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Title: God, Humanity and the Cosmos: A Textbook in Science and Religion by Christopher Southgate, Celia Deane-Drummond, Paul D. Murray, Michael Robert Negus, Lawrence Osborn, Mivhael Poole, Jacqui Stewart, Fraser Watts ISBN: 1-56338-288-1 Publisher: Trinity Pr Intl Pub. Date: September, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (1 review)
Rating: 5
Summary: Innovative, competent, interesting, unusual
Comment: Having had the privilege of studying the course behind this publication first-hand at Exeter, I would recommend the book to any student who seeks a thorough and well-rounded survey of the contemporary debate between science and religion.
Or is it a debate? The authors posit several models of dialogue between these two - usually separated - spheres, and this forms a core feature of this textbook: the opportunity to explore ways in which the two complement and enrich one another.
Therefore as well as being competently yet simply introduced to complex scientific questions (the Big Bang, the origin of life, quantum theory - to name a few), the author allows scope for the reader to see - for himself, and through the eyes of great thinkers, more and less famous - how it is possible to construct a working hypothesis of the inter-relation between God, humanity and the cosmos.
In the later chapters, which are a particularly unique and enjoyable section, we are introduced to the scientifically-influenced theologies of Jay McDaniel's "pelican heaven", Sallie McFague's "embodied God" and Ruth Page's "Web of Life". The reader can enjoy these models, whilst exercising a critical eye, sensitive to the scientific perceptions and phenomena so effectively outlined towards the beginning of the book.
On top of this, other views are outlined, including a section on Islamic theology and creation.
This is a great book for students and all those interested in understanding more of the world about them. It is refreshing to find a theology book which is so world-affirming, without resorting to religious dogmatism: not just a dry textbook, but a competent handbook AND a "choose you own adventure!"
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Title: When Science Meets Religion : Enemies, Strangers, or Partners? by Ian G. Barbour ISBN: 006060381X Publisher: Harper SanFrancisco Pub. Date: 16 May, 2000 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Religion and Science by Ian G. Barbour ISBN: 0060609389 Publisher: Harper SanFrancisco Pub. Date: 10 September, 1997 List Price(USD): $20.95 |
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Title: Paths From Science Towards God by Arthur Peacocke, Peacocke ISBN: 1851682457 Publisher: Oneworld Publications Pub. Date: 01 October, 2001 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Christian Theology: An Introduction to Its Traditions and Tasks by Peter C. Hodgson, Robert H. King ISBN: 0800628675 Publisher: Fortress Press Pub. Date: March, 1997 List Price(USD): $24.00 |
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Title: The Faith of a Physicist: Reflections of a Bottom-Up Thinker (Theology and the Sciences) by John C. Polkinghorne ISBN: 0800629701 Publisher: Fortress Press Pub. Date: January, 1996 List Price(USD): $18.00 |
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