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E. Representative Recent Engagements of Theology by Natural Scientists

  • Alexander, Denis. Rebuilding the Matrix: Science and Faith in the 21st Century. Oxford: Lion, 2001.
  • Artigas, Mariano. The Mind of the Universe: Understanding Science and Religion. Philadelphia: Templeton Foundation Press, 2000.
  • Barr, Stephen. Modern Physics and Ancient Faith. Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press, 2003.
  • Berry, R. J. God’s Book of Works: The Nature and Theology of Nature. Edinburgh: T&T Clark, 2003.
  • Berry, R. J., ed.  Real Scientists, Real Faith. Oxford, UK: Monarch, 2009.
  • Berry, R.J. Real Science, Real Faith: Sixteen Leading British Scientists Discuss Their Science and Their Personal Faith. Crowborough: Monarch, 1991.
  • Birch, Charles. Science and Soul. West Conshohocken, PA: Templeton Foundation Press, 2008.
  • Bonting, Sjoerd Lieuwe. Creation and Double Chaos: Science and Theology in Discussion. Minneapolis, MN: Fortress, 2005.
  • Clayton Philip & Jim Schaal. Practicing Science, Living Faith: Interviews with Twelve Leading Scientists. NY: Columbia University Press, 2007.
  • Collins, Francis S. The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief. New York: Free Press, 2006.
  • Consolmagno, Guy. God’s Mechanics: How Scientists and Engineers Make Sense of Religion. San Franciso, CA: Jossey-Bass, 2007.
  • Davies, Paul. Cosmic Jackpot: Why Our Universe is Just Right for Life. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2007.
  • Davies, Paul. God and the New Physics. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1984.
  • Dawkins, Richard. A Devil’s Chaplain. London: Weidenfeld and Nicholson, 2003.
  • Dawkins, Richard. The God Delusion. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2006.
  • Del Re, Giuseppe. The Cosmic Dance: Science Discovers the Mysterious Harmony of the Universe. Radnor, PA: Templeton Foundation Press, 2000.
  • Denton, Michael. Nature’s Destiny: How the Laws of Biology Reveal Purpose in the Universe. New York: Free Press, 1998.
  • Ecklund, Elaine Howard. Science vs Religion: What Scientists Really Think. New York: Oxford University Press, 2010.
  • Frank, Adam. The Constant Fire: Beyond the Science vs. Religion Debate. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2008.
  • Frankenberry, Nancy K., editor. The Faith of Scientists: In Their Own Words. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2008.
  • Giberson, Karl & Mariano Artigas. Oracles of Science: Celebrity Scientists vs. God and Religion. New York: Oxford University Press, 2006.
  • Gingerich, Owen. God’s Universe. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2006.
  • Gonzalez, Guillermo & Jay W. Richards. The Privileged Planet: How Our Place in the Cosmos is Designed for Discovery. Washington, DC: Regnery, 2004.
  • Gould, Stephen Jay. Rocks of Ages: Science and Religion in the Fullness of Life. New York: Ballantine, 1999.
  • Hodgson, Peter E. Theology and Modern Physics. Burlington, VT: Ashgate, 2005.
  • Kauffman, Stuart A. Reinventing the Sacred: A New View of Science, Reason, and Religion. New York: Basic Books, 2008.
  • Malin, Shimon. Nature Loves to Hide: Quantum Physics and the Nature of Reality, a Western Perspective. New York: Oxford University Press, 2001.
  • McLeish, Tom. Faith and Wisdom in Science. New York: Oxford University Press, 2014.
  • Midgley, Mary. Science as Salvation: A Modern Myth and Its Meaning. New York: Routledge, 1992.
  • Miller, Kenneth R. Finding Darwin’s God: A Scientist’s Search for Common Ground Between God and Evolution. New York: HarperCollins, 2000.
  • Monsay, Evelyn H. The Search for the Ultimate: Frontier Physics and Theology. Minneapolis: Fortress Augsburg, 2006.
  • Morris, Richard. The Big Questions: Probing the Promise and Limits of Science. New York: Times Books, 2002.
  • Peacocke, Arthur Robert. Evolution: The Disguised Friend of Faith? Philadelphia: Templeton Foundation Press, 2004.
  • Peacocke, Arthur Robert. God and Science - A Quest for Christian Credibility. London: SCM, 1996.
  • Peacocke, Arthur Robert. God and the New Biology. New York: Harper & Row, 1986.
  • Peacocke, Arthur Robert. Paths from Science towards God: Forging a New Theology for a Scientific Age. Oxford: OneWorld Publications, 2001.
  • Peacocke, Arthur Robert. The Palace of Glory: God’s World and Science. Hindmarsh, SA: ATF Press, 2005.
  • Peacocke, Arthur Robert. Theology for a Scientific Age: Being and Becoming - Natural, Divne, and Human. 2nd edition. Minneapolis: Fortress, 1993.
  • Peacocke, Arthur. All That Is: A Naturalistic Faith for the Twenty-First Century. Minneapolis, MN: Fortress, 2007.
  • Polkinghorne, John C. Belief in God in an Age of Science. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1998.
  • Polkinghorne, John C. Exploring Reality: The Intertwining of Science and Religion. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2005.
  • Polkinghorne, John C. One World: the Interaction of Science and Theology. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1987; 2nd edition, West Conshohocken, PA: Templeton Foundation Press, 2007.
  • Polkinghorne, John C. Quarks, Chaos & Christianity. New York: Crossroad, 1996; revised edition. New York: Crossroad, 2006.
  • Polkinghorne, John C. Science and Creation: the Search for Understanding. Boston, MA: New Science Library, 1988; 2nd edition, West Conshohocken, PA: Templeton Foundation Press, 2006.
  • Polkinghorne, John C. Science and Providence: God’s Interaction with the World. Boston, MA: New Science Library, 1989; reissue: Philadelphia, PA: Templeton Foundation Press, 2005.
  • Polkinghorne, John C. Science and Religion in Quest of Truth. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2011.
  • Polkinghorne, John C. Science and the Trinity: The Christian Encounter with Reality. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2004.
  • Polkinghorne, John C. Serious Talk. Philadelphia, PA: Trinity Press International, 1995.
  • Polkinghorne, John C. The Faith of a Physicist. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1994.
  • Polkinghorne, John C. The Way the World Is: the Christian Perspective of a Scientist. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1984; Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox, 2007.
  • Polkinghorne, John C. Theology in the Context of Science. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2009.
  • Richardson, W. Mark & Gordy Slack, editors. Faith in Science: Scientists Search for Truth. New York: Routledge, 2001.
  • Schroeder, Gerald. God according to God: A Physicist Proves We’ve Been Wrong About God All Along. New York: HarperOne, 2009.
  • Shackleford, John M. Faith Seeking Understanding: Approaching God Through Science. Mahwah, NJ: Paulist, 2007.
  • Silver, Lee M. Challenging Nature: The Clash of Science and Spirituality at the New Frontiers of Life. New York: Harper Collins, 2006.
  • Stannard, Russell. Doing Away with God? Creation and the Big Bang. London: Marshall Pickering, 1993.
  • Stannard, Russell. Science and Belief: The Big Issues. Oxford: Lion, 2012.
  • Stannard, Russell. Science and the Renewal of Belief. Revised edition. Philadelphia: Templeton Foundation Press, 2004.
  • Stannard, Russell. Science and Wonders: Conversations About Science and Belief. London: Faber & Faber, 1996.
  • Stannard, Russell. The God Experiment. New York: Hidden Spring, 2000.
  • Staune, Jean, editor. Science and the Search for Meaning: Perspectives from International Scientists. West Conshohocken, PA: Templeton Foundation Press, 2006.
  • Stenger, Victor J. The God Hypothesis: How Science Shows that God Does Not Exist. New York: Prometheus, 2007.
  • Templeton, John Marks & Kenneth Seeman Giniger. Spiritual Evolution: Scientists Discuss Their Beliefs. Philadelphia: Templeton Foundation Press, 1998.
  • Templeton, John Marks, ed. Evidence of Purpose: Scientists Discover the Creator. New York: Continuum, 1994.
  • Thirring, Walter. Cosmic Impressions: Traces of God in the Laws of Nature. West Conshohocken, PA: Templeton Foundation Press, 2007.
  • Tipler, Frank J. The Physics of Christianity. New York: Doubleday, 2007.
  • Wilson, E. O. Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge. New York: Alfred Knopf, 1998.

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)