Religion, Science, and Democracy - A Disputational Friendship

Informationen zum Autor Lisa Stenmark earned an MDiv/MA from Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary/ the Graduate Theological Union, and a Ph.D. in Religious Studies from Vanderbilt University, and currently teaches at San Jose State University. Klappentext This book uses Hannah Arendt's work to understand the paradoxical role of religion and science in public life and to develop a model for the science and religion discourse which does not focus on truth claims, but rather promotes public discourse and judgment. It advocates the position of the storyteller, who never tells a definitive story but instead seeks more stories, and promotes a disputational friendship in which we seek out points of disagreement in order to expand the conversation and incorporate more stories. Inhaltsverzeichnis IntroductionChapter One: Religion, Science, and the "Culture Wars"Chapter Two: Science, Neutrality, and Public LifeChapter Three: AuthorityChapter Four: The Art of DistinctionsChapter Five: Religion, Science, and PoliticsChapter Six: Religion and Science as Social ActivitiesChapter Seven: Beyond Doctrines and DiscoveriesChapter Eight: A Disputational Friendship

Product details

• Authors: Lisa L. Stenmark
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 08.03.2013
• EAN: 9780739142868
• ISBN: 978-0-7391-4286-8
• No. of pages: 238
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; SCIENCE / History, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, RELIGION / Religion, Politics & State, RELIGION / Religion & Science, Religion & politics, Political structures: democracy, History of Science, Religion and Politics, Religion and science, Religion & science, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Religion, Politics & State, Political structures / systems: democracy