Science and Religion A New Introduction.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: McGrath, Alister E.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Newark : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2009.
Colección:New York Academy of Sciences Ser.
Temas:
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • Preface
  • How To Use This Book
  • Chapter 1: Introducing the Dialogue Between Science and Religion
  • For Further Reading
  • PART I: History: Three Landmark Debates
  • Chapter 2: Why Study History?
  • The Historical Origins of the "Warfare" Model of Science and Religion
  • There Is No "Master Narrative" for Science and Religion
  • The Essentialist Fallacy About Science and Religion
  • Dispelling Myths About Science and Religion
  • The Importance of Biblical Interpretation
  • For Further Reading
  • Chapter 3: Debate 1: Copernicus, Galileo, and the Solar System
  • For Further Reading
  • Chapter 4: Debate 2: Newton, the Mechanical Universe, and Deism
  • For Further Reading
  • Chapter 5: Debate 3: Darwin and the Biological Origins of Humanity
  • For Further Reading
  • PART II: Science and Religion: General Themes
  • Chapter 6: Models of Interaction Between Science and Religion
  • Conflict
  • Independence
  • Dialogue
  • Integration
  • For Further Reading
  • Chapter 7: Science, Religion, and the Explanation of Things
  • For Further Reading
  • Chapter 8: Science, Religion, and Proofs for God's Existence
  • The Cosmological Argument
  • The Kalam Argument
  • The Teleological Argument
  • For Further Reading
  • Chapter 9: Verification and Falsification in Science and Religion
  • The Verification Principle
  • Falsification: Karl Popper
  • For Further Reading
  • Chapter 10: Realism and its Alternatives in Science and Religion
  • Realism
  • Idealism
  • Instrumentalism
  • Theology and Realism
  • For Further Reading
  • Chapter 11: The Doctrine of Creation and the Natural Sciences
  • Three Views of God's Creative Activity
  • Creation and the Laws of Nature
  • For Further Reading
  • Chapter 12: How Does God Act in the World?
  • Deism: God Acts Through the Laws of Nature
  • Thomas Aquinas: God Acts Through Secondary Causes
  • Process Theology: God Acts Through Persuasion
  • Other Approaches: Indeterminacy, Downward Causation, and Information
  • For Further Reading
  • Chapter 13: The Use of Models in Science and Religion
  • For Further Reading
  • Chapter 14: Natural Science and Natural Theology
  • The Appeal to Reason
  • The Appeal to the Ordering of the World
  • The Appeal to the Beauty of Nature
  • Objections to Natural Theology
  • Philosophical Objections
  • For Further Reading
  • Chapter 15: Theoretical Anomalies in Science and Religion
  • For Further Reading
  • Chapter 16: The Development of Theory in Science and Religion
  • For Further Reading
  • Chapter 17: The Interaction of Science and Religion in Other Faiths
  • Judaism
  • Islam
  • Hinduism
  • Buddhism
  • For Further Reading
  • PART III: Science and Religion: Contemporary Debates
  • Chapter 18: Richard Dawkins and Scientific Atheism: Does Science Deny God?
  • For Further Reading

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