zones between psychology and Catholicism; 10. Crossings.

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Book SynopsisThe Cognitive Neuroscience of Religious Experience, now updated and expanded in a new edition, updates key topics covered in the first edition including: decentering and self-transformation, supernatural agent cognitions, mystical states, religious language, ritualization, and religious group agency. It expands upon the first edition to include major findings on brain and religious experience over the past decade, focusing on methodology, future thinking, and psychedelics. It provides an up-to-date review of brain-based accounts of religious experiences, and systematically examines the rationale for utilizing neuroscience approaches to religion. While it is primarily intended for religious studies scholars, people interested in comparative religion, philosophy of religion, cultural evolution, and personal self-transformation will find an account of how such transformation is accomplished within religious contexts.Trade Review'A very welcome update of the most important book to date on the neuroscience of religion.' Robin Dunbar, Professor of Evolutionary Psychology, University of Oxford, UK'Patrick McNamara's brilliant synthesis of the structural and functional neuroscience literature with research on religious belief in the 2nd edition of The Cognitive Neuroscience of Religious Experience should be required reading for researchers and students entering this field, and for experts wanting a current state-of-the-art reappraisal of the religious brain.' Jordan Grafman, Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Northwestern University, USA'McNamara expertly expands the frontier of the neuroscience of religion by integrating state-of-the-art research on psychedelics, embodiment, social cognition, predictive processing and more. In my opinion, the best book available on the topic; McNamara's theorizing is cutting-edge and should be required reading for any scholar who seeks to understand how religious experience works in human brains.' Uffe Schjødt, Aarhus University, Denmark'The 1st edition of The Cognitive Neuroscience of Religious Experience was an important book for the cognitive science of religion because of its introduction of the concept of decentering. This 2nd edition is an indispensable book for the cognitive science of religion. It is practically a whole new book in which decentering is integrated into 4E cognitive science and the predictive processing framework. McNamara offers powerful cognitive neuroscientific explanations for how altered states of consciousness, such as in psychedelic and mystical experience, and ritual practices can lead to profound transformations of the self that are both highly adaptive and deeply meaningful. This is a central book for anyone interested in addressing the Meaning Crisis that faces us today.' John Vervaeke, University of Toronto, Canada'This book is THE place to go for reliable, up-to-date information about the cognitive neuroscience of religious and spiritual experiences. It is tricky territory and Patrick McNamara is the world's best guide, by far.' Wesley J. Wildman, Boston University and the Center for Mind and Culture, USATable of ContentsAcknowledgments; 1. Introduction: assumptions and reasons; 2. On decentering; 3. On the self and the divided self; 4. The cultural and evolutionary background to the neuroscience of religion; 5. Neurology of religious experiences; 6. Psychedelics and religious experiences; 7. Mystical experiences; 8. Religious experiences and transformative experiences; 9. Supernatural agents and god concepts; 10. Ritual; 11. Religious language; 12. Group effects and religion.

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Book SynopsisThis is the first systematic exploration of the intriguing connections between Victorian physical sciences and the study of the controversial phenomena broadly classified as psychic, occult and paranormal. These phenomena included animal magnetism, spirit-rapping, telekinesis and telepathy. Richard Noakes shows that psychic phenomena interested far more Victorian scientists than we have previously assumed, challenging the view of these scientists as individuals clinging rigidly to a materialistic worldview. Physicists, chemists and other physical scientists studied psychic phenomena for a host of scientific, philosophical, religious and emotional reasons, and many saw such investigations as exciting new extensions to their theoretical and experimental researches. While these attempted extensions were largely unsuccessful, they laid the foundations of modern day explorations of the connections between physics and psychic phenomena. This revelatory study challenges our view of the historTrade Review'Physics and Psychics is a much-anticipated contribution to scholarship by the preeminent historian of science studying the interaction of science and occultism in this period. Noakes's masterful book, focused on the years 1870–1930, will be essential for scholars of modernism in art, literature, and culture more generally.' Linda Dalrymple Henderson, University of Texas, Austin'Richard Noakes knows more than anyone else in the world about the complex ways physics and psychical research interacted in the decades around 1900, and in this incisive book he shows us just how permeable the boundary between science and the seemingly supernatural was in those days - and perhaps still is.' Bruce J. Hunt, University of Texas, Austin'Richard Noakes's ground-breaking book casts important new light on the place of physics in Victorian spiritualism, and the place of spiritualism in Victorian physics. This detailed and compelling study shows just how important the psychic world was in the development of the physical sciences at the end of the nineteenth century.' Iwan Rhys Morus, Aberystwyth University'This book provides new and fascinating insights into the historical links between physics and psychical research. It shows that the interest of eminent physicists in the subject was initially surprisingly widespread and that this was important in gaining it scientific recognition. Recent developments in physics have rekindled an interest in the link with psychical research, which makes this work particularly timely.' Bernard Carr, Emeritus Professor of Mathematics and Astronomy, Queen Mary University of London, and former President of the Society for Psychical Research'The book includes a wealth of footnotes and other apparatus, and instructive illustrations.' M. Dickinson, Choice'Noakes's humane account reminds us that both enterprises have included rational, productive, and creative scientists whose ambitions, however vaunted, deserve respect and understanding.' Lucy Rhymer, Science in History'… a wonderful, rich, and detailed book.' Ruth Heholt, Victorian StudiesTable of ContentsList of figures and tables; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Introduction; 1. New imponderables, new sciences; 1.1 Animal magnetism as physics; 1.2 The oddity of od; 1.3 Outdoing the electric telegraph; 1.4 'Scientific men' and spiritualism; 1.5 Extending the boundaries of physics; 2. A survey of physical-psychical scientists; 2.1 Inventing psychical research; 2.2 Identifying physical-psychical scientists; 2.3 Connecting physical-psychical scientists; 2.4 Gold mines of science, handmaids to faith; 2.5 Changing attitudes to psychical investigation; 3. Psychical effects and physical theories; 3.1 Removing scientific 'stumbling blocks'; 3.2 Challenging materiality; 3.3 Dim analogies; 3.4 Maxwellian psychics; 3.5 Doubts and criticisms; 4. Psychical investigation as experimental physics; 4.1 From psychic force to the radiometer; 4.2 Tying mediums with electricity; 4.3 Magnetic sense or nonsense?; 4.4 Physical as psychical laboratories; 4.5 Wanting opportunities?; 5. Expertise in physics and psychics; 5.1 Scourging spiritualists and scientists; 5.2 Tricky instruments of psychics; 5.3 Tricky instruments of physics; 5.4 Psychical researchers and conjurors; 5.5 N-rays and psychical expertise; 6. Modernising physics and psychics; 6.1 Busy men; 6.2 'Applied' psychical research; 6.3 Lodge's etherial body; 6.4 Interpreting Lodge's physics and psychics; 6.5 Interwar transitions; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

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Book SynopsisIt is commonly assumed that the creation story of Genesis and its chronology were the only narratives openly available in medieval and early modern Europe and that the discovery of geological time in the eighteenth century came as a momentous breakthrough that shook the faith in the historical accuracy of the Bible. Historians of science, mainstream geologists, and Young Earth creationists alike all share the assumption that the notion of an ancient Earth was highly heterodox in the pre-modern era. The old age of the world is regarded as the offspring of a secularized science.In this book, Ivano Dal Prete radically revises the commonplace history of deep time in Western culture. He argues that the chronology of the Bible always coexisted with alternative approaches that placed the origin of the Earth into a far, undetermined (or even eternal) past. From the late Middle Ages, these notions spread freely not only in universities and among the learned, but even in popular works of meteorology, geology, literature, and art that made them easily accessible to a vernacular and scientifically illiterate public. Religious authorities did not regard these notions as particularly problematic, let alone heretical. Neither the authors nor their numerous readers thought that holding such views was incompatible with their Christian faith. While the appeal of theories centered on the biblical Flood and on a young Earth gained popularity over the course of the seventeenth century, their more secular alternatives remained vital and debated. Enlightenment thinkers, however, created a myth of a Christian tradition that uniformly rejected the antiquity of the world, as opposed to a new secular science ready to welcome it. Largely unchallenged for almost three centuries, that account solidified over time into a still dominant truism. Based on a wealth of mostly unexplored sources, On the Edge of Eternity offers an original and nuanced account of the history of deep time that illuminates the relationship between the history of science and Christianity in the medieval and early modern periods, with lasting implications for Western society.Trade ReviewCalling upon a massive reservoir of evidence that has been hiding in plain sight, this deeply researched and engrossing book not only overturns a long held historical narrative that deep geological time was discovered in the eighteenth century, but also chronicles the formation of that narrative in the crucible of intellectual and political change at the end of the eighteenth century. Dal Prete brilliantly reveals the peaceful coexistence of multiple theories about the age of the earth from the Middle Ages up through the seventeenth century, then their politicization as the new ideology of science asserted eternal war between science and religion, a fable, as Dal Prete lays bare, that has endured up to the present. * Pamela H. Smith, Columbia University *On the Edge of Eternity is an ambitious and provocative rethinking of our understanding of the earth's history from the Middle Ages till the age of Darwin. This superb account of the history of the earth's eternity and the biblical Flood compellingly argues that the earth's antiquity is a very old idea. Widely discussed and debated in medieval and Renaissance Europe, it was an Enlightenment rediscovery rather than discovery. In this engaging and erudite history, Dal Prete invites us to reflect on why we have forgotten the complexity of the past in the invention of deep time in favor of stark and often polemical narratives of science and religion. * Paula Findlen, Stanford University *In this beautifully argued and accessibly written book, Ivano del Prete shows that not only were discussions of earth history a complex and multifaceted affair throughout the millennia before an imagined Enlightenment emancipation, but in actuality it was the new science of the Scientific Revolution that invented Biblical literalism and young earth creationism, not the religious enthusiasts. This brilliantly fresh and insightful history is a must read for anyone wanting to subject our contemporary battle between science and religion to a historical reality check. * J.B. Shank, University of Minnesota *In this erudite and elegant book, Ivano Dal Prete rewrites the history of Western views on the age of the earth. He works as deftly on ancient traditions in philosophy and chronology as on the practical culture of Tuscan miners and merchants, shows that scholars and craftsmen came into active intellectual contact, and brings lost worlds of speculation and exploration back to life. Medieval and Renaissance ideas about earth history were rich and varied, and geological evidence often supported arguments for an eternal world. Before this context, the debates of later centuries, with their multiple efforts to salvage a biblical chronology, take on a radically new meaning. The warfare of science with theology, Dal Prete argues, is not a medieval but a modern phenomenon, born of new commitments, Protestant and Catholic, to biblical authority. * Anthony Grafton, Princeton University *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Note on Terminology Introduction Chapter 1 Footprints in the Dust: The Eternity of the World in the Middle Ages Chapter 2 The Medieval Earth Chapter 3 Vernacular Earths, 1250-1500 Chapter 4 A "Pious" History of the Earth? 1500-1650 Chapter 5 The Rise of Diluvialism, 1650-1720 Chapter 6 The Invention of the History of Deep Time, 1700-1770 Chapter 7 Political Fossils, 1740-1800 Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisFrom the acclaimed author of Einstein?s Dreams comes a rich, fascinating answer to the question, Can the scientifically inclined still hold space for spirituality? ?Lightman…belongs to a noble tradition of science writers, including Oliver Sacks and Lewis Thomas, who can poke endlessly into a subject and…stir up fresh embers of wonder.? ?The Wall Street JournalGazing at the stars, falling in love, or listening to music, we sometimes feel a transcendent connection with a cosmic unity and things larger than ourselves. But these experiences are not easily understood by science, which holds that all things can be explained in terms of atoms and molecules. Is there space in our scientific worldview for these spiritual experiences? According to acclaimed physicist and novelist Alan Lightman, there may be. Drawing on intellectual history and conversations with contemporary scientists, philosophers, and psychologists, Lightman asks a series of thought-provoking questions that illuminate our strange place between the world of particles and forces and the world of complex human experience. Can strict materialism explain our appreciation of beauty? Or our feelings of connection to nature and to other people? Is there a physical basis for consciousness, the most slippery of all scientific problems? Lightman weaves these investigations together to propose what he calls ?spiritual materialism?? the belief that we can embrace spiritual experiences without letting go of our scientific worldview. In his view, the breadth of the human condition is not only rooted in material atoms and molecules but can also be explained in terms of Darwinian evolution. What is revealed in this lyrical, enlightening book is that spirituality may not only be compatible with science, it also ought to remain at the core of what it means to be human.

