Liberal Protestantism and Science

by Leslie A. Muray

Overview

Many students and members of the public who follow news reports on science and religion may think that Protestantism and science are in conflict. But while evangelical attacks on evolution may make the headlines, many mainstream Protestant groups have long embraced science and the scientific worldview. This volume in the Greenwood Guides to Science and Religion covers those Protestant thinkers who seek to use the insights of science to further their understanding of religion and faith.

In addition, the volume will also discuss such trends at the liberal protestant acceptance of evolution, the advent of ecotheology, and the Social Gospel.

The volume includes a selection of primary source documents, a glossary and a timeline, and an annotated bibliography of the most useful resources for further research.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780313337017
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	12/30/2007
Series:	Greenwood Guides to Science and Religion
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	184
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Leslie A. Muray is a Professor of Philosophy and Religion at Curry College.

Table of Contents

Foreword   John B. Cobb, Jr.     ix
Series Foreword     xiii
Acknowledgments     xxi
Introduction     1
The Enlightenment and Romanticism     7
The Enlightenment     7
Romanticism     13
The Darwinian Controversy and Liberal Protestantism     19
The Liberal Embrace of Darwinism     19
Social Darwinism     28
The Social Gospel     29
Lux Mundi     33
Science, Liberal Protestantism, and the Twentieth Century: 1900-1960     39
The Convergence of Science and Religion     39
The Neo-Orthodox Interlude: The Independence of Science and Religion     54
Science, Liberal Protestantism, and the Twentieth/Twenty-First Centuries: 1960-2006     63
The Dialogue Resumes     63
Process Theology     80
The Integration of Science and Religion     87
Ecotheology: The Frontier between Science and Religion     105
Conclusion     113
Primary Sources     115
Science and Religion: From Conflict to Conversation   John F. Haught     116
The Evolution of Christianity   Lyman Abbott     117
The Idea of God asAffected by Modern Knowledge   John Fiske     120
"The Christian Doctrine of God." In Lux Mundi: