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| Titre : | The Scientific Enterprise and Christian Faith : Main Themes from a Conference of the Research Scientists' Christian Fellowship |
| Auteurs : | Malcolm A. Jeeves, Auteur |
| Type de document : | texte imprimé |
| Editeur : | Londres [GB] : Tyndale Press, 1969 |
| Format : | 168 p. |
| Langues: | Anglais |
| Index. décimale : | MI/F (Science et foi) |
| Résumé : |
Science versus Christianity: an inevitable conflict. Or so many people assume. But are the two mutually exclusive? Are scientific thought-forms totally alien to Christian concepts?
Theories of determinism and cosmology are two of th traditional battle-grounds. These and other key ideas in modern science, and their impact on Christian beliefs, were discussed in depth at a conference of the Research Scientists' Christian Fellowship. In writing up the findings and points at issue, Professe Jeeves has drawn on the papers given and on the subsequent discussion. The book brings together the thinking of many prominent scientists who are committed to a belief in biblical Christianity. And it shows that science and Christian faith are not enemies but allies. |
| Note de contenu : |
- Preface - 1. Hebrew-Christian and Greek influences on the rise of modern science: the Hebrew-Christian view of nature - 2. God, creation and the laws of nature: The laws of nature / Miracles reconsidered - 3. The scientific enterprise: The approach of the scientist(Is there such a thing as ‘the scientific method’? — Personal participation in the scientific enterprise — Does Polanyi go too far?) / The nature of scientific knowledge (Objectivity, commitment, personal and group values — Intersubjective verifiability and Christian commitment) - 4. Explanations, models, images and reality in science and religion: The nature of explanation in science (Some widely-held views — A Christian view of scientific explanation) / Levels of explanation (Relating explanations, models and reality in science and religion — The uses of analogies, models and images in scientific and religious thinking compared and contrasted — Models and myths) - 5. Cosmology, evolution and the origin of life: Cosmology (Relativity — Presuppositions in cosmology — Kinds of cosmology) / Evolution (The storm breaks — Evolutionary theory — The problems and issues as evolutionary theory impinges on Christian belief) / The origin of life - 6. Psychology, sociology and cybernetics: The languages of psychology and religion / Psychological accounts of religious behaviour (Should psychologists study religious behaviour? — Psychological and religious accounts of conversion — Must the religious account be excluded?) / Determinism in psychology, sociology and cybernetics (Freedom to choose: fact or fiction? — Heisenberg indeterminacy and free will — Indeterminacy and unpredictability) - 7. Retrospect and prospect - Appendix: list of participants at the oxford Conference - Index |
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