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Book SynopsisWhether you’re looking for answers to your own questions or seeking to explain the scientific evidence to others, The Comprehensive Guide to Science and Faith is an invaluable apologetic tool that will help you analyze scientific findings in light of the truths found in the Bible.Trade Review“The Comprehensive Guide to Science and Faith is a rigorous and thorough defense of intelligent design, offering both scientific and philosophical discussions. Well-known scientists provide scientific arguments on the big bang, the origin of life, fine-tuning, fossils, and more. A large part of the book is also devoted to philosophy: why making inferences to a nonmaterial cause is justifiable within science, the relationship between science and faith, overturning historical myths about the church’s attitude toward science, and why a purely materialistic scientific position is self-defeating. Many subjects are covered by multiple authors, each with a different focus. The result is an overwhelming barrage aimed squarely at those who deny that intelligent design is science.”—Ann Gauger, PhD (Zoology), Senior Fellow Discovery Institute“This is a heroic encyclopedic work by some of the world’s top thinkers on the topics of science, faith, and the cosmos, and the God who created them all. If anyone thinks that the study of science and faith should be disparate disciplines, here are more than 656 reasons why they’re wrong. What is clear from this massive volume is that the alignment of science and faith is far closer to parallel than orthogonal, and it spans as far as from east to west across the tangents of science, life, and eternity.”—James Tour, Professor of Chemistry, Computer Science, Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University“The Comprehensive Guide to Science and Faith is, quite simply, a tour de force whose publication is an event we must understand. The release of this book is a symbol of the decades-old growth, maturity, and rigor of the intelligent design (ID) movement. No longer can people employ dismissive slogans, handwaving, and ad-hominem attacks in response to ID claims. This book demands serious engagement. Filled with highly qualified scholars, detailed and first-rate argumentation, and solid engagement with virtually all the major issues, The Comprehensive Guide to Science and Faith throws down the gauntlet. If the reader does not agree with the points made within its pages, then let the reader bring forth his or her case. However, if someone ignores this book or simply brushes it aside, that person does so at the price of being intellectually irresponsible.”—JP Moreland, Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, Biola University“This is a fascinating book. Christians who read it—or even a few chapters—will find themselves rejoicing in the amazing consistency between God’s words in the Bible and the most recent scientific discoveries. And any non-Christians who read it will likely be surprised to learn of the remarkable congruence between the Christian faith and numerous scientific findings. I am glad to recommend this book to Christians and non-Christians alike.”—Wayne Grudem, PhD, Distinguished Research Professor of Theology and Biblical Studies, Phoenix Seminary“The Comprehensive Guide to Science and Faith is precisely the type of resource I recommend frequently to students, fellow educators, ministry leaders, and inquisitive laypersons. It has a fantastic breadth of scope, incorporating rigorous philosophical, theological, and scientific knowledge related to the major questions sparked by the intersection of science and faith. The depth of content offered by the contributing scholars is intellectually satisfying yet wonderfully accessible. This versatile book is a welcome addition to my academic and ministry tool kits.”—Melissa Cain Travis, PhD, author of Science and the Mind of the Maker“The Comprehensive Guide to Science and Faith is an essential reference for your personal library. The most valuable sections are those dealing with intelligent design, with contributions by the stellar specialists in this area—William A. Dembski and Stephen C. Meyer at the head of the list. The issues discussed cover a very wide range and the scholarship is impeccable.”—John Warwick Montgomery, PhD (Chicago), DThéol (Strasbourg, France), LLD (Cardiff, Wales, UK); Professor Emeritus of Law and Humanities, University of Bedfordshire, England; Director, International Academy of Apologetics, Evangelism and Human Rights (Strasbourg, France)“This book is a wonderful guide to the range of important issues at the heart of the intersection of science and faith. From artificial intelligence to theistic evolution, the editors have put together a top-rate team who explore the biggest issues being discussed today. If you’re looking for an introductory book that also has some depth, then The Comprehensive Guide to Science and Faith is for you.”