The Blackwell companion to science and Christianity

Part VII.Christian bioethics. --Shaping human life at the molecular level /James C. Peterson --An inclusive framework for stem cell research /John F. Kilner --The problem of transhumanism in the light of philosophy and theology /Philippe Gagnon --Ecology and the environment /Lisa H. Sideris --Part VIII.Metaphysical implications. --Free will and rational choice /E.J. Lowe --Science, religion, and infinity /Graham Oppy --God and abstract objects /William Lane Craig --Laws of nature /Lydia Jaeger --Part IV.The mind. --Christianity, neuroscience, and dualism /J.P. Moreland --The emergence of persons /William Hasker --Christianity and the extended-mind thesis /Lynne Rudder Baker --In whose image?Artificial intelligence and the Imago Dei /Noreen Herzfeld --How science lost its soul, and religion handed it back /Julian Baggini --Part X.Theology. --The Trinity and scientific reality /John Polkinghorne --God and miracle in an age of science /Alan G. Padgett --Eschatology in science and theology /Robert John Russell --The quest for transcendence in theology and cosmology /Alexei V. Nesteruk --Part XI.Significant figures of the twentieth century in science and Christianity. --Pierre Teilhard de Chardin /James F. Salmon --Thomas F. Torrance /Tapio Luoma --Arthur Peacocke /Taede A. Smedes --Ian G. Barbour /Nathan J. Hallanger --Wolfhart Pannenberg /Hans Schwarz --John Polkinghorne /Christopher C. Knight.

A cutting-edge survey of contemporary thought at the intersection of science and Christianity. Provides a cutting-edge survey of the central ideas at play at the intersection of science and Christianity through 54 original articles by world-leading scholars and rising stars in the discipline Focuses on Christianity's interaction with Science to offer a fine-grained analysis of issues such as multiverse theories in cosmology, convergence in evolution, Intelligent Design, natural theology, human consciousness, artificial intelligence, free will, miracles, and the Trinity, amongst many others Addresses major historical developments in the relationship between science and Christianity, including Christian patristics, the scientific revolution, the reception of Darwin, and twentieth century fundamentalism Divided into 9 Parts: Historical Episodes; Methodology; Natural Theology; Cosmology & Physics; Evolution; The Human Sciences; Christian Bioethics; Metaphysical Implications; The Mind; Theology; and Significant Figures of the 20th Century Includes diverse perspectives and broadens the conversation from the Anglocentric tradition.