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| Titre : | Religion in an Age of Science : The Gifford lectures 1989-1991, Volume 1 |
| Auteurs : | Ian G. Barbour, Auteur |
| Type de document : | texte imprimé |
| Editeur : | Londres [GB] : SCM Press, 1990 |
| ISBN/ISSN/EAN : | 978-0-334-02298-5 |
| Format : | xv + 299 p. |
| Langues: | Anglais |
| Index. décimale : | MI/F (Science et foi) |
| Résumé : |
What view of God is consistent with the scientific understanding of the world? In what ways should our ideas about human nature be affected by the findings of contemporary science? How can the search for meaning and purpose in life best be fulfilled in the kind of world disclosed by science?
In this, the first of two volumes, Ian Barbour looks at these questions against the features of our time which set a new agenda: the success of scientific method, a new view of nature, a new context for theology, religious pluralism and the ambiguity of technological power. As he surveys each of these features in turn, he explores the place of religion in an age of science, seeking to present an interpretation of Christianity which is responsive to both the historical tradition and contemporary science. This will form a prelude to the second volume, to be entitled Ethics in an Age of Technology, which will examine the way in which values like justice, freedom and environmental stewardship relate to the control and direction of technology. Together, the two books will offer a unified treatment of science and technology, religion and ethics. |
| Note de contenu : |
- Acknowledgments - Preface PART ONE - RELIGION AND THE METHODS OF SCIENCE 1. WAYS OF RELATING SCIENCE AND RELIGION - I. Conflict: 1. Scientific Materialism / 2. Biblical Literalism - II. Independence: 1. Contrasting Methods / 2. Differing Languages - III. Dialogue: 1. Boundary Questions / 2. Methodological Parallels - IV. Integration: 1. Natural Theology / 2. Theology of Nature / 3. Systematic Synthesis 2. MODELS AND PARADIGMS - I. The structures of science and religion: 1. Theory and Data in Science / 2. Belief and Experience in Religion/ 3. Story and Ritual in Christianity - II. The role of models: 1. Models in Science / 2. Models in Religion / 3. Personal and Impersonal Models / 4. Christian Models - III. The role of paradigms: 1. Paradigms in Science / 2. Paradigms in Religion / 3. Paradigms in Christianity - IV. Tentativeness and commitment: 1. Tradition and Criticism / 2. Central and Peripheral Beliefs / 3. Revelation, Faith, and Reason 3. SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES - I. History in science and religion: 1. Historical Explanation / 2. Story and History in Christianity - II. Objectivity and relativism: 1. The Social Construction of Science / 2. Third World Critiques / 3. Feminist Critiques - III. Religious pluralism: 1. The Interpretation of Religious Experience / 2. Between Absolutism and Relativism / 3. Conclusions PART TWO - RELIGION AND THE THEORIES OF SCIENCE 4. PHYSICS AND METAPHYSICS - I. Quantum theory: 1. Complementarity / 2. Indeterminacy / 3. Parts and Wholes / 4. Bell’s Theorem - II. Relativity and thermodynamics: 1. Space, Time, and Matter / 2. The Status of Time / 3. Order and Disorder - III. Metaphysical implications: 1. The Role of Mind / 2. Life, Freedom, and God / 3. Physics and Eastern Mysticism / 4. Conclusions 5. ASTRONOMY AND CREATION - I. The Big Bang: 1. Theories in Astrophysics / 2. Theological Responses - II. Creation in Judaism and Christianity: 1. Historical Ideas of Creation / 2. The Interpretation of Genesis Today - III. The new cosmology: 1. Design: The Anthropic Principle / 2. Chance: Many-Worlds Theories / 3. Necessity: A Theory of Everything - IV. Theological implications: 1. Intelligibility and Contingency / 2. Ex Nihilo and Continuing Creation / 3. The Significance of Humanity / 4. Eschatology and the Future 6. EVOLUTION AND CONTINUING CREATION - I. Evolutionary theory: 1. The Modern Synthesis / 2. Current Debates / 3. DNA and the Origin of Life / 4. DNA, Information, and Systems Theory - II. A hierarchy of levels: 1. Three Forms of Reduction / 2. Levels, Emergence, and Wholes/ 3. Sentience and Purposiveness - III. Theological implications: 1. Chance and Design / 2. Models of Creation / 3. Creation and Evolution: Three Views / 4. The Integration of Creation and Evolution PART THREE - PHILOSOPHICAL AND THEOLOGICAL REFLECTIONS 7. HUMAN NATURE - I. Biology and human nature: 1. Human Origins / 2. Sociobiology and Cultural Evolution / 3. The Status of Mind - II. Religion and human nature: 1. The Evolution of Religion / 2. The Biblical View of Human Nature / 3. The Role of Christ - III. The human future: 1. Science and the Human Future / 2. Theology and the Human Future 8. PROCESS THOUGHT - I. Summary: a multi-leveled cosmos: 1. Medieval and Newtonian Views / 2. The New View of Nature - II. Process philosophy: 1. An Ecological Metaphysics / 2. Diverse Levels of Experience / 3. Science and Metaphysics - III. Process theology: 1. The Role of God / 2. God’s Action in the World / 3. Christian Process Theology / 4. The Problem of Evil and Suffering 9 GOD AND NATURE - I. Classical theism: 1. The Monarchical Model / 2. Primary and Secondary Causes - II. Some alternatives: 1. God’s Self-Limitation / 2. Existentialism / 3. God as Agent / 4. The World as God’s Body - III. Process theism: 1. God as Creative Participant / 2. Problems in Process Theology - IV. Conclusions - Notes - Publisher’s Note - Index of Names |
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