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Book SynopsisThis book sets out a new agenda for science-theology interactions and offers examples of what that agenda might look like when implemented. It explores, in innovative ways, what follows for science-theology discussions from recent developments in the history of science. The contributions take seriously the historically conditioned nature of the categories science' and religion' and consider the ways in which these categories are reinforced in the public sphere. Reflecting on the balance of power between theology and the sciences, the authors demonstrate a commitment to moving beyond traditional models of one-sided dialogue and seek to give theology a more active role in determining the interdisciplinary agenda.
Table of ContentsIntroduction PART ONE: theology and the sciences 1. More history, more theology, more philosophy, more science: the state of theological engagement with science 2. Theology and science in the field 3. Religion and the science of climate destabilisation: the case for (re)entanglement 4. The inflation of nature and the Extended Evolutionary Synthesis PART TWO: ‘science’ and ‘religion’ in the public sphere 5. Pop science and pop theology: new ways of exploring an old dialogue David Wilkinson 6. An unfortunate communicatio idiomatum: on the curious spectacle of two modern inventions morphing into one another in the public square 7. Is science the theology of modernity? PART THREE: theologies of science 8. Why do scientific research in the 21st century? 9. After an apologetics of conflict: biblical exegesis for a creation theology of science 10. Creation as deconstruction in Cusanus, Luther, and Hamann AFTERWORD: The bigger picture: science, religion, and historical change 11. Divine pedagogy – speculations about ‘science’ and ‘religion’ after the next great breakthrough
