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Genes, Genesis and God: Values and their origins in natural and human history Rolston, H, (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999)

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	CTNS Recommended: Basic Level
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	CTNS/Vatican Observatory Series: Scientific Perspectives on Divine Action
	Books on Science and Religion - General
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	Books on Biology, Genetics and Theology
	Books on Neuroscience and Theology
	Books on Information Technology

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

	Bibliography for Peters on Genetics
	Bibliography for Ayala on Evolution
	Bibliography for Murphy on Neuroscience
	Bibliography for Russell on Cosmology
	African Exodus: The Origins of Modern Humanity
	The Age of Spiritual Machines
	Algeny
	At Home in the Universe
	Beyond Fundamentalism and Liberalism
	Chaos and Complexity: Scientific Perspectives on Divine Action
	Cosmos as Creation
	CTNS/Vatican Observatory Conference Essays
	Cybergrace: The Search for God in the Digital World
	Divine Action
	Duet or Duel? Theology and Science in a Postmodern World
	Faith of a Physicist
	For the Love of Children
	Genes, Genesis and God
	Genetics: Issues of Social Justice
	God and Nature: Historical Essays on the Encounter Between Christianity and Science.
	God and the New Physics
	God, Chance and Necessity
	God, Creation and Contemporary Physics
	God, Humanity and the Cosmos
	Is God a Virus?
	Issues in Science and Religion
	Nothing But Atoms and Molecules
	On Human Nature
	On the Moral Nature of the Universe
	Physics, Philosophy and Theology
	Playing God? Genetic Determinism and Human Freedom
	Pythagoras' Trousers: God, Physics, and the Gender Wars
	Quantum Cosmology and the Laws of Nature: Scientific Perspectives on Divine Action
	Reason and Reality
	Religion and Science: Historical and Contemporary Issues
	Religion and Science: History, Method, Dialogue
	Religion in an Age of Science
	Religion, Science and Naturalism
	Science and Religion (Brooke)
	Science Meets Faith
	Sociobiology: The New Synthesis
	The Creationists
	The Engine of Reason, the Seat of the Soul
	The Human Factor
	The Inflationary Universe
	The Origin of Species
	The Pearly Gates of Cyberspace
	The Quantum World
	The Selfish Gene
	The Symbolic Species
	Theology for a Scientific Age
	Theology in an Age of Scientific Reasoning
	Whatever Happened to the Soul? Scientific and Theological Portraits of Human Nature
	Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History

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Dr. Randy Maddox

Prepared with support of the John Templeton Oxford Seminar on Science and Christianity (1999-2004)