{"product_id":"0060603836","title":"Religion in an Age of Science (Gifford Lectures 1989-1991, Vol 1)","description":"\n\u003cp\u003ePart One: Religion And The Methods Of Science -- 1. Ways Of Relating Science And Religion -- I. Conflict -- 1. Scientific Materialism -- 2. Biblical Literalism -- Ii. Independence -- 1. Contrasting Method -- 2. Differing Languages -- Iii. Dialogue -- 1. Boundary Questions -- 2. Methodological Parallels -- Iv. Integration -- 1. Natural Theology -- 2. Theology Of Nature -- 3. Systematic Synthesis -- 2. Models And Paradigms -- I. The Structures Of Science And Religion -- 1. Theory And Data In Science -- 2. Belief And Experience In Religion -- 3. Story And Ritual In Christianity -- Ii. The Role Of Models -- 1. Models In Science -- 2. Models In Religion -- 3. Personal And Impersonal Models -- 4. Christian Models -- Iii. The Role Of Paradigms -- 1. Paradigms In Science -- 2. Paradigms In Religion -- 3. Paradigms In Christianity -- Iv. Tentativeness And Commitment -- 1. Tradition And Criticism -- 2. Central And Peripheral Beliefs -- 3. Revelation, Faith, And Reason --^ 3. Similarities And Differences -- I. History In Science And Religion -- 1. Historical Explanation -- 2. Story And History In Christianity -- Ii. Objectivity And Relativism -- 1. The Social Construction Of Science -- 2. Third World Critiques -- 3. Feminist Critiques -- Iii. Religious Pluralism -- 1. The Interpretation Of Religious Experience -- 2. Between Absolutism And Relativism -- 3. Conclusions -- Part Two: Religion And The Theories Of Science -- 4. Physics And Metaphysics -- I. Quantum Theory -- 1. Complementarity -- 2. Interdeterminacy -- 3. Parts And Wholes -- 4. Bell's Theorem -- Ii. Relativity And Thermodynamics -- 1. Space, Time, And Matter -- 2. The Status Of Time -- 3. Order And Disorder -- Iii. Metaphysical Implications -- 1. The Role Of Mind -- 2. Life, Freedom, And God -- 3. Physics And Eastern Mysticism -- 4. Conclusions -- 5. Astronomy And Creation -- I. The Big Bang -- 1. Theories In Astrophysics -- 2. Theological Responses --^ Ii. Creation In Judaism And Christianity -- 1. Historical Ideas Of Creation -- 2. The Interpretation Of Genesis Today -- Iii. The New Cosmology -- 1. Design: The Anthropic Principle -- 2. Chance: Many Worlds Theories -- 3. Necessity: A Theory Of Everything Iv. Theological Implications -- 1. Intelligibility And Contingency -- 2. Ex Nihilo And Continuing Creation -- 3. The Significance Of Humanity -- 4. Eschatology And The Future -- 6. Evolution And Continuing Creation -- I. Evolutionary Theory -- 1. The Modern Synthesis -- 2. Current Debates -- 3. Dna And The Origin Of Life -- 4. Dna, Information, And Systems Theory -- Ii. Hierarchy Of Levels -- 1. Three Forms Of Reduction -- 2. Levels, Emergence, And Wholes -- 3. Sentience And Purposiveness -- Iii. Theological Implications -- 1. Chance And Design -- 2. Models Of Creation -- 3. Creation And Evolution: Three Views -- 4. The Integration Of Creation And Evolution -- Part Three: Philosophical And Theological Reflections -- 7. Human Nature -- I. Biology And Human Nature -- 1. Human Origins -- 2. Sociobiology And Cultural Evolution -- 3. The Status Of Mind -- Ii. Religion And Human Nature -- 1. The Evolution Of Religion -- 2. The Biblical View Of Human Nature -- 3. The Role Of Christ -- Iii. The Human Nature -- 1. Science And The Human Future- -- 2. Theology And The Human Future -- 8. Process Thought -- I. Summary: A Multi Leveled Cosmos -- 1. Medieval And Newtonian Views -- 2. The New View Of Nature -- Ii. Process Philosophy -- 1. An Ecological Metaphysics -- 2. Diverse Levels Of Experience -- 3. Science And Metaphysics -- Iii. Process Theology -- 1. The Role Of God -- 2. God's Action In The World -- 3. Christian Process Theology -- 4. The Problem Of Evil And Suffering -- 9. God And Nature -- I. Classical Theism -- 1. The Monarchical Model -- 2. Primary And Secondary Causes -- Ii. Some Alternatives -- 1. God's Self Limitation -- 2. Existentialism -- 3. God As Agent -- 4. The World As God's Body -- Iii. Process Theism -- 1. God As Creative Participant -- 2. Problems In Process Theology -- Iv. Conclusions. Ian G. Barbour. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 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