Amazon cover image
Image from Amazon.com

The foundations of dialogue in science and religion / Alister E. McGrath.

By: Material type: TextPublication details: Malden, Mass. : Blackwell Publishers, 1998.Description: vii, 256 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0631208534 (alk. paper)
  • 0631208542 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 261.5/5 21
LOC classification:
  • BL 240.2 .M4 1998
Contents:
Contents:
1. Starting all over again. Science and religion : the challenge and opportunity ; The genesis of a project ; Starting all over again ; The continuing dominance of "conflict" models in science and religion ; The approach to be adopted -- 2. The quest for order. The doctrine of creation ; Aspects of creation : order ; Aspects of creation : beauty -- 3. The investigation of the world. Experimentation and revelation : a fundamental divergence? ; The interpretation of experience ; A middle way? : natural order and natural theology ; Creation and biblical interpretation ; Inference to the best explanation -- 4. The reality of the world. Realism : the affirmation of an independent reality ; Critical realism in science and theology : a convergence of views -- 5. The representation of the world. Analogies in science and religion ; Analogies and visualization : complementarity in science and religion -- In place of a conclusion : Beyond conflict.
Item type: Books
Holdings
Cover image Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Materials specified Vol info URL Copy number Status Notes Date due Barcode Item holds Item hold queue priority Course reserves
Judith Thomas Library General Stacks Books BL 240.2 .M4 1998 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) AUA006946 Available AUA006946

Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-253) and index.

Contents:

1. Starting all over again. Science and religion : the challenge and opportunity ; The genesis of a project ; Starting all over again ; The continuing dominance of "conflict" models in science and religion ; The approach to be adopted --
2. The quest for order. The doctrine of creation ; Aspects of creation : order ; Aspects of creation : beauty --
3. The investigation of the world. Experimentation and revelation : a fundamental divergence? ; The interpretation of experience ; A middle way? : natural order and natural theology ; Creation and biblical interpretation ; Inference to the best explanation --
4. The reality of the world. Realism : the affirmation of an independent reality ; Critical realism in science and theology : a convergence of views --
5. The representation of the world. Analogies in science and religion ; Analogies and visualization : complementarity in science and religion --
In place of a conclusion : Beyond conflict.