Science and the spirit : a Pentecostal engagement with the sciences / edited by James K.A. Smith and Amos Yong.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Smith, James K. A., 1970-

Yong, Amos.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Religion and science.

Pentecostalism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (230 p.)

Place of Publication:

Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

What might be described as a Pentecostal worldview has become a powerful cultural phenomenon, but it is often at odds with modernity and globalization. Science and the Spirit confronts questions of spirituality in the face of contemporary science. The essays in this volume illustrate how Pentecostalism can usefully engage with technology and scientific discovery and consider what might be distinctive about a Pentecostal dialogue with the sciences. The authors conclude that Pentecostals, with their unique perspectives on spirituality, can contribute new insights for a productive interaction between theology and science.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

Preface

Introduction: Science and the Spirit-Questions and Possibilities in the Pentecostal Engagement with Science

Part One · What Hath Azusa Street to Do with MIT? The Big Questions

1. What Have the Galapagos to Do with Jerusalem? Scientific Knowledge in Theological Context

2. Is There Room for Surprise in the Natural World? Naturalism, the Supernatural, and Pentecostal Spirituality

3. How Does God Do What God Does? Pentecostal-Charismatic Perspectives on Divine Action in Dialogue with Modern Science

Part Two · The Spirit of Matter: Questions and Possibilities in the Natural Sciences

4. Does God Have a Place in the Physical Universe? Physics and the Quest for the Holy Spirit

5. Does the Spirit Create through Evolutionary Processes? Pentecostals and Biological Evolution

6. Can Religious Experience Be Reduced to Brain Activity? The Place and Significance of Pentecostal Narrative

7. Serotonin and Spirit: Can There Be a Holistic Pentecostal Approach to Mental Illness?

Part Three · The Human Spirit: Questions and Possibilities in the Social and Technological Sciences

8. Can Social Scientists Dance? Participating in Science, Spirit, and Social Reconstruction as an Anthropologist and Afropentecostal

9. Is Integrating Spirit and Sociology Possible? A Postmodern Research Odyssey

10. Is There Room for the Spirit in a World Dominated by Technology? Pentecostals and the Technological World

List of Contributors

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-253-00466-7

OCLC:

669505024