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5. Contemporary Cosmology and Creatio ex Nihilo

  • Bonting, Sjoerd Lieuwe. Creation and Double Chaos: Science and Theology in Discussion. Minneapolis, MN: Fortress, 2005.
  • Bonting, Sjoerd.  Chaos Theology: A Revised Creation Theology. Ottawa: Novalis, 2002.
  • Burrell, David B., et al. Creation and the God of Abraham. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2010.
  • Clayton, Philip. God and Contemporary Science. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1998.
  • Corey, M.A. God and the New Cosmology: The Anthropic Design Argument. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1993.
  • Coyne, George & Karl Schmitz-Moormann, eds. Origins, Time, and Complexity. 2 volumes (also as volumes 1 & 2 of Studies in Science and Theology).  Geneva: Labor et Fides, 1994.
  • Craig, William Lane & Quentin Smith. Theism, Atheism, and Big Bang Cosmology. New York: Oxford University Press, 1995.
  • Drees, Willem B. Beyond the Big Bang, Quantum Cosmologies and God. La Salle, IL: Open Court, 1990.
  • Gonzalez, Guillermo & Jay W. Richards. The Privileged Planet: How Our Place in the Cosmos is Designed for Discovery. Washington, DC: Regnery, 2004.
  • Hilgevoord, Jan. Physics and Our View of the World. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1994.
  • Holder, Rodney D. Big Bang, Big God: A Universe Designed for Life? Oxford: Lion Hudson, 2013.
  • Holder, Rodney D. God, the Multiverse, and Everything. Burlington, VT: Ashgate, 2004.
  • Matthews, Clifford N. & Roy Abraham Varghese, eds. Cosmic Beginnings and Human Ends: Where Science and Religion Meet. Chicago, IL: Open Court, 1995.
  • Miller, James B. & Kenneth McCall, eds. The Church and Contemporary Cosmology. Pittsburgh, PA: Carnegie Mellon University Press, 1990.
  • Nesteruk, Alexei V. The Sense of the Universe: Philosophical Explication of Theological Commitment in Modern Cosmology. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2015.
  • Russell, Robert John. Cosmology: From Alpha to Omega. Minneapolis, MN: Fortress, 2008.
  • Wilkinson, David. Science, Religion, and the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence. New York: Oxford University Press, 2013.
  • Worthing, Mark William. God, Creation, and Contemporary Physics. Minneapolis, MN: Fortress, 1996.

Contributed by: Dr. Randy Maddox

The Natural Sciences and Christian Theology - A Select Bibliography

  I. Historical and Social Background of Contemporary Western Science
  II. Reflections on the Nature of Modern Science
     A. Expositions of Modern Scientific Method
     B. Introductions to the Philosophy of Science
     C. Debates over the Social Dimensions of Modern Science
  III. Popular Expositions of Contemporary Natural Science
     A. General and Survey Treatments
     B. Mathematics
     C. Particle Physics
     D. Chemistry
     E. Chaos & Complexity Theory
     F. Cosmology and Astrophysics
     G. Geology and Natural History
     H. Evolutionary Molecular Biology
     I. Sociobiology / Evolutionary Psychology
     J. Neuroscience
     K. Environmental Science/Ecology
  IV. Historical Treatments of Interaction between Natural Science and Christianity in the West
  V. Contemporary Engagement of the Natural Sciences and Christian Theology
     A. Typological Surveys of Current Science/Theology Engagement
     B. Introductions to Current Science/Theology Engagement
     C. Survey Essay Collections of Current Science/Theology Engagement
     D. Important Journals for the Current Science/Theology Engagement
     E. Representative Recent Engagements of Theology by Natural Scientists
     F. Representative Recent Engagements of Natural Science by Christian Theologians
        1. Broad Western Christian Engagements
        2. “Evangelical” Western Christian Engagements
        3. Eastern Orthodox  Engagements
        4. Consciously Revisionist Christian Engagements
           a. Moving toward a fully “Naturalist” Theology
           b. Moving toward a Universal “Mystical” Theology
     G. Select Topics in Current Natural Science / Christian Theology Dialogue
        1. The Status of Theology as a “Science”
        2. Mathematical Order of the Universe and the Divine
        3. Contemporary Physics and Divine Action / Providence
        4. Contemporary Evolutionary Biology and Divine Action / Providence
        5. Contemporary Cosmology and Creatio ex Nihilo
        6. The Creation/Evolution Controversy
           a. Detailed Bibliographies of the Controversy
           b. Historical and Sociological Perspectives on the Controversy
           c. Contemporary Anti-supernaturalist Darwinists
           d. Recent Critiques of Naturalistic Darwinism (esp. “Intelligent Design”)
           e. Scientific Counter-Critiques of Creationism
           f. Surveys of the Diversity in “Creationist” Views
           g. Representative Young-Earth Creationist Advocates
           h. Representative Progressive Creationists
           i. Representative Fully Gifted Creationists (or Theistic Evolutionists)
           j. Additional Exegetical and Theological Perspectives
        7. Cosmology and Eschatology
        8. Sociobiology / Evolutionary Psychology and Human Nature
        9. Genetic Impact on Behavior and Human Responsibility
        10. Neuroscience and the Human Soul / Human Responsibility
     H. Engagement of Ethical Dimensions of Modern Science/Technology
       1. Survey Treatments
       2. Nuclear Energy and Weapons
       3. Ethical Issues in Genetic Engineering
       4. Ecological Crisis, Environmentalism, and Christian Worldview

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Dr. Randy Maddox

Prepared with support of the John Templeton Oxford Seminar on Science and Christianity (1999-2002)