Science And Theology: The New Consonance

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Pub. Date: 1999-06-04
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Summary

How can we think about God's action in a quantum world of indeterminacy? in a world that began with a Big Bang? in a world in which life evolved and is continually evolving? in a world governed by entropy and heading toward its eventual heat death? These are some of the most perplexing questions that have arisen from the rapid scientific and technological advances of the twentieth century.Science and Theology: The New Consonancegrapples with these seeming conundrums by asking both scientists and religious thinkers to reflect upon possible solutions. In this exciting, new edited volume, physicists think about the connection between physics and faith and biologists discuss evolution, ethics, and the future. Complementing these viewpoints, theologians address these same issues from a religious standpoint.Chapter authors include Nobel Prizewinning physicist and inventor of the laser, Charles Townes, along with Pope John Paul II. The resulting interplay between science and theology presses toward consonance, encouraging comparisons, crossovers, and complementarity.

Author Biography

Ted Peters is a professor of systematic theology at Pacific Lutheran Seminary and the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California, and a research scholar at the Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgmentsp. vii
Introductionp. 1
Science and Theology: Toward Consonancep. 11
Physics and Faith
Logic and Uncertainties in Science and Religionp. 43
From Physicist to Priestp. 56
Is the Universe Absurd?p. 65
Does the "God Who Acts" Really Act in Nature?p. 77
Theology, Cosmology, and Ethicsp. 103
Evolution, Ethics, and Eschatology
So Human an Animal: Evolution and Ethicsp. 121
Human Life: Creation Versus Evolution?p. 137
Evolution and the Living Godp. 149
Evolution and the Human Person: The Pope in Dialoguep. 153
Biological Evolution and the Human Soul: A Theological Proposal for Generationismp. 162
Biocultural Evolution and the Created Co-Creatorp. 174
A Map of Scientific Knowledge: Genetics, Evolution, and Theologyp. 189
The Greening of Science, Theology, and Ethicsp. 211
Evolution, Tragedy, and Hopep. 228
About the Editor and Contributorsp. 245
Creditsp. 247
Indexp. 249
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