Is God a Scientist?: A Dialogue Between Science and Religion

by R. Crawford

Overview

The scriptures of the Faiths use models to depict what God is like; namely Father, Mother, Husband, Judge, Lover, Friend, shepherd and so on. Science also uses models to advance its knowledge, and in a scientific age a model of God as the Cosmic Scientist interacting with the traditional could communicate well. It would imply that the world is a laboratory created by God in order to test whether humanity will obey his laws and live up to the values which he embraces. Using material drawn from science and six world faiths, the book shows the difference and similarity between divine and human experiments and argues that God will bring the experiment to a successful conclusion.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781403916884
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	10/01/2004
Edition description:	2005
Pages:	179
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 7.99(h) x 0.03(d)

About the Author

ROBERT CRAWFORD is a graduate of four universities and has been awarded fellowships from the Universities of London and Cape Town. He has taught at universities, polytechnics and colleges in England, the United States, Nigeria, South Africa, and Swaziland. In addition to writing seven books he has contributed many articles to religious and theological journals. Currently he is a professor working with the Open University.

Table of Contents

Introduction The Method of Science Religion and Scientific Method God Talk The Experiment Begins The Subjects of the Experiment The Test The Action of the Divine Scientist The End of the Experiment Objections to the Model of the Divine Scientist Notes Index