The Oxford Handbook of Religion and Science

The field of `science and religion' is exploding in popularity among both academics and the reading public. This is a comprehensive and authoritative introduction to the debate, written by the leading experts yet accessible to the general reader.

The field of 'religion and science' is exploding in popularity among academics as well as the general reading public. Spawning an increasing number of conferences and courses, this field has shown an unprecedented rate of growth in recent years. Here for the first time is a single-volume introduction to the debate, written by the leading experts. Making no pretence to encyclopaedic neutrality, each chapter defends a major intellectual position - at the heart of the book is a series of 'pro' and 'con' papers, covering each of the current 'hot topics' (such as evolution versus creation, naturalism versus the supernatural). In addition to treatments of questions of methodology and implications for life and practice, the Handbook includes sections devoted to the major scientific disciplines, the major world religions, and the main sub-disciplines in this exciting and ever-expanding field of study.

1 - Introduction
2 - Hinduism and Science
3 - Buddhism and Science
4 - Judaism and Science
5 - Christianity and Science
6 - Islam and Science
7 - Indigenous Lifeways and Knowing the World
8 - Religious Naturalism and Science
9 - Atheism and Science
10 - Cosmology and Religion
11 - Fundamental Physics and Religion
12 - Molecular Biology and Religion
13 - Evolutionary Theory and Religion
14 - Ecology and Religion
15 - The Neurosciences and Religion
16 - Psychology, the Human Sciences, and Religion
17 - Sociology and Religion
18 - Anthropology and Religion
19 - Contributions from the History of Science and Religion
20 - Contributions from Religious Studies
21 - Contributions from the Philosophy of Science
22 - Contributions from Philosophical Theology and Metaphysics
23 - Contributions from Systematic Theology
24 - Contributions from Practical Theology and Ethics
25 - Simplicity - Complexity - Simplicity: The Perspectives of Spirituality
26 - The Scientific Landscape of Religion: Evolution, Culture, and Cognition
27 - Varieties of Naturalism
28 - Interpreting Science from the Standpoint of Whitheadian Process Philosophy
29 - Anglo-American Postmodernity and the End of Theology-Science Dialogue?
30 - Trinitarian Faith Seeking Transformative Understanding
31 - Religious Experience, Cognitive Science, and the Future of Religion
32 - Toward a Comprehensive Integration of Science and Religion: A Post-Metaphysical Approach
33 - Science and Theology: Their Relation at the Beginning of the Third Millennium
34 - Religion-and-Science
35 - Quantum Physics and the Theology of Non-Interventionist Objective Divine Action
36 - Theologies of Divine Action
37 - Ground-of-Being Theologies
38 - The Potential of Panentheism for Dialogue between Science and Religion
39 - Problems in Panentheism
40 - Evolution, Religion, and Science
41 - Darwinism
42 - God and Evolution
43 - In Defence of Intelligent Design
44 - The Premodern Sins of Intelligent Design
45 - Physics, Complexity, and the Science-Religion Debate
46 - Emergence and Complexity
47 - Emergence, Theology, and the Manifest Image
48 - The Hidden Battles over Emergence
49 - Going Public: Feminist Epistemologies, Hannah Arendt, and the Science and Religion Discourse
50 - Feminist Perspectives in Medicine and Bioethics
51 - Emergence, Ethics, and Religious Naturalism
52 - Science, Ethics, and the Human Spirit
53 - Theology and Ecology
54 - Environmental Ethics and Religion/Science
55 - Biotechnology and the Religion-Science Discussion
56 - Relations between Homo sapiens and Other Animals: Scientific and Religious Arguments
57 - Dover Beach Revisited: Concluding Reflections