In this exceptional volume, Alister McGrath writes for scientists with an interest in theology, and Christians and theologians who are aware of the importance of the natural sciences. A scene-setting chapter explores the importance of the human quest for intelligibility. The focus then moves to three leading figures who have stimulated discussion about the relationship between science and theology in recent years: Charles Coulson, an Oxford professor of theoretical chemistry who was also a prominent Methodist lay preacher; Thomas F. Torrance, perhaps the finest British theologian of the twentieth century; and John Polkinghorne, a theoretical physicist, theologian and Anglican priest.
The latter part of the book features six parallel ‘conversations’ between science and theology, which lay the groundwork for the kind of enriched vision of reality the author hopes to encourage. Here, we are inspired to enjoy individual aspects of nature while seeking to interpret them in the light of deeper revelations about our gloriously strange universe.
Reimagining Nature is a new introduction
to the fast developing area of natural theology, written by one of the
world’s leading theologians. The text engages in serious theological
dialogue whilst looking at how past developments might illuminate and
inform theory and practice in the present.
This text sets
out to explore what a properly Christian approach to natural theology
might look like and how this relates to alternative interpretations of
our experience of the natural world
Alister McGrath is ideally
placed to write the book as one of the world’s best known theologians
and a chief proponent of natural theology
This new work offers
an account of the development of natural theology throughout history and
informs of its likely contribution in the present
This feeds in current debates about the relationship between science and religion, and religion and the humanities
Engages
in serious theological dialogue, primarily with Augustine, Aquinas,
Barth and Brunner, and includes the work of natural scientists,
philosophers of science, and poets
Readers may also be interested in the EPS's work on "Ramified Natural Theology" and its contributions to philosophical theology, philosophy of religion, and Christian apologetics.
Reimagining Nature is a new introduction
to the fast developing area of natural theology, written by one of the
world’s leading theologians. The text engages in serious theological
dialogue whilst looking at how past developments might illuminate and
inform theory and practice in the present.
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