{"product_id":"the-blackwell-companion-to-science-and-christianity-isbn-9781444335712","title":"The Blackwell Companion to Science and Christianity","description":"A cutting-edge survey of contemporary thought at the intersection of science and Christianity. \u003cul type=\"disc\"\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides a cutting-edge survey of the central ideas at play at the intersection of science and Christianity through 54 original articles by world-leading scholars and rising stars in the discipline \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFocuses on Christianity's interaction with Science to offer a fine-grained analysis of issues such as multiverse theories in cosmology, convergence in evolution, Intelligent Design, natural theology, human consciousness, artificial intelligence, free will, miracles, and the Trinity, amongst many others\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAddresses major historical developments in the relationship between science and Christianity, including Christian patristics, the scientific revolution, the reception of Darwin, and twentieth century fundamentalism\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDivided into 9 Parts: Historical Episodes; Methodology; Natural Theology; Cosmology \u0026amp; Physics; Evolution; The Human Sciences; Christian Bioethics; Metaphysical Implications; The Mind; Theology; and Significant Figures of the 20\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e Century\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes diverse perspectives and broadens the conversation from the Anglocentric tradition\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes on Contributors x\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction xviii\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJ. B. Stump and Alan G. Padgett\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Historical Episodes 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Early Christian Belief in Creation and the Beliefs Sustaining the Modern Scientific Endeavor 3\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristopher B. Kaiser\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 The Copernican Revolution and the Galileo Affair 14\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMaurice A. Finocchiaro\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Women, Mechanical Science, and God in the Early Modern Period 26\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJacqueline Broad\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Christian Responses to Darwinism in the Late Nineteenth Century 37\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeter J. Bowler\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Science Falsely So Called: Fundamentalism and Science 48\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEdward B. Davis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Methodology 61\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 How to Relate Christian Faith and Science 63\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMikael Stenmark\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Authority 74\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNicholas Rescher\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Feminist Philosophies of Science: Towards a Prophetic Epistemology 82\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLisa L. Stenmark\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Practical Objectivity: Keeping Natural Science Natural 93\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlan G. Padgett\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 The Evolutionary Argument against Naturalism 103\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlvin Plantinga\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III Natural Theology 117\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Arguments to God from the Observable Universe 119\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRichard Swinburne\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 “God of the Gaps” Arguments 130\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGregory E. Ganssle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Natural Theology after Modernism 140\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJ. B. Stump\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Religious Epistemology Personified: God without Natural Theology 151\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePaul K. Moser\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Problems for Christian Natural Theology 162\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlexander R. Pruss and Richard M. Gale\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV Cosmology and Physics 173\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Modern Cosmology and Christian Theology 175\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eStephen M. Barr\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Does the Universe Need God? 185\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSean Carroll\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Does God Love the Multiverse? 198\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDon N. Page\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 The Fine-Tuning of the Cosmos: A Fresh Look at its Implications 207\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRobin Collins\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 Quantum Theory and Theology 220\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRodney D. Holder\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V Evolution 231\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 Creation and Evolution 233\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDenis R. Alexander\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 Darwinism and Atheism: A Marriage Made in Heaven? 246\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMichael Ruse\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 Creation and Evolutionary Convergence 258\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSimon Conway Morris\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 Signature in the Cell: Intelligent Design and the DNA Enigma 270\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eStephen C. Meyer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25 Darwin and Intelligent Design 283\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrancisco J. Ayala\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26 Christianity and Human Evolution 295\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn F. Haught\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27 Christian Theism and Life on Earth 306\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePaul Draper\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VI The Human Sciences 317\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28 Toward a Cognitive Science of Christianity 319\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJustin L. Barrett\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e29 The Third Wound: Has Psychology Banished the Ghost from the Machine? 335\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDylan Evans\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e30 Sociology and Christianity 344\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn H. Evans and Michael S. Evans\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e31 Economics and Christian Faith 356\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRobin J. Klay\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VII Christian Bioethics 369\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e32 Shaping Human Life at the Molecular Level 371\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJames C. Peterson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e33 An Inclusive Framework for Stem Cell Research 381\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn F. Kilner\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e34 The Problem of Transhumanism in the Light of Philosophy and Theology 393\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePhilippe Gagnon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e35 Ecology and the Environment 406\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLisa H. Sideris\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VIII Metaphysical Implications 419\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e36 Free Will and Rational Choice 421\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eE. J. Lowe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e37 Science, Religion, and Infinity 430\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGraham Oppy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e38 God and Abstract Objects 441\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWilliam Lane Craig\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e39 Laws of Nature 453\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLydia Jaeger\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IX The Mind 465\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e40 Christianity, Neuroscience, and Dualism 467\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJ. P. Moreland\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e41 The Emergence of Persons 480\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWilliam Hasker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e42 Christianity and the Extended-Mind Thesis 491\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLynne Rudder Baker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e43 In Whose Image? Artificial Intelligence and the \u003ci\u003eImago Dei \u003c\/i\u003e500\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNoreen Herzfeld\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e44 How Science Lost its Soul, and Religion Handed it Back 510\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJulian Baggini\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart X Theology 521\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e45 The Trinity and Scientific Reality 523\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn Polkinghorne\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e46 God and Miracle in an Age of Science 533\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlan G. Padgett\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e47 Eschatology in Science and Theology 543\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRobert John Russell\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e48 The Quest for Transcendence in Theology and Cosmology 554\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlexei V. Nesteruk\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart XI Significant Figures of the Twentieth Century in Science and Christianity 565\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e49 Pierre Teilhard de Chardin 567\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJames F. Salmon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e50 Thomas F. Torrance 578\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTapio Luoma\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e51 Arthur Peacocke 589\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTaede A. Smedes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e52 Ian G. Barbour 600\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNathan J. Hallanger\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e53 Wolfhart Pannenberg 611\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHans Schwarz\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e54 John Polkinghorne 622\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristopher C. Knight\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 632\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“The Blackwell Companions are a well-known and prestigious series that always form an up-to-date and high-quality entry to a certain academic domain ... My appreciation prevails and I believe this book really offers a most worthy introduction to the issue of science-Christianity relations. Congratulations to Stump and Padgett for putting together this valu­able collection of well-written essays.”  (\u003ci\u003ePhilosophia Reformata\u003c\/i\u003e, 1 November 2015)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“As I said at the outset, this Blackwell Companion has proved itself to be an indispensable companion to me as I try to set out the current shape of the field for the third generation, but I cannot help but wonder how different such a volume will look in their time.”  (\u003ci\u003eModern Believing\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e, 1 January 2014)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“The result is a fascinating, rich collection of fifty-four essays grouped into eleven major sections . . . To sum up, this volume nicely complements other recent works in the ongoing interaction between science and religion. Students and teachers in the field will find this volume an accessible, reliable, and up-to-date resource for the contemporary discourse between science and Christianity.”  (\u003ci\u003eThemelios\u003c\/i\u003e, 1 April 2013)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“For those who have such a background, this book will be a valuable asset for orienting themselves in the broader conversation.”  (\u003ci\u003ePerspectives on Science and Christian Faith\u003c\/i\u003e, 1 March 2013)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Summing Up: Recommended.  Upper-division undergraduates through researchers\/faculty.”  (\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e, 1 December 2012)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJ.B. Stump\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Philosophy and directs the philosophy program at Bethel College (Indiana, USA). He is the philosophy editor of \u003ci\u003eChristian Scholar’s Review,\u003c\/i\u003e and has published articles there as well as in \u003ci\u003eStudies in History and Philosophy of Science\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePhilosophia Christi.\u003c\/i\u003e He has co-authored (with Chad Meister) \u003ci\u003eChristian Thought: A Historical Introduction\u003c\/i\u003e (2010).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlan G. Padgett\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Systematic Theology at Luther Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota, USA. Long involved in the dialogue between theology and science, he is a member of the International Society for Science and Religion (ISSR) and has lectured in Europe, Canada, the US and China on religion and theology. He has authored or edited 10 other books, including \u003ci\u003eScience and the Study of God\u003c\/i\u003e (2003).  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e“The Blackwell Companion to Science and Christianity\u003c\/i\u003e is a marvellous volume, with a wide-ranging roster of contributions from respected science-and-religion scholars. I commend Stump and Padgett for covering all the important bases, but also including a few surprises thrown in for good measure.”\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKarl Giberson,\u003c\/b\u003e co-author of \u003ci\u003eThe Anointed: Evangelical Truth in a Secular Age\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe period from the last few decades of the twentieth century has witnessed the development of a widespread scholarly interest in issues related to science and religion. The relationship between these approaches to understanding the world has long been restless, and often occasions divisive but invigorating discussions that can serve to further our understanding of both. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe volume addresses major historical developments, methodological approaches, and significant figures in the discipline. It also engages with both mutually supportive and contrasting ideas about evolution, Christian bioethics, cosmology and physics, the human sciences, metaphysics, and perspectives on mind. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBringing together some of the world’s leading scholars, and incorporating diverse philosophical and historical perspectives, \u003ci\u003eThe Blackwell Companion to Science and Christianity\u003c\/i\u003e offers a cutting-edge survey of contemporary thought at the intersection of science and Christianity.  \u003ci\u003eThe Blackwell Companion to Science and Christianity\u003c\/i\u003e is a marvelous volume, with a wide-ranging roster of contributions from respected science-and-religion scholars. I commend Stump and Padgett for covering all the important bases, but also including a few surprises thrown in for good measure. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-Karl Giberson, author \u003ci\u003eThe Anointed: Evangelical Truth in a Secular Age\u003c\/i\u003e (with Randall Stephens)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990170878181,"sku":"NP9781444335712","price":61.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781444335712.jpg?v=1761786775","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/the-blackwell-companion-to-science-and-christianity-isbn-9781444335712","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}