Science & religion : a new introduction /: a new introduction. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Science and religion
• Further Information: Note: Alister E. McGrath.
• Authors: McGrath, Alister E, 1953-
• Contents: Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface to the Third Edition -- Chapter 1 Science and Religion: Exploring a Relationship -- Why Study Science and Religion? -- The Chessboard: The Diversity of Science and Religion -- Ian Barbour's Four Models of the Relation of Science and Religion -- Conflict -- Independence -- Dialogue -- Integration -- Four Ways of Imagining the Relation of Science and Religion -- Science and Religion Offer Distinct Perspectives on Reality -- Science and Religion Engage Distinct Levels of Reality -- Science and Religion Offer Distinct Maps of Reality The Two Books: Two Complementary Approaches to Reality -- For Further Reading -- Chapter 2 Getting Started: Some Historical Landmarks -- Why Study History? -- Inventing the 'Warfare' of Science and Religion -- The 'Essentialist Fallacy' about Science and Religion -- Dispelling Myths about Science and Religion -- The Importance of Biblical Interpretation -- The Emergence of the Medieval Synthesis -- Copernicus, Galileo, and the Solar System -- Newton, the Mechanical Universe, and Deism -- Darwin and the Biological Origins of Humanity -- The 'Big Bang': New Insights into the Origins of the Universe For Further Reading -- Chapter 3 Religion and the Philosophy of Science -- Fact and Fiction: Realism and Instrumentalism -- Realism -- Idealism -- Instrumentalism -- Theology and Debates about Realism -- Explanation, Ontology, and Epistemology: Research Methods and the Investigation of Reality -- A Case Study in Explanation: Nancey Murphy on 'Non-Reductive Physicalism' -- What Does it Mean to Explain Something? -- Ontic and Epistemic Approaches to Explanation -- Religion and Explanation -- Philip Clayton on Explanation in Religion -- How Do We Decide What is the Best Explanation? 'Logic of Discovery' and 'Logic of Justification' -- Inference to the Best Explanation -- A Case Study: Darwin and Natural Selection -- Theory Choice and Religion -- Verification: Logical Positivism -- Falsification: Karl Popper -- Theory Change in Science: Thomas S. Kuhn -- For Further Reading -- Chapter 4 Science and the Philosophy of Religion -- Science, Religion, and Proofs for God's Existence -- Traditional Philosophical Arguments for the Existence of God -- Thomas Aquinas's Five Ways -- The Kalam Argument -- A Case Study: William Paley's Biological Argument from Design The Ambiguity of 'Proof': Justification in Science and Theology -- God's Action in the World -- Deism: God Acts Through the Laws of Nature -- Thomism: God Acts Through Secondary Causes -- Process Theology: God Acts Through Persuasion -- Quantum Theory: God Acts Through Indeterminacy -- Miracles and the Laws of Nature -- David Hume's Critique of Miracles -- Keith Ward on Miracles -- Wolfhart Pannenberg on Miracles -- Natural Atheology? Evolutionary Debunking Arguments against God -- Natural Theology: Is God the 'Best Explanation' of our Universe?
• Edition: Third edition
• Publisher Details: Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons
• Publication Date: 2020
• Copyright Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource (x, 257 pages)
• Subjects: 201/.65; Religion and science; Religion and science; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781119599869; 1119599865; 9781119599883; 1119599881
• Related ISBNs: 9781119599876
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 07, 2020).
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