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CTNS Recommended: Research Level

  • Austin, James H.  Zen and the Brain: Toward an Understanding of Meditation and Consciousness. (Cambridge, Mass.: MIT, 1998). ISBN: 0262011646.

  • Banner, Michael C.  Justification of Science and the Rationality of Religious Beliefs.  (Oxford, England: Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1990). ISBN: 0198248210.

  • Brooke, John and Geoffrey Cantor. Reconstructing Nature: The Engagement of Science and Religion. (Edinburgh: T&T Clark, 1998). ISBN: 0567086003.

  • Brooke, John Hedley, Jitse M. Van Der Meer and Margaret J. Osler, eds. Science in Theistic Contexts:

  • Cognitive Dimensions. ( Chicago : Universityof Chicago Press, 2001). ISBN: 0226075656.

  • Clayton, Philip. Explanation from Physics to Theology. (New Haven, CT: Yale Univ. Press, 1989). ISBN: 0300043539.

  • ______. God and Contemporary Science. (Edinburgh and Grand Rapids: Edinburgh University and Eerdmans, 1997). ISBN: 080284460x.

  • d’Aquili, Eugene and Andrew B. Newberg. The Mystical Mind: Probing the Biology of Religious Experience. (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1999). ISBN: 0800631633.

  • Devlin, Keith. Goodbye, Descartes: the End of Logic and the Search for a New Cosmology of the Mind. (New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1997). ISBN: 0471142166.

  • Drees, Willem B. Beyond the Big Bang. (La Salle, Il.: Open Court, 1991). ISBN: 0812691172.

  • Gregersen, Niels, and J. Wentzel van Huyssteen, eds. Rethinking Theology and Science: Six Models for the Current Dialogue. (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1998).  ISBN: 0802844642.

  • Haraway, Donna J. Simians, Cyborgs and Women: The Reinvention of Nature. (New York: Routledge, 1991). ISBN: 0415903874.

  • Harding, Sandra and Merrill B. Hintikka, eds. Discovering Reality: Feminist Perspectives on Epistemology,

  • Metaphysics, Methodology and Philosophy of Science. (Dordrecht, Holland: D. Reidel Publishing Company, 1983). ISBN: 9027714967.

  • Harrison, Peter. The Bible, Protestantism, and the Rise of Modern Science. (Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 1998). ISBN: 0521591961.

  • Howell, Kenneth J. God’s Two Books: Copernican Cosmology and Biblical Interpretation in Early Modern

  • Science. (Notre Dame, Indiana: Universityof Notre Dame Press, 2002). ISBN: 0268010455.

  • Jammer, Max. Einstein and Religion. (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1999). ISBN: 0691006997.

  • Lindberg, David C. The Beginnings of Western Science: The European Scientific Tradition in Philosophical,

  • Religious, and Institutional Context, 600 B.C. to A.D. 1450. (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1993). ISBN: 0226482316.

  • Murphy, Nancey. Theology in the Age of Scientific Reasoning. (Ithaca: Cornell Univ., 1990). ISBN: 0801481147.

  • Pannenberg, Wolfhart. Theology and the Philosophy of Science.(Philadelphia: Westminster, 1976). ISBN: 0232512906.

  • Peters, Ted, ed. Genetics: Issues of Social Justice. (Cleveland: Pilgrim, 1998). ISBN: 0829812512.

  • ______. God - the World's Future: Systematic Theology for a Postmodern Era. (Minneapolis: Fortress, 1992). ISBN: 0800625420.

  • ______. Science, Theology and Ethics. (Ashgate, 2001).

  • Rae, Murray, Hilary Regan and John Stenhouse, eds. Science and Theology: Questions at the Interface. (Edinburgh: T&T Clark, 1994). ISBN: 0802808166.

  • Richardson , W. Mark, and Wesley J. Wildman, eds. Religion and Science: History, Method, and Dialogue.  (New York: Routledge, 1996). ISBN: 0415916674.

  • Russell, Robert John, William R. Stoeger and George V. Coyne, eds. Physics, Philosophy and Theology. (Vatican City State and Berkeley, CA: Vatican Observatory and CTNS, 1988). ISBN: 0268015767.

  • ______, Nancey Murphy and C. J. Isham, eds. Quantum Cosmology and the Laws of Nature: Scientific Perspectives on Divine Action. (Vatican City State and Berkeley, CA: Vatican Observatory and CTNS, 1993). ISBN: 0268039763.

  • ______, Nancey Murphy and Arthur Peacocke, eds.  Chaos and Complexity: Scientific Perspectives on Divine Action. (Vatican City State and Berkeley, CA: Vatican Observatory and CTNS, 1995). ISBN: 0268008124.

  • ______, Nancey Murphy, Theo C. Meyering and Michael A. Arbib, eds.  Neuroscience and the Person: Scientific Perspectives on Divine Action.(Vatican City State and Berkeley, CA: Vatican Observatory and CTNS, 1999). ISBN: 0268014906.

  • ______, William S.J. Stoeger, and Francisco Ayala, eds. Evolution and Molecular Biology: Scientific Perspectives on Divine Action. (Vatican City State and Berkeley: Vatican Observatory and CTNS, 1998). ISBN: 0268027536.

  • ______, Nancey Murphy, Theo C. Meyering and Michael A. Arbib, eds. Neuroscience and the Person: Scientific Perspectives on Divine Action.  (Vatican City State and Berkeley: Vatican Observatory and CTNS, 1999).  ISBN: 0268014906.

  • ______, Philip Clayton, John Polkinghorne, and Kirk Welter-McNelly, eds. Quantum Mechanics: Scientific Perspectives on Divine Action. (Vatican City State and Berkeley : VaticanObservatory and CTNS, 2001). ISBN: 026803978x.

  • ______, Philip Clayton, W. Mark Richardson, Kirk Wegter-McNelly. Science and the Spiritual Quest: New Essays by Leading Scientists. (Londonand New York : Routledge, 2002). ISBN: 0415257662.

  • Stenmark, Mikael. Rationality in Science, Religion and Everyday Life: A Critical Evaluation of Four Models of Rationality. (Notre Dame: Univ. of Notre Dame, 1995). ISBN: 0268016518.

  • Torrance, Thomas. Theological Science. (Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark Ltd., 1996). ISBN: 0567085147.

  • ______. Reality and Scientific Theology. (Edinburgh: Scottish Academic Press, 1985). ISBN: 0707304296.

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CTNS Recommended: Basic Level
CTNS Recommended: Intermediate Level
CTNS Recommended: Research Level
CTNS/Vatican Observatory Series: Scientific Perspectives on Divine Action
Books on Science and Religion - General
Books on Physics and Theology
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)