—Sean McDowell, PhD, professor of apologetics, at Biola University; author, coauthor, or editor of 20+ books, including Understanding Intelligent Design“Anyone who desires to make sense of the world around them should read this book and follow the reasoning of these serious thinkers who have grappled with major questions about meaning and life. The existence of objective truth demands that there will be a coherence between the empirical and the theoretical, between facts and meaning. This compilation of essays provides an opportunity to view the world from a Judeo-Christian viewpoint that is both rational and empirically coherent.”—Donald Ewert, who received his PhD in microbiology at the University of Georgia

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Book SynopsisIn this illuminating book, Dean L. Overman uses logical principles and mathematical calculations to answer intriguing questions that have long perplexed biologists and astrophysicists.Trade ReviewOverman's 'brief' finds implausible the claims that life evolved from nonlife by chance and that the conditions for life in the universe are without cause. . . . As clear and straightforward an argument as one can find. * First Things *The author has provided an eminently readable and interesting book. -- Glenn Wyper * Reformed Review, Fall 98, Vo. 52 N0. 1 *The writing is very clear, with hierarchic organization of numbered sections and subsections. Overman writes for the intelligent layperson, making this fine presentation of the argument for Design accessible to a wide audience. -- Charles E. Chaffey, Universtiy of Toronto * Book Reviews, March 99 *Overman's Brilliant book A Case Against Accident and Self-Organization will demonstrate to any reader that the universe we know could hardly have arisen by chance. * The American Enterprise *For entertainment, Mr. Overman likes to ponder the origins of life on Earth, the mysteries of quantum mechanics and the nuances of particle physics. His mastery of these fields has earned him the respect and admiration of scholars from Cambridge to Harvard. -- Mona Charen * The Washington Times *A valuable contribution to the discussion about the relationship between natural science and theology. -- Wolfhart Pannenberg, University of Munich...impressive work. * Philosophia Christi *

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Book SynopsisAs Christians engage controversial cultural issues, we must remember that 'all things hold together in Christ' (Col. 1:17)--even when it comes to science and faith. In this anthology, top Christian thinkers--including Robert Barron, Timothy George, Stanley Hauerwas, Alasdair MacIntyre, Mark Noll, and N. T. Wright--invite us to find resources for faithful, creative thinking in the riches of the church''s theological heritage and its worship traditions.Table of ContentsContentsForeword by Michael GulkerIntroduction by James K. A. SmithPart 1: Creating a Community for the Conversation: Ecclesiology and Worship1. The Church as Church: Practicing the Politics of Jesus Rodney Clapp2. Friends of God and Friends of God's Friends Samuel Wells3. Friendship and the Ways to Truth David Burrell4. Worship Is Our Worldview: Christian Worship and the Formation of Desire James K. A. Smith5. Common Prayer Shane Claiborne, Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove, and Enuma OkoroPart 2: Putting on Christ: Formation in Virtue6. The Master Argument of MacIntyre's After Virtue Brad Kallenberg7. The Nature of the Virtues Alasdair MacIntyre8. The Church as a Community of Practice Jonathan R. Wilson9. Resistance to the Demands of Love: On Sloth Rebecca DeYoung10. Cultivating Gratitude: Pray without Ceasing Paul Griffiths11. Why Christian Character Matters N. T. WrightPart 3: Come Let Us Reason Together: Tradition-Based Rationality12. The Rationality of Traditions Alasdair MacIntyre13. Aquinas and the Rationality of Tradition Alasdair MacIntyre14. The Epistemic Priority of Jesus Christ Robert Barron15. Reading Scripture with the Reformers Timothy GeorgePart 4: All Things Hold Together in Christ: Exploring God's World16. Come and See: A Christological Invitation for Science Mark Noll17. Encountering God's World: Curiositas vs. Caritas Paul Griffiths18. The Religious Path to Exclusive Humanism: From Deism to Atheism James K. A. Smith19. Natural Theology, or a Theology of Creation? Stanley Hauerwas20. Science, Stories, and Our Knowledge of the Natural World Alasdair MacIntyre21. Science for the Church: Natural Sciences in the Christian University Jonathan R. WilsonIndex

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Book SynopsisThe Western Construction of Religion not only provides a critical assessment of the whole history of religionas it is understood in the West but offers better ways of constructing the study of this central part of human experience.Trade ReviewThis book stands out among recent examinations of 'religion' and is a valuable point of reference for related work in the field. -- Steven Engler Religious Studies Review 2006 In this important book, Dubuisson offers what could be described as a Feuerbachian critique of religious studies, including comparative, sociological, and especially anthropological accounts of the phenomenon taken to be 'religion.' Choice 2004 A very rich synthesis, this book brings together the various stages of work by a critical and theoretical researcher of anthropology. Science HumaineTable of ContentsContents:Introduction: Religion, the West, and the History of ReligionsI The West and Religion1. A Central Concept The Mirror of the West Singular Universes Religio and Religion Texts, Corpora, and Hypertext Cosmographical Issues2. A Paprdoxical Subject Religions or Religious Phenomena? History or Histories?3. An Uncertain Anthropological Calling A Nebula of Definitions An Absence of Criteria Imprecise and Shifting Boundaries Arbitrary Typologies A Scattering of Monographs Arbitrary, Narcissistic ObjectivizationII Order and History4. Christianity and the West A Unique History Interiorization and Universalization Autonomy and Imperialism5. Continuities A General Topic A Major Paradigm Exemplary ThesesIII The Genealogy of a Western Science6. The History of Religions in the Nineteenth Century Ubiquitous Prejudices Myths and Science A Science of Its Time7. Three Twentieth-Century Debates The Sociological Explanation "Historians" and Phenomenologists The Invention of Homo religiosusIV From Religions to Cosmographic Formations8. The West, Religion, and Science9. ProlegomenaNotes Index

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Book SynopsisExplores the many ways in which religion - its ideas, attitudes, practices, and institutions - interacted with science from the beginnings of the Scientific Revolution to the end of the nineteenth century. This work explores those interactions by focusing on a sequence of major religious and intellectual movements.Trade ReviewHighly recommended. Readers with an interest in science, at the lower-undergraduate level and above. Choice Provide[s] a rich historical background to the interaction between science and religion. -- Seymour H. Mauskopf Nuncius 2007 Should appeal to aficionados of science and religion interested in the interaction of culture with the development of science. -- Fraser F. Fleming Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith 2007 An interesting, insightful, and clearly argued overview. -- Edward B. Davis Isis 2007 Olson's meticulous treatment of the rich variety of interconnections between science and religion was a refreshing revelation. The book does an excellent job of documenting the complex tangle of interconnections between religious thought and scientific work during this time period. Journal of the Association of Christians in the Mathematical Sciences 2008 The book can be warmly recommended to anyone interested in the various ways in which religion interacted with science from the beginning of the Scientific Revolution to the end of the 19th century. -- William R. Shea Archives Internationale d'Histoire des Sciences 2007Table of ContentsIllustrationsAcknowledgmentsChronology of Events1. Introduction: Galileo and the Church-Or, How Do Science and Religion Interact?The Conflict ModelThe Case of the Galileo AffairThree Additional Special Cases of ConflictModern Claims That Religion Supports Science2. Religion and the Transition to "Modern" Science: Christian Demands for Useful KnowledgeThe Starting Point: Late Medieval ScienceChallenge to Medieval ScienceChristian Humanism and the Hermtic CorpusThe Life and Works of ParacelsusChristian Utopias and the Institutions for Modern Science3. Science and Catholicism in the Scientific Revolution, 1550-1770Science and the Council of TrentJesuit ScienceCatholics and the Mechanical Philosophy: Mersenne, Descartes, and GassendiThe Special Case of Blaise Pascal4. Science and Religion in England, 1590-1740The Anglican Focus on Natural TheologyThe Puritan Approach to Natural KnowledgeThe Origins of Anglican Mechanical PhilosophyThe Anti-Materialist Response to Hobbes5. Newton's Religion, Newtonian Religions, and Eighteenth-Century ReactionsNewton's Science and ReputationNewton and Prophecy InterpretationNewtonian ReligionJohn Locke and the Rise of DeismReactions against Newtonian Natural Theology6. Scientific Understanding of Religion and Religious Understanding of Science, 1700-1859Early Anthropological Approaches to ReligionReligion and the EmotionsImmanuel Kant's Separation of Scientific Knowledge from Religious FaithThe Post-Kantian Tradition in German Theology- Schleiermacher and HegelA New Anthropology of Religion- FeuerbachDavid Strauss and the Use of Science to Reject Evangelical ChristianityAuguste Comte's "Religion of Humanity"Scottish Common Sense Philosophy Calls for a Scientific Religion and a Religious Science7. Back to the Beginnings-of the Earth, of Life, and of Humankind, 1680-1859Mosaid GeologySecular Geology and the Age of the EarthAccounting for Change Over TimeBuffonLamarckThe Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation8. What to Do about Darwin?The Character of Charles Darwin's On the Origin of SpeciesInitial Anglo-American Religious Responses to DarwinDarwinism and Concerns about Scientific NaturalismAnglo-American Protestant Responses to Darwin after 1875Anglo-American Catholic and Jewish Responses to EvolutionConclusionPrimary Sources1. Hermes Trismagistus, Hermetica2. Richard Hooker, The Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity in Eight Books3. Robert Boyle, "A Free Inquiry into the Vulgarly Conceived Notion of Nature"4. John Ray, The Wisdom of God Manifested in the Works of Creations5. Thomas Burnet, The Theory of the Earth6. David Hume, The Natural History of Religion7. Ludwig Feuerbach, The Essence of Christianity8. John William Draper, History of the Conflict between Religion and Science9. James McCosh, The Religious Aspect of EvolutionAnnotated BibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisDespite some tensions in the thirteenth century, the Church and its theologians became favorably disposed toward science and natural philosophy and used them extensively in their theological deliberations.Trade ReviewScience and Religion should be required reading for all those teaching and researching in this area. -- Fraser F. Fleming Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith 2006 Fascinating book. -- William R. Shea Archives Internationale d'Histoire des Sciences 2006 Grant gives his reader a good sense of the main trends and the rich tapestry of medieval thought. Journal of the Association of Christians in the Mathematical Sciences 2008Table of ContentsIllustrationsChronology of Events1. IntroductionThe Middle Ages: A Time ofo Ignorance and Barbarism? Or a Period of Striking Innovation?Religion and Science among the Greeks prior to the Emergence of ChristianityThe Propagation of ScienceBrief Descriptions of Chapters 2–82. Aristotle and the Beginnings of Two Thousand Years of Natural PhilosophyLifeWorksAchievementsAristotle's Cosmos and Natural PhilosophyThe Scope of Natural Philosophy3. Science and Natural Philosophy in the Roman EmpireThe Pre-Socratic Natural PhilosophersThe Emergence and Development of the Sciences in the Greek WorldThe Life SciencesThe Exact SciencesGreek Science in the Roman Empire to the Sixth Century a.d.4. The First Six Centuries of Christianity: Christian Attitudes toward Greek Philosophy and ScienceThe Mystery Religions and AstrologyThe Triumph of Christianity in the Roman WorldChristianity and the Pagan Intellectual WorldCommentaries on Genesis (Hexameral Treatises): The Christian Understanding of the Creation of the World5. The Emergence of a New Europe after the Barbarian InvasionsThe Latin EncyclopedistsWestern Europe at Its NadirThe New Europe in the Twelfth CenturyThe Beginnings of the New Natural Philosophy6. The Medieval Universities and the Impact of Aristotle's Natural PhilosophyThe Translations of Aristotle's Books on Natural PhilosophyUniversities in the Middle AgesTypes of Literature in Natural PhilosophyThe Relations between Natural Philosophy and Theology in the Thirteenth CenturyIs Theology a Science?7. The Interrelations between Natural Philosophy and Theology in the Fourteenth and Fifteenth CenturiesThe Influence of the Condemnation of 1277 on Natural PhilosophyThe Impact of Religion on Natural Philosophy in the Middle AgesThe Role of Natural Philosophy in TheologyThe Significance and Meaning of the Interaction between Natural Philosophy and TheologyRelations between Science and Religion in the Byzantine Empire, the World of Islam, and the Latin WestThe Byzantine EmpireIslamThe Latin WestPrimary Sources1. Roger Bacon, The "Opus Majus" of Roger Bacon2. Giles of Rome, Errores Philosophorum3. Saint Bonaventure, On the Eternity of the World (De Aeternitate Mundi)4. Saint Thomas Aquinas, On the Eternity of the World (De Aeternitate Mundi)5. Albert of Saxony, Questions on [Aristotle's] On the Heavens6. Nicole Oresme, Le Livre du ciel et du mondeAnnotated BibliographyIndex

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