Preface vii
How To Use This Book ix
1 Introducing the Dialogue Between Science and Religion 1
Part I History: Three Landmark Debates 7
2 Why Study History? 9
3 Debate 1: Copernicus, Galileo, and the Solar System 17
4 Debate 2: Newton, the Mechanical Universe, and Deism 26
5 Debate 3: Darwin and the Biological Origins of Humanity 33
Part II Science and Religion: General Themes 43
6 Models of Interaction Between Science and Religion 45
7 Science, Religion, and the Explanation of Things 51
8 Science, Religion, and Proofs for God?s Existence 59
9 Verifi cation and Falsifi cation in Science and Religion
67
10 Realism and its Alternatives in Science and Religion 76
11 The Doctrine of Creation and the Natural Sciences 84
12 How Does God Act in the World? 93
13 The Use of Models in Science and Religion 102
14 Natural Science and Natural Theology 110
15 Theoretical Anomalies in Science and Religion 120
16 The Development of Theory in Science and Religion 128
17 The Interaction of Science and Religion in Other Faiths
135
Part III Science and Religion: Contemporary Debates
143
18 Richard Dawkins and Scientifi c Atheism: Does Science Deny
God? 145
19 Cosmology: Does the Anthropic Principle Mean Anything?
151
20 Quantum Theory: Complementarity in Science and Religion
157
21 Evolutionary Biology: Can One Speak of "Design" in Nature?
163
22 Evolutionary Psychology: The Origins of Religious Belief
169
23 The Psychology of Religion: Exploring Religious Experience
175
24 The Cognitive Science of Religion: Is Religion "Natural"?
184
Part IV Case Studies in Science and Religion 191
25 Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (1881?1955) 193
26 Thomas F. Torrance (1913?2007) 197
27 Charles A. Coulson (1910?74) 201
28 Ian G. Barbour (born 1923) 205
29 Arthur Peacocke (1924?2006) 209
30 Wolfhart Pannenberg (born 1928) 213
31 John Polkinghorne (born 1930) 217
32 Nancey Murphy (born 1951) 221
33 Alister E. McGrath (born 1953) 225
34 Philip Clayton (born 1956) 229
Conclusion 233
References 235
Index 240
Alister E. McGrath is Professor of Theology, Ministry and Education, and Head of the Centre for Theology, Religion and Culture at King?s College, London. He is the author of numerous bestselling titles, including Dawkins? God (2004), Theology: The Basics (2004), Christianity: An Introduction, 2nd edition (2006), Christian Theology, 4th edition (2007) and The Christian Theology Reader, 3rd edition (2007), all published by Wiley-Blackwell.
Praise for the previous edition of Science and Religion:
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