04464nam a2200301 4500 221208 AUA.1 20151110160024.0 720105s1971 txua b 001 0 eng 70160294 0876808356 DLC DLC m.c EXNs 1 215 BL 240.2 .B82 1971 Bube, Richard H., 1927- 39350 The human quest : a new look at science and the Christian faith / [by] Richard H. Bube. Waco, Tex., Word Books [1971] 262 p. illus. 22 cm. 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. Religion and science History. 39351 lcc BOOK BL 240.2 .B82 1971 10873 10873 0 0 lcc 0 0 Books AUA.1 AUA.1 GS 2011-08-11 Bought by JTL 26.50 AUA000855 0 BL 240.2 .B82 1971 AUA000855 2011-08-11 00:00:00 1 26.50 2011-08-11 BOOK 0 0 lcc 0 0 Books AUA.1 AUA.1 GS 2013-12-03 Donation, Dr. Hans LaRondelle 3.15 AUA013890 0 BL 240.2 .B82 1971 AUA013890 2013-12-03 00:00:00 2 3.15 2013-12-03 BOOK