Scientific Explanation and Religious Belief
Science and Religion in Philosophical and Public Discourse
edited by Michael G. Parker and Thomas M. Schmidt
The science-and-religion dialogue has now become an established part of the wider cultural debate about the respective roles of science and religion within democratic societies. Typically, science has usually been identified with the sphere of reason, fact and explanation, whereas religion has been located within the realm of experience, value and interpretation. But religions also prescribe beliefs and support these with metaphysical accounts of the self, world and God. Such belief systems are both identity-forming and comprehensive. But the pluralism of world-views within modern liberal democracies and methodological naturalism in the sciences would seem to require believers to suspend these deeply-held beliefs when engaged in public discourse or scientific inquiry. This raises a number of interesting philosophical and practical issues which this volume seeks to address.As a reflection on the matrix of science, religion and politics, this volume constitutes a major contribution to an important, but neglected topic. This book will open up new lines of research and communication not only among philosophers, scientists and theologians, but for all those interested in the larger cultural conversation about the relationship between science and religion.
Introduction Philip Clayton: The Contemporary Science and Religion Discussion: A Transformation of Religious Knowledge Claims, or a Futile Quest for Legitimation? - Roger Trigg: Religion in the Public Sphere - Thomas M. Schmidt: The Contemporary Science and Religion Debate: Metaphysical or Political? - Wesley J. Wildman: The Resilience of Religion in Secular Social Environments: A Pragmatic Philosophical Analysis - Christoph Jager: Warrant, Defeaters, and the Epistemic Basis of Religious Belief - Nancey Murphy: Is Theology Possible at the End of Modernity? - Franz von Kutschera: Scientism and Theism - Delvin Ratzsch: Intelligent Design: What Does the History of Science Really Tell Us? - Ulrich Kutschera: Intelligent Design Creationism versus Modern Biology: No Middle Way - D. Z. Phillips: Historical Versus Structural Understanding and the Fate of Transcendental Optimism
Michael G. Parker, Born 1959; 1986 M.A.(CUA); 1997 M.Phil., Ph.D. (Yale); is currently Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter at the Universitat Frankfurt am Main.Thomas M. Schmidt, Born 1960; 1995 Promotion; 2000 Habilitation; since 2003 Professor fur Religionsphilosophie an der Universitat Frankfurt am Main.
- Edited by Michael G Parker
- Edited by Thomas M Schmidt
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Der Islam als nachchristliche Religion
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