Science and religion in the twenty-first century : the Boyle lectures / edited by Russell Re Manning and Michael Byrne.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Re Manning, Russell.

Byrne, Michael, 1959 June 26-

Series:

Boyle lectures

The Boyle lectures

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Religion and science.

Physical Description:

lx, 190 pages ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

London : SCM Press, 2013.

Summary:

Despite the upsurge in public interest in science-and-religion provoked by the so-called "new atheist" attacks on religion, there has been surprisingly little informed discussion of the central issues at stake in contemporary work at the interface of science and religion. This book provides a snapshot of present-day interactions and debates between scientists, theologians and philosophers. The collection shows the vibrant complexity of discussions in science-and-religion. Old models of conflict between the two disciplines no longer hold; but neither do the alternative models of independence, dialogue or integration. What emerges instead is a complex set of relations between science and religion in the twenty-first century. This book collects together the first ten in the revived series of Boyle Lectures in science-and-region (2004-2013). Delivered by leading scientists, theologians and philosophers, the lectures engage themes at the cutting-edge of the contemporary science-and-religion debate, from evolution and emergence to cosmology and the psychology of religious beliefs. Book jacket.

Contents:

The Boyle lectureship and its trustees: then and now / Michael Byrne

Science and religion in the twenty-first century / Russell Re Manning

Darwin, design and the promise of nature / John F. Haught

Darwin's compass: how evolution discovers the song of creation / Simon Conway Morris

The emergence of spirit: from complexity to anthropology to theology? / Philip Clayton

Cosmology of ultimate concern / John D. Barrow

Psychologizing and neurologizing about religion: facts, fallacies and the future / Malcolm Jeeves

Misusing Darwin: the materialist conspiracy in evolutionary biology / Keith Ward

The legacy of Robert Boyle: then and now / John Hedley Brooke

Is the world unfinished? On interactions between science and theology in the concepts of nature, time, and the future / Jürgen Moltmann

Christ and evolution: a drama of wisdom? / Celia Deane-Drummond

Science and religion in dialogue / John Polkinghorne.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 172-185) and index.

ISBN:

9780334045946

0334045940

OCLC:

839921002

Publisher Number:

99952356155