No God, No Science - Theology, Cosmology, Biology

Informationen zum Autor Michael Hanby is Associate Professor of Religion and Philosophy of Science at the Pontifical John Paul II Institute for Marriage and Family Studies at the Catholic University of America. His previous published works include Augustine and Modernity and numerous journal articles. He has taught previously at Baylor University and Villanova University. Klappentext No God, No Science: Theology, Cosmology, Biology presents a work of philosophical theology that retrieves the Christian doctrine of creation from the distortions imposed upon it by positivist science and the Darwinian tradition of evolutionary biology.* Argues that the doctrine of creation is integral to the intelligibility of the world* Brings the metaphysics of the Christian doctrine of creation to bear on the nature of science* Offers a provocative analysis of the theoretical and historical relationship between theology, metaphysics, and science* Presents an original critique and interpretation of the philosophical meaning of Darwinian biology Zusammenfassung No God, No Science: Theology, Cosmology, Biology presents a work of philosophical theology that retrieves the Christian doctrine of creation from the distortions imposed upon it by positivist science and the Darwinian tradition of evolutionary biology. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface viiiAcknowledgments xiAbbreviations xiiPrimary Sources and Translations xviIntroduction 1Part I In the Beginning 71 Discourse on Method 92 A Brief History of the Cosmos 49Part II The Eclipse of the Universe 1053 The Scientific and Theological Revolution 1074 Unnatural "Theology" 1505 Darwin the Theologian 1866 The Mystery of the Missing Organism 250Part III Creation Without Creationism 2977 Deus Creator Omnium 2998 What the World Is 3349 Saving the Appearances 375Epilogue: Evolution of the Last Men 416Index 422

Product details

• Authors: Hanby, M Hanby, Michael Hanby, Michael (Catholic University of America Hanby, Michael Milbank Hanby, Hanby Michael
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.12.2016
• EAN: 9781119230878
• ISBN: 978-1-119-23087-8
• No. of pages: 456
• Series: Illuminations: Theory & Religion; Illuminations: Theory & Religion
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Labour, economic and industrial sociology; Religionsphilosophie, Philosophie, Religion, Philosophy, Philosophy of religion, Religion & science, Religion & Theology, Religion u. Theologie, Moderne Theologie, Contemporary Theology, Religion u. Naturwissenschaften