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Navigating Post-Truth and Alternative Facts: Religion and Science as Political Theology is an edited volume that explores the critical intersection of religion, science, and politics. Contributors reflect on the role of interdisciplinary scholarship for the health of a society threatened by post-truth and alternative facts.
List of contents
Foreword
Lisa Stenmark and Whitney Bauman
Preface: Post-truth, Fake News, and Alternative Facts . . . Oh, My!
Jennifer Baldwin
Introduction: The Reformation and Our Common Responsibility for the World Today
Antje Jackelén
Part I: Finding Truth
1. Modern Political Lying: Science and Religion as Critical Discourse in a Post-Truth World
Lisa Stenmark
2. The Power of Lies and the Lies of Power
Ted Peters
3. The Golden Mean in a Political Darwinism: Science, Religion, and Authenticity
Paul Allen
4. Making America Humble Again: Humility and Magnanimity as Greatness in a Post-veridical World
Craig Boyd
Part II: Affect and the Public Trust
5. Rationality in Play?: A Philosophical Journey in the Current Landscape of Facts and Truth
Knut-Willy Sæther
6. The Anxiety of Alternative Facts: Considering the Role of Religion and Science in Forming Public Values Spanning Political Divisiveness
Adam Pryor
7. Knowledge, Power, and Fear: The Role of Religion and Science in Populism and Our Shared Public Life
Jennifer Baldwin
Part III: Politics, Religion, and the Environment
8. Confessions of a Recovering Objectivist: Religion/Science as Engaged Theology and Environmental Strategy
Philip Clayton
9. Religion and Science as Critical Discourse: Postmodern as Contextual Thinking, not Post-truth
Whitney Bauman
10. The Puppet, the Dwarf, and Political Theologies of Science
Graham Walker
About the author
Jennifer Baldwin is director of Grounding Flight Wellness Center.
