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The human quest : a new look at science and the Christian faith / [by] Richard H. Bube.

By: Material type: TextPublication details: Waco, Tex., Word Books [1971]Description: 262 p. illus. 22 cmISBN:
  • 0876808356
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 215
Contents:
Contents:
I. A look at some questions -- Three basic questions -- Has science made religious faith impossible -- questions asked in objection to Christian faith -- Evidence against Christian faith: the Church -- A look at some answers -- Two general theses relating science and Christian faith -- Summary -- Topics for discussion -- -- II. The pattern of history -- Explanation in terms of purpose -- Galileo's new sciences -- the Newtonian world machine -- The romantic reaction -- Two philosophical positions -- The Darwinian revolution -- Modern theology and philosophy -- Summary -- Topics for discussion -- -- III. If this is what science is like -- Some definitions -- The purpose of science -- Faith and science -- Adjectives describing science -- The scientific model -- Philosophical attitudes toward science -- Summary -- Topics for discussion -- -- IV. And if this is what Christian faith is like -- Some definitions -- theology -- the Christian faith -- the purpose of religious faith -- Adjectives describing Christian faith -- Theological models and analogies -- Philosophical attitudes toward theology -- Summary -- Topics for discussion -- -- V. Are they really exclusively different -- Objective facts versus subjective judgments -- Rational versus non-rational attitudes -- Empirical evidence versus interpretation based only on faith -- Objective independence versus personal commitment -- Summary -- Topics for discussion -- -- VI. What do science and Christian faith say about each other -- Classical arguments for the existence of God -- Arguments for the existence of God from the natural world -- Arguments from science against the Christian position -- Miracles -- Is the Bible a scientific book -- But which has the priority -- Science and the Bible: mutual aids in interpretation -- Can science demonstrate the reality of Christian faith -- Is there a Christian philosophy of science -- Summary -- Topics for discussion -- -- VII. The structure of the world -- What is this structure -- The parts and the whole -- The systems concept -- Questioning some popular discontinuities -- Is this only baptized materialism -- Is man only a complex machine -- Summary -- Topics for discussion -- -- VIII. Determinism in classical physics -- Quantum mechanics and indeterminacy -- Complementarity -- Psychological determinism -- Cultural of social determinism -- theological determinism -- Summary -- Topics for discussion -- -- IX. The evolution controversy -- why is Evolution considered such a threat -- Key concepts in Evolutionary thinking -- Age of the earth -- Scientific study of origins -- Beginning of life and spirit -- Human Evolution; the general theory -- Teilhard de Chardin -- Am interpretation of Genesis 1-3 -- Summary -- Topics for discussion -- -- X. Social implication -- The crisis of human society -- Whatever happened to scientific prestige -- The dilemma of the Church -- Man come of age -- The population explosion and birth control -- Environmental problems -- Is there a Christian economic system -- Racism -- Violence and war -- Situation ethics -- Anti-Intellectualism: the modern romantic rebellion -- Science as service -- Summary -- Topics for discussion.
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Includes index.

Bibliography: p. 254-257.

Contents:

I. A look at some questions --
Three basic questions --
Has science made religious faith impossible --
questions asked in objection to Christian faith --
Evidence against Christian faith: the Church --
A look at some answers --
Two general theses relating science and Christian faith --
Summary --
Topics for discussion --
--
II. The pattern of history --
Explanation in terms of purpose --
Galileo's new sciences --
the Newtonian world machine --
The romantic reaction --
Two philosophical positions --
The Darwinian revolution --
Modern theology and philosophy --
Summary --
Topics for discussion --
--
III. If this is what science is like --
Some definitions --
The purpose of science --
Faith and science --
Adjectives describing science --
The scientific model --
Philosophical attitudes toward science --
Summary --
Topics for discussion --
--
IV. And if this is what Christian faith is like --
Some definitions --
theology --
the Christian faith --
the purpose of religious faith --
Adjectives describing Christian faith --
Theological models and analogies --
Philosophical attitudes toward theology --
Summary --
Topics for discussion --
--
V. Are they really exclusively different --
Objective facts versus subjective judgments --
Rational versus non-rational attitudes --
Empirical evidence versus interpretation based only on faith --
Objective independence versus personal commitment --
Summary --
Topics for discussion --
--
VI. What do science and Christian faith say about each other --
Classical arguments for the existence of God --
Arguments for the existence of God from the natural world --
Arguments from science against the Christian position --
Miracles --
Is the Bible a scientific book --
But which has the priority --
Science and the Bible: mutual aids in interpretation --
Can science demonstrate the reality of Christian faith --
Is there a Christian philosophy of science --
Summary --
Topics for discussion --
--
VII. The structure of the world --
What is this structure --
The parts and the whole --
The systems concept --
Questioning some popular discontinuities --
Is this only baptized materialism --
Is man only a complex machine --
Summary --
Topics for discussion --
--
VIII. Determinism in classical physics --
Quantum mechanics and indeterminacy --
Complementarity --
Psychological determinism --
Cultural of social determinism --
theological determinism --
Summary --
Topics for discussion --
--
IX. The evolution controversy --
why is Evolution considered such a threat --
Key concepts in Evolutionary thinking --
Age of the earth --
Scientific study of origins --
Beginning of life and spirit --
Human Evolution; the general theory --
Teilhard de Chardin --
Am interpretation of Genesis 1-3 --
Summary --
Topics for discussion --
--
X. Social implication --
The crisis of human society --
Whatever happened to scientific prestige --
The dilemma of the Church --
Man come of age --
The population explosion and birth control --
Environmental problems --
Is there a Christian economic system --
Racism --
Violence and war --
Situation ethics --
Anti-Intellectualism: the modern romantic rebellion --
Science as service --
Summary --
Topics for discussion.