Faithful to science : the role of science in religion / Andrew Steane.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Steane, Andrew M., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Religion and science.

Physical Description:

viii, 255 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 22 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014.

Summary:

Science and Religious Faith are two of the most Important and Influential Forces in Human Life, yet there is widespread confusion about how, or indeed whether, they link together. This Book describes this combination from the perspective of one who finds that they Link together productively and creatively. The situation is not one of conflict or uneasy tension, or even a respectful dialogue. Rather, a lively and well-founded faith in God embraces and includes science, and scientific ways of thinking, in their proper role. Science is an activity right in the bloodstream of a reasonable faith. The Aim of this Book is to show what science is, and what it is not, and at the same time give some pointers to what theism is or can be. Faith can be creative and intellectually courageous; science is not the all-embracing story that it is sometimes made out to be. It is not that science fails to explain some things, but rather, it does not explain anything at all, on its Own. It is part of a larger explanation. And even explanation has to take a humble place; it is not the purpose of life. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part 1 Science and Nature 9

2 Faith and Engagement 11

3 Science and Faith 23

3.1 The nature of science 33

3.2 Fantastic voyage 60

4 The Nature of the Physical World 63

4.1 Order and Chaos 66

4.2 Reductionism 75

4.3 Rubley 84

4.4 Tinkering 87

4.5 Room for manoeuvre 92

5 Autobiographical Sketch 97

6 Keeping science 111

6.1 Doing something 111

6.2 Categories and people 111

6.3 Killing science 114

6.4 Free Will 116

7 The Book of Marvels 121

8 Half Way 125

8.1 Forms of atheism 127

8.2 'Prayer' experiments 132

8.3 Science and religion 138

Part II Origins 145

9 The Argument from Design 147

10 Genesis 161

10.1 Control and the lack of it 164

10.2 Big bang 166

10.3 One time or another 169

10.4 Discussion 175

11 Human Origins 185

11.1 Simple facts 187

11.2 Great apes 191

11.3 The Garden of Eden 195

12 Comparing Notes 227

13 Final Comments 229.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0198716044

9780198716044

OCLC:

869904525