Review in Theologische Literaturzeutung 132 (2007) 11

"Taken together, these essays give important insights into the challenging relationships among  science, theology, and culture....All in all, this volume presents a nice introduction to the issues." - Studies in Religion /Sciences Religieuses

- Bradford McCall, Studies in Religion/Sciences Religieuses

Is scientific knowledge wisdom, or is it more limited - effective, useful, applicable, but not what we mean by wisdom? And, is the wisdom of ages past embodied in the great religious traditions still wisdom for our time, as we have to face new challenges, opportunities and responsibilities? To what extent are science and theology determined by their cultural setting? To what extent do they influence the development of culture? Contributions to this book consider various interactions between science, theology and culture from the viewpoints of philosophy, ethics, ecology, hermeneutics, history, Eastern Orthodoxy and with respect to a few selected practical issues. Some authors question whether science and theology are able to be sources of wisdom at all in our days. The variety of perspectives from different cultural backgrounds are embodied in this volume and reflect the role of culture on the meta-level of writing and reading. The reader will be encouraged to 'drink' from the streams of wisdom and knowledge investigated in the book, in order to think anew about the rather simple separation between two cultures, which has prevailed for a long time in scientific, theological and cultural thinking.
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Considers various interactions between science, theology and culture from the viewpoints of philosophy, ethics, ecology, hermeneutics, history, and Eastern Orthodoxy. This volume embodies the variety of perspectives from different cultural backgrounds and reflects the role of culture on the meta-level of writing and reading.
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Progress in Science and Theology




Dirk Evers









The Reliability of Science and its Cultural Impact




Mariano Artigas









'Don't drink from that dirty stream!' The Decline of Science and Theology as Source of Wisdom in Europe




Chris Wiltsher









Disjoining Wisdom and Knowledge: Science, Theology and the Making of Western Modernity




Peter Harrison









Wisdom through Communion and Personhood: From Patristic Theology to Contemporary Science




Alexei V. Nesteruk









Walking on Hermeneutic Territory. The Horizons of Sense for a Pilgrim




Lucio Florio









Where Streams Meet? Ecology, Wisdom and Beauty in Bulgakov, Von Balthasar and Aquinas




Celia Deane-Drummond









Biotechnology and Ethics: A Locus for the Reintegration of Science and Wisdom?




Michael Fuller









Food Safety and Food Justice: Impacts of Scientific and Religious Cultures




Antje Jackelén









To Know is to Make: Knowledge, Ignorance and Belief in a Technological Society




Walther Ch. Zimmerli

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Published in association with the European Society for the Study of Science and Theology (ESSSAT).

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780567031006
Publisert
2006-03-23
Utgiver
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC; T.& T.Clark Ltd
Vekt
290 gr
Høyde
234 mm
Bredde
156 mm
Aldersnivå
UU, UP, P, 05, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
176

Om bidragsyterne

Hubert Meisinger is campus minister, Darmstadt University of Technology. Willem B. Drees is professor of philosophy of religion and ethics, Leiden University, the Netherlands. Zbigniew Lliana is Lecturer of Philosophy of Science, Pontifical Academy of Theology.