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IV. Historical Treatments of Interaction between Natural Science and Christianity in the West

  • Arieti, James A. & Patrick A. Wilson. The Scientific and the Divine: Conflict and Reconciliation, from Ancient Greece to the Present. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2003.
  • Barrett, Peter. Science and Theology Since Copernicus: The Search for Understanding. Pretoria, South Africa: UNISA, 2000; Reissue: Edinburgh: T&T Clark, 2003.
  • Bowler, Peter J. Reconciling Science and Religion: The Debate in Early-Twentieth-Century Britain. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 2001.
  • Brooke, John Hedley & Geoffrey Cantor. Reconstructing Nature: The Engagement of Science and Religion. Edinburgh: T & T Clark, 1998.
  • Brooke, John Hedley, Margaret J. Osler & Jitse M. Van der Meer, eds. Science in Theistic Contexts: Cognitive Dimensions. Ithaca, NY: (Osiris, vol. 16), 2001.
  • Brooke, John Hedley. Science and Religion: Some Historical Perspectives. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1991.
  • Brooks, Richard S. & David K. Himrod. Science and Religion in the English-Speaking World, 1600 - 1727. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2001.
  • Dixon, Thomas et al., eds.  Science and Religion: New Historical Perspectives. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2010.
  • Ferngren, Gary B. Encyclopedia of the History of Science and Religion in the Western Tradition. New York: Garland, 2000.
  • Ferngren, Gary B., editor. Science and Religion: A Historical Introduction. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002.
  • Grant, Edward. Science and Religion, 400 B.B. - A.D. 1550; From Aristotle to Copernicus. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 2004.
  • Harrison, Peter.  The Fall of Man and the Foundation of Science. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2007.
  • Harrison, Peter. The Bible, Protestantism, and the Rise of Natural Science. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1998.
  • Harrison, Peter. The Territories of Science and Religion. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2015.
  • Hess, Peter M. J. & Paul L. Allen. Catholicism and Science. Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing, 2008.
  • Kaiser, Christopher. Creational Theology and the History of Physical Science. Kinderkook: E.J. Brill, 1997.
  • Killeen, Kevin & Peter J. Forshaw, eds. The Word and the World: Biblical Exegesis and Early Modern Science. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
  • Knight, David. Science and Spirituality: The Volatile Connection. New York: Routledge, 2004.
  • Kragh, Helge. Entropic Creation: Religious Contexts of Thermodynamics and Cosmology. Burlington, VT: Ashgate, 2008.
  • Kragh, Helge. Matter and Spirit in the Universe: Scientific and Religious Preludes to Modern Cosmology. London: Imperial College Press, 2004.
  • Lindberg, David C. & Ronald L. Numbers, eds. God and Nature: Historical Essays on the Encounter Between Christianity and Science. Los Angeles, CA: University of California Press, 1986.
  • Lindberg, David C. & Ronald L. Numbers, eds. When Science and Christianity Meet. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2003.
  • Livingstone, David et al.  Evangelicals and Science in Historical Perspective.  New York: Oxford University Press, 1999.
  • Matthews, Steven. Theology and Science in the Thought of Francis Bacon. Burlington, VT: Ashgate, 2008.
  • Methuen, Charlotte. Science and Theology in the Reformation: Interpretations of Astronomical Observation in Sixteenth-Century Germany. New York: T&T Clark, 2008.
  • Muray, Leslie A. Liberal Protestantism and Science. Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing, 2007.
  • Numbers, Ronald L. ed. Galileo Goes to Jail: And Other Myths About Science and Religion. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2009.
  • O’Leary, Don. Roman Catholicism and Modern Science: A History. New York: Continuum, 2006.
  • Olson, Richard G. Science and Religion, 1450 - 1900; From Copernicus to Darwin. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 2004.
  • Pedersen, Olaf. The Two Books: Historical Notes on Some Interactions Between Natural Science and Theology. Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame, 2007.
  • Roberts, Michael. Evangelicals and Science. Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing, 2008.
  • Rupke, Nicolaas A, ed. Eminent Lives in Twentieth-Century Science and Religion. 2nd edn. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang, 2009.
  • Ruse, Michael. Science and Spirituality: Making Room for Faith in the Age of Science. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2010.
  • Turner, Harold. The Roots of Science: An Investigative Journey Through the World’s Religions. Auckland, NZ: Deep Sight Trust, 1998.
  • Wildiers, N. Max. The Theologian and His Universe: Theology and Cosmology from the Middle Ages to the Present. New York: Seabury, 1982.
  • Witham, Larry A. The Measure of God: Our Century-Long Struggle to Reconcile Science and Religion. San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco, 2005.
  • Yerxa, Donald A., ed. Recent Themes in the History of Science and Religion: Historians in Conversation. Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press, 2009.

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

Source:


Dr. Randy Maddox

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