{"product_id":"science-religion-9781119599876","title":"Science  Religion","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eScience and Religion: A New Introduction\u003c\/i\u003e is now into its third edition and is an excellent introduction to the whole field of science and religion.\" - \u003cb\u003ePerspectives on Science and Christian Faith\u003c\/b\u003e, Volume 73, Number 1, March 2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface to the Third Edition ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 Science and Religion: Exploring a Relationship 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhy Study Science and Religion? 2\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Chessboard: The Diversity of Science and Religion 5\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIan Barbour’s Four Models of the Relation of Science and Religion 7\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConflict 8\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndependence 9\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDialogue 10\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntegration 11\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFour Ways of Imagining the Relation of Science and Religion 13\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eScience and Religion Offer Distinct Perspectives on Reality 13\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eScience and Religion Engage Distinct Levels of Reality 14\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eScience and Religion Offer Distinct Maps of Reality 15\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Two Books: Two Complementary Approaches to Reality 15\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 Getting Started: Some Historical Landmarks 19\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhy Study History? 20\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInventing the ‘Warfare’ of Science and Religion 21\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe ‘Essentialist Fallacy’ about Science and Religion 24\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDispelling Myths about Science and Religion 25\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Importance of Biblical Interpretation 28\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Emergence of the Medieval Synthesis 29\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCopernicus, Galileo, and the Solar System 31\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNewton, the Mechanical Universe, and Deism 38\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDarwin and the Biological Origins of Humanity 43\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe ‘Big Bang’: New Insights into the Origins of the Universe 50\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 Religion and the Philosophy of Science 57\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFact and Fiction: Realism and Instrumentalism 58\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRealism 59\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIdealism 61\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInstrumentalism 62\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTheology and Debates about Realism 64\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExplanation, Ontology, and Epistemology: Research Methods and the Investigation of Reality 65\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Case Study in Explanation: Nancey Murphy on ‘Non‐Reductive Physicalism’ 68\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat Does it Mean to Explain Something? 70\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOntic and Epistemic Approaches to Explanation 71\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReligion and Explanation 73\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePhilip Clayton on Explanation in Religion 75\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHow Do We Decide What is the Best Explanation? 76\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e‘Logic of Discovery’ and ‘Logic of Justification’ 77\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInference to the Best Explanation 79\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Case Study: Darwin and Natural Selection 81\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTheory Choice and Religion 82\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVerification: Logical Positivism 84\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFalsification: Karl Popper 86\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTheory Change in Science: Thomas S. Kuhn 89\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 Science and the Philosophy of Religion 95\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eScience, Religion, and Proofs for God’s Existence 96\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTraditional Philosophical Arguments for the Existence of God 98\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThomas Aquinas’s Five Ways 99\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Kalam Argument 102\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Case Study: William Paley’s Biological Argument from Design 103\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Ambiguity of ‘Proof ’: Justification in Science and Theology 108\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGod’s Action in the World 111\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDeism: God Acts Through the Laws of Nature 112\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThomism: God Acts Through Secondary Causes 114\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProcess Theology: God Acts Through Persuasion 116\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eQuantum Theory: God Acts Through Indeterminacy 118\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMiracles and the Laws of Nature 120\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDavid Hume’s Critique of Miracles 121\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKeith Ward on Miracles 123\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWolfhart Pannenberg on Miracles 124\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNatural Atheology? Evolutionary Debunking Arguments against God 125\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNatural Theology: Is God the ‘Best Explanation’ of our Universe? 128\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Metaquestion: Creation and the Uniformity of Nature 133\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 Models and Analogies in Science and Religion 143\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Use of Models in the Natural Sciences 145\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Kinetic Model of Gases 148\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eComplementarity: Light as Wave and Particle 151\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnalogical Reasoning: Galileo and the Mountains of the Moon 153\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUsing Scientific Models Critically: Darwin’s Principle of Natural Selection 155\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Use of Models and Metaphors in Christian Theology 158\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThomas Aquinas on the \u003ci\u003eAnalogia Entis \u003c\/i\u003e(‘Analogy of Being’) 159\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIan T. Ramsey on the Model of the Divine Economy 160\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eArthur Peacocke on the Theological Application of Models and Analogies 162\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSallie McFague on Metaphors in Theology 163\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUsing Religious Models Critically: Creation 164\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUsing Religious Models Critically: Theories of the Atonement 167\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eModels and Mystery: The Limits of Representation of Reality 169\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIan Barbour on Models in Science and Religion 173\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 Science and Religion: Some Major Contemporary Debates 179\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMoral Philosophy: Can the Natural Sciences establish Moral Values? 179\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEvolution and Ethics: The Debate about Darwinism and Morality 180\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNeuroscience and Ethics: Sam Harris on the Moral Landscape 182\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePhilosophy of Science: Is Reality Limited to What the Sciences Can Disclose? 185\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePhilosophy of Religion: Theodicy in a Darwinian World 189\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTheology: Transhumanism, the ‘Image of God’, and Human Identity 192\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMathematics: Science and the Language of God 196\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePhysics: Does the ‘Anthropic Principle’ have Religious Significance? 199\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEvolutionary Biology: Can we speak of ‘Design’ in Nature? 203\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Psychology of Religion: What is Religion All About? 207\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Cognitive Science of Religion: Is Religion ‘Natural’? 213\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 218\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSources of Citations 225\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 245\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49407096160599,"sku":"9781119599876","price":30.35,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781119599876.jpg?v=1730498162","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/science-religion-9781119599876","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}