Theology and Science

From Genesis to Astrobiology

The age-old debate between science and faith invites more players to the fore in this book. Proponents of the origin of life as a natural process and natural selection as a mechanism of evolution come face to face with advocates for the intervention of a creator, while other scholars believe that the gulf between science and religion should be bridged.

At turns disconcerting, revelatory, and profound, readers are invited to leave their preconceived notions at the door and join these writers in this curious journey of discovery.

Contents:

• Astrotheology:

  • Astrobiology as Contemporary Theology (Dawn Skjei Cooley)
  • Astrobiology and Astrotheology in Creative Mutual Interaction (Ted Peters)

• Approach of Jewish Studies:

  • Science and Medicine in Talmudic Literature: Ancient Jewish Knowledge Compared to Modern Understanding (Mordechai Halperin)
  • The Science of One Life at a Time (Robert Pollack)
  • Science and Exegesis: A Case Study of Genesis 1 (Robert B Sheldon)

• Theology Critics:

  • On Language and Nationhood: Lessons from the Tower of Babel (Abraham Berkowitz)
  • Cosmic Conspiracy Theories: How Theologies Evade Science (Taner Edis)
  • Free Will: Science Reveals the Seat of Our Power to Choose (Gerald L Schroeder)
  • Science versus Religion: The Fallacious Conflict (Frithjof A S Sterrenburg)
  • Scientific Thinking versus Religious Thinking from a Viewpoint of a Secular Science Educator (Shlomo Vinner)

• Interaction Science — Theology:

  • Rabbi Kook's Teachings on the Theory of Evolution: The Human Ethics (Dov Berger)
  • The Delusion of Unethical Science Popularization: Astrobiology in an Ethical Dialogue of Faith and Reason (Julian Chela-Flores)
  • From Matter to Emergence: Scientific and Theological Views on the Nature of Life (George V Coyne)
  • Confluence Between Biblical Truth and Scientific Facts Must Emerge for Wise Stewardship of God's Creation (Robert Y George)
  • Wonder and the Necessary Alliances of Science and Religion (Scott F Gilbert)
  • Center to Circumference and Back: Theology and Science in Rabbi M M Schneerson (Meir Klein)
  • Big Bang Cosmology and Christian Theology (Joshua M Moritz)
  • 'Man-as-an-Animal Needs Religious Faith': Rabbi Soloveitchik on Evolution and Divine Image in The Emergence of Ethical Man (Rachel S A Pear)
  • The Trouble with Thomists (Michael J Behe)

Readership: Readers interested in the relationship between science and religion.
Key Features:

• Written by academics of various faiths and religions, including atheists
• Discusses fundamental questions in science