Ronald Cole-Turner and Brent Waters
Pastoral Genetics: Theology and Care at the Beginning of Life, The Pilgram
Press, 1996
ISBN: 0-82298-1077-3
Ron Cole-Tuner and Brent Waters trace recent
developments in the feild of human genetics, then describe the religious
and moral
issues that confront those coping with difficult
pregnancies. In doing so, some of the most crucial issues in the current
theology and
science debate are transposed right into the
heart of practical theology, rasing tough questions for pasters and providing
a helpful
guide for laity.
W. Mark Richardson and Wesley J. Wildman
Religion and Science: History, Method, Dialogue,
Routledge, 1996
ISBN: 0-415-91667-4
In this diverse collection of articles, Richardson
and Wildman provide the reader with an introdution to many of the leading
contemporary contributors to the science-theology
dialogue. their first section focuses on historical themes.
Mark William Worthing
God, Creation, and Contemporary Physics, Fortress
Press, 1996
ISBN: 0-8006-2906-X
In this book, Mark Worthing assesses the implications
of contemporary physic for talking about God's relationship to the world.
1995 Winners
The John Templeton Foundation and The Center
for Theology and the Natural Sciences are pleased to present the 1995 winners
of
the Templeton Prizes for Outstanding Books
in Theology and the Natural Sciences:
Ian Barbour
Religion in an Age of Science, Harper Collins
College Div., 1990
ISBN: 0060603836, $19.00 paperback
Barbour presents the similarities and differences
between the fields of science and religion and examines several recent
models
proposed to explain God's role in creation.
John H. Brooke
Science and Religion: Some Historical Perspectives, Cambridge University
Press, 1991
ISBN: 0521239613, $52.95 hardcover
Brooke offers an introduction and critical guide to the relationship between
scientific thought and religious belief,
providing a wide-ranging study of the impact of scientific change on religious
belief.
Paul Davies
The Mind of God: The Scientific Basis for a
Rational World, Simon & Schuster, Touchstone Books, 1992
ISBN: 0671797182, $12.00 paperback
Davies explores the traditional scientist's
conception of order in nature, ideas about the origin of the universe and
the nature of the human consciousness to construct
a reasoned exploration of why nature is fundamentally
mathematical.
Philip Hefner
The Human Factor: Evolution, Culture and Religion, Fortress Press, 1993
ISBN: 080062579X, $20.00 paperback
Hefner presents a look at the contemporary interface of science and religion,
examining the modern concept of
biocultural evolution, including the idea of human beings created as "co-
creators."
Christopher Kaiser
Creation and the History of Science, Eerdmans
Publishing Co., 1991
ISBN: 0802801978, $18.00 paperback
Kaiser traces the history of the creationist
tradition and discusses some of the implications a rediscovery of the historic
creationist
tradition would have for science.
David Lindberg
The Beginnings of Western Science: The European Scientific Tradition in
Philosophical, Religious and
Institutional Context. 600 BC to AD 1450, University of Chicago Press,
1992
ISBN: 0226482316, $22.50 paperback
Lindberg presents the first-ever history of ancient and medieval science
in a single volume, portraying religion not
as an uninvited intruder in scientific tradition, but as a legitimate player.
Clifford N. Matthews,
Cosmic Beginnings and Human Ends: Where Science
and Religion Meet, Open Court Publishing Co.
ISBN: 0812692705, $21.95 paperback
ISBN: 0812692691, $41.95 hardcover
Nancey C. Murphy,
Theology in the Age of Scientific Reasoning,
Cornell University Press, 1990
ISBN: 0801481147, $13.95 paperback
Murphy shows the similarities between theological
and scientific reasoning as described in the philosophy of science espoused
by
Irme Lakatos and addresses the consequences
for theology of adopting a Lakasian methodology.
Wolfhart Pannenberg
Toward a Theology of Nature: Essays on Science
and Faith, ed. Ted Peters, Westminster/John Knox Press,
1993
ISBN: 0664253849, $20.00 paperback
Basing his discussion on more than three decades
of dialogue between theologians and scientists, Pannenberg
poses theological questions to natural scientists
in a way that illuminates the position that the scientific view of
nature is incomplete.
Arthur Peacocke
Theology for a Scientific Age: Being and Becoming - Natural and Divine,
Fortress Press, 1993
ISBN: 0800627598, $23.00 paperback
Peacocke asserts that the commonly perceived "gulf" between Christian theology
and the natural sciences is a
debilitating myth and shows that the scientific approach is incomplete
without the search for ultimate meaning and
understanding in religion.
John Polkinghorne
The Faith of a Physicist: Reflections of a
Bottom-up Thinker,Princeton University Press, 1994
ISBN: 0800629701, $17.00 paperback
ISBN: 0691036209, $29.95 hardcover
Polkinghorne explores the possible rational
grounds for Christian beliefs, maintaining that the quest for motivated
understanding is a concern shared by scientists
and religious thinkers.
Robert J. Russell, Nancey Murphey, Arthur R. Peacocke (Editors),
Chaos and Complexity: Scientific Perspectives
on Divine Action, University of Notre Dame Press
ISBN: 0268008124, $21.95 paperback
Mikael Stenmark,
Rationality in Science, Religion, and Everyday
Life: A Critical Evaluation of Four Models of Reality, University of Notre
Dame Press
ISBN: 0268016518, $32.95 hardcover
Angela Tilby
Soul. God, Self and the New Cosmology, Doubleday, 1993
ISBN: 0281045798, $22.50 hardcover
Based on her research for the BBC series Soul, Tilby's book outlines for
the layman the new and unexpected
understanding of the origin and nature of the universe as revealed in the
latest research in theoretical physics.
Margaret Wertheim,
Pythagoras' Trousers: God, Physics, and the
Gender Wars, Times Books
ISBN: 081292200X, $23.00 paperback