Science and Religion: Perspectives Across Disciplines interweaves Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) fields with the arts, humanities, theology, and psychology to cultivate discussion on science and religion alongside biblical interpretation. This anthology is paradoxically ecumenical, for it embraces unifying and disparate positions without being prescriptive or exclusive. It is both synergistic and disruptive. Building on this premise, the Advent and Easter stories are examined through praxes from STEM, theology, and psychology. Taken together, this anthology allows for connection between disciplines by creating community in the midst of differing approaches to the study of science and religion.
Claudia May is Program Director and professor of reconciliation studies, and the Executive Director of Community Engaged Learning at Bethel University. Channon Visscher is associate professor of chemistry and planetary sciences at Dordt University.
Acknowledgments Introduction: The Pervading Intricacy of the World's Detail: Science and Religion Across Diverse Perspectives, Claudia May and Channon Visscher Chapter One: Bridging the Disciplines: Reflections on Interdisciplinarity and the Unity of Knowledge, Alister E. McGrath Chapter Two: The Beginnings of Science in the Western World, John Hedley Brooke Chapter Three: On Leibniz's Objection against Substantivalism, Omar Fakhri Chapter Four: Science as Storytelling: Making the Moon, Channon Visscher Chapter Five: Heaven and Earth in Earnest: Annie Dillard's Natural Theology, Barrett Fisher Chapter Six: Finite Ear, Infinite God: The Living Art and Science Heard in God's Creation, Marcus Simmons Chapter Seven: Art, Imago, and Human Dignity, Wayne L. Roosa Chapter Eight: The Science of Propriety in Florence Nightingale's Bible, Bernon Lee Chapter Nine: Inference to the Best Explanation: Potential Gateways to the Relationship Between Science and Religion and Multidisciplinary Interpretations of Biblical Stories, Claudia May Chapter Ten: Advent and Easter in the Gospel Narratives, Mike Holmes Chapter Eleven: The Face of Christmas, Sherryse L. Corrow Chapter Twelve: Eternal Evolution in the New Creation: A Proposal, Cara M. Wall-Scheffler Chapter Thirteen: Paradoxical Presence: God with us In Time and Space, Julie Hogan Chapter Fourteen: Do We Need a Nano-Theology? Christian Engagement at the Cutting Edge, Nathan Lindquist Chapter Fifteen: Psychological Views of the Resurrection: The Integral Role of Paradox, Angela M. Sabates Chapter Sixteen: Easter as Divine Summons: A Theological Reflection, Victor I. Ezigbo Chapter Seventeen:Faith, Fundamentalism, and the Guild: The Challenge of Our Discrepant Gospels, Juan Hernandez Jr. Conclusion: Science and Religion: Furthering Multidisciplinary Entanglements, Claudia May About the Contributors
'This is an engaging and timely book from both well-established scholars in science and religion and from new and impressive voices as well. It highlights the diversity of approaches required to address some of the most pressing issues facing us today and that drawing on many different disciplines across the sciences and humanities is needed to unify our increasingly fragmented world.' Michael Burdett, University of Nottingham -- Michael Burdett, University of Nottingham
