Vying for truth - theology and the natural sciences : : from the 17th century to the present / / Hans Schwarz.
The emancipation of the natural sciences from religion was a gradual affair during the last four centuries. Initially many of the leading scientists were churchmen indicating a symbiosis between faith and reason. Due to the increasing specialization in the sciences this close connection came to an e...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Bristol, Connecticut : : Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht,, 2014. ©2014 |
| Year of Publication: | 2014 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | V&R Academic Vying for truth - theology and the natural sciences
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (238 p.) |
| Notes: | Includes indexes. |
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Table of Contents; Body; Preface; Introduction; 1 The Beginning of a New Age; 2 Theology in Retreat (19th Century); 2.1 The Materialistic Attack; 2.2 The Evolutionistic Attack; 2.3 The Reaction of Theology; 3 British Empiricism and Its Consequences (17th-19th century); 3.1 The Battle over Innate Ideas; 3.2 The Design Argument; 3.3 The Battle over Darwin; 4 North America's Problem with Darwin; 4.1 Euphoria in a Progressive World; 4.2 From Fear to Embrace: Protestant Theology and Evolution
- 5 The Continental Fortress Mentality and the Gradual Turnaround (First Half of the 20th Century)5.1 A Strict Demarcation (Karl Barth); 5.2 The Scottish Peculiarity (Thomas F. Torrance); 5.3 A German Outsider (Karl Heim) ; 5.4 A Roman Catholic Voice (Pierre Teilhard de Chardin); 5.5 A New Beginning of the Dialogue by the Natural Sciences; 6 A Vivid Dialogue with Many Voices; 6.1 The Grand Senior of the Dialogue: Ian Barbour; 6.2 The Institutionalized Dialogue; 7 Partners from the Natural Sciences; 7.1 Discerning the Mind of God (Stoeger, Davies, Hawking, Tippler)
- 7.2 Between Rejection and Proof (Wuketits, Dawkins, Wilson, Kutschera, Gitt, Dembski, Scherer)7.3 Human Accountability and Religious Naturalism (Hans-Peter Dürr and Ursula Goodenough); 8 Partners from Theology; 8.1 Different Traditions (Russell, Hefner, Polkinghorne, McGrath, Deane-Drummond, Ijjas, Drees); 8.2 Dialogue as an Avocation (Moltmann, Pannenberg); 9 Important Issues; 9.1 Nature or Creation?; 9.2 Brain and Spirit; 9.3 Responsible Shaping of the World; Index of Names; Index of Subjects ; Back Cover