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| Titre : | Reason and Faith : Do modern science and Christian faith really conflict? |
| Auteurs : | Roger Forster, Auteur ; Paul Marston, Auteur |
| Type de document : | texte imprimé |
| Editeur : | Eastbourne [GB] : Monarch Publications, 1989 |
| ISBN/ISSN/EAN : | 978-1-85424-054-5 |
| Format : | 480 p. |
| Langues: | Anglais |
| Index. décimale : | MH (Apologétique, défense de la Bible) |
| Résumé : |
Can there be adequate historical evidence for the central claims of Christianity - especially that Jesus rose from the dead?
Does the Bible contradict the teaching of modern science about the formation and evolution of living things? Has the church always tended to suppress free thinking and objective scientific research? These three questions raise issues that are central to the current debate about the relationship between modern science and the Christian faith. Carefully and clearly, the authors examine the biblical, historical and scientific evidence. Their conclusions are at times startling - both for believers and for those enquiring yet unconvinced about the central teachings of orthodox Christianity. |
| Note de contenu : |
- About the Authors
- Acknowledgements - Foreword - INTRODUCTION - Dealing with a God Who Answers: Our standpoint / God and the honest questioner / Answers which make sense / Meaning, history and faith / Implications of science / The ‘creationism’ issue / Notes - 1. WHY SHOULD WE BOTHER ABOUT RELIGION?: Looking for meaning in life / Philosophers and meaning / Purpose in life / The Christian claim / Notes - 2. WHEN THERE ARE SO MANY RELIGIONS, WHY CONSIDER CHRISTIANITY IN PARTICULAR?: Religious pluralism today / Main types of belief system / Godless philosophical systems / Animism / Religions of the ‘Way’ / ‘Mixed’ religions / ‘One-God’ religions / Notes - 3. HOW RELIABLE ARE OUR RECORDS ABOUT JESUS?: Assessing reliability / Manuscripts / The views of archaeologists / The views of manuscript experts on dating / Are present texts authentic? / The canon of scripture / Summary / Notes - 4. IS THERE ANY MENTION OF JESUS OUTSIDE THE BIBLE?: Background / Inscriptions / Roman writers / Jewish writers / Conclusion / Notes - 5. WHAT IS SO SPECIAL ABOUT JESUS?: Jesus and prophecy / Jesus’ character / Conclusion / Notes - 6. IS THERE REALLY EVIDENCE FOR JESUS’ RESURRECTION?: Introduction / People / Places / Writers / Presuppositions / The scene is set (A-B) / Initial events (C-D) / The women arrive (E) / The angels (F) / Peter, John and Mary (G-I) / Meetings with Jesus (J) / The disciples gathered (K) / Other appearances / The Resurrection accounts: Alternative Theories? / Summary and conclusion / Notes - 7. WHY IS ALL THIS HISTORICAL EVIDENCE NOT BETTER KNOWN?: Introduction and examples / The Bible and criticism / Origins of criticism / The twentieth century / The media and the truth / Conclusion / Notes - 8. ARE MIRACLES REALLY CREDIBLE IN AN AGE OF SCIENCE?: Introduction / Christian belief and the possibility of miracles / Attacks on miracles / Hume’s philosophical offspring / Faith and type-ii miracles / Type-i miracles and God’s involvement / Notes - 9. DO MIRACLES HAPPEN TODAY?: Miracles today / Why only these? / Notes - 10. DOES MODERN SCIENCE LEAVE ROOM FOR A SPIRITUAL VIEW OF MAN?: Introduction / One realm or two? / Reductionism / The question of mind / Dualistic interactionism / Ryle and the problem of mind / Perspectivism and determinism / Some conclusions / Demon possession / Notes - 11. SHOULD GENESIS BE TAKEN LITERALLY?: Introduction / Early Christian teaching / Modern literalists / God’s use of language / Language forms and structure / Literality and the relationship of Genesis 1 and 2 / Details of the accounts: mainly Genesis 1 / Details in Genesis 2-3 / The dating of Eden / The Flood / Conclusion / Notes - 12. RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN BIBLICAL FAITH AND SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE: Introduction: scientific and religious minds? / Scientific knowledge / Scientific and religious thinking / Theology and science / The rise of Baconianism / Objectivity, theology and science / Objections to concordism / Notes - 13. CONFLICT THROUGHOUT HISTORY BETWEEN CHRISTIANITY AND SCIENCE?: The conflict thesis / Religious scientists / The true relationship between science and belief / Cosmology: the structure of the universe / Early Hebrew and Christian attitudes to cosmology / Believers and the growth of belief in a moving earth / Later developments in cosmology and summary / Geology, evolution and conflict theory / Key points of terminology / Geological history / The church and geology / Darwin’s theory: introduction and history / The church in a post-Darwin age / The twentieth century / Conclusion / Notes - 14. THEOLOGICAL QUESTIONS ON GENESIS 1-3: Introduction and the options today / Young-earth creationism: recap and theology / Long-span theories: recap and theology / Long-span chronological theories / The framework theory / Evolution / Notes - 15. GENESIS AND MODERN SCIENCE: Scientific evidence: the age and nature of strata / Scientific evidence: evolution / Human evolution / Adam and anthropology / The Flood / Notes - 16. GOD, CHANCE AND DESIGN: Chance and design / Chance, free-will and providence / God as constructor-participant / God and evolutionary creation / The design argument: structure and history / The improbable us / Conclusion: God or chance? / Notes - Appendix 1. The Resurrection of Jesus: People involved / Parallel listing of verses / Notes - Appendix 2. Account of Jesus’ burial and resurrection in the four Gospels (synopsis) - Bibliography - Index / Index of Bible References |
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