A Scientific Theology: Nature

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Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, 2001 - 325 páginas
This groundbreaking three-volume work by one of the world's best-known theologians is the most extended and systematic exploration of the relation between theology and science ever undertaken. Drawing on both his firsthand experience of scientific research and his vast knowledge of the Christian tradition, Alister McGrath explores how the natural sciences can be used by the Christian faith.

This first volume sets out a vision for a "scientific theology" in which the working assumptions of the natural sciences are critically appropriated as a theological resource. It then deals at length with the important status of nature, a concept that has rarely been given the serious consideration it deserves. Responding to the view that the term "nature" is merely a social construct, McGrath gives the concept a proper grounding in the Christian doctrine of creation, exploring in the process the use of natural theology in contemporary Christian thought.

A Scientific Theology is certain to become one of the most controversial and exciting theological publications of the decade.

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THE LEGITIMACY OF A SCIENTIFIC THEOLOGY
3
The ontological imperative for theological dialogue with
18
THE APPROACH TO BE ADOPTED
35
THE CONSTRUCTION OF NATURE
81
II
90
15
113
THE CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE OF CREATION
135
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140
responding to the Euthyphro
214
THE PURPOSE AND PLACE OF NATURAL THEOLOGY
241
Nature and natural theology
249
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266
Theodore Beza
273
natural theology
295
ANTICIPATING AN ENGAGEMENT WITH
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IMPLICATIONS OF A CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE OF CREATION
193

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Alister McGrath is currently professor of theology at Oxford and principal of Wycliffe Hall. He is a consulting editor, general editor and author of several books. He lives in Oxford, England.

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