{"product_id":"reimagining-nature-the-promise-of-a-christian-natural-theology-9781119046356","title":"ReImagining Nature  The Promise of a Christian","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReimagining Nature is a new introduction to the fast developing area of natural theology, written by one of the world   s leading theologians. The text engages in serious theological dialogue whilst looking at how past developments might illuminate and inform theory and practice in the present.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction 1 \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 Natural Theology: Questions of Definition and Scope 6\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Aim of This Work 8\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Brief Genealogy of Natural Theology 11\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNatural Theology: Six Approaches 18\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Natural Theology Project: Thick and Thin Descriptions 22\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn Defense of a “Christian” Natural Theology Project 25\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Christian Accommodation of Classic Natural Theology 35\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 Natural Theology and the Christian Imaginarium 41\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSensorium and Imaginarium: Christianity and the Re-Imagination of Nature 42\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eModernity and the Suppression of the Imagination 47\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMetanoia: Seeing Things as They Really Are 50\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eImaginative Transformation: The Church as an Interpretive Community 55\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTheoria: Imaginative Beholding and Rational Dissection 57\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNature as logikos: Reflections on the Doctrine of Creation 61\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMetaphors of Beauty and Order: Harmony and the Dance 66\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 Text, Image, and Sign: On Framing the Natural World 69\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNatural Theology as a Habitus 69\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Intellectual Challenge of the Ambiguity of the World 73\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNature as a Text: Natural Theology and the Book of Nature 78\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNature as Image: Natural Theology and Landscapes 87\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNature as a Sign: Natural Theology and Semiotics 93\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 Natural Theology: Contexts and Motivations 101\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Importance of Cultural Location for Natural Theology 101\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA New Vocational Space: Natural Theology as a Religious Calling 105\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Wasteland: Natural Theology and the Recovery of a Lost Nature 107\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWonder and Mystery: Transcendent Experiences 110\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRe-Enchantment: Sustaining a Sense of Wonder 113\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Rational Transparency of Nature and Faith 116\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConnectedness: The Human Longing for Coherence 120\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMeaning: Nature and Ultimate Questions 122\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNatural Theology as a “Natural” Quest 124\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 Natural Theology: Some Concerns and Challenges 128\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNatural Theology: Improper and Redundant? 128\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOntotheology? Natural Theology and Philosophical “First Principles” 133\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDavid Hume: The Intellectual Inadequacy of a Deist Natural Theology 135\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCharles Taylor: Natural Theology and the “Immanent Frame” 138\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBarth and Brunner: The Debate which Discredited Natural Theology? 144\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFideism: Natural Theology as Self-Referential and Self-Justifying? 149\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 The Promise of a Christian Natural Theology 154\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Natural Sciences: Natural Theology and the Subversion of Scientism 156\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Affective Imagination: Natural Theology and the Spirituality of Nature 163\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBoundaries and Trespass: Natural Theology and Systematic Theology 168\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eApologetics: Natural Theology and Public Engagement 173\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 181\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography 184\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 240\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406972887383,"sku":"9781119046356","price":28.45,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781119046356.jpg?v=1730497746","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/reimagining-nature-the-promise-of-a-christian-natural-theology-9781119046356","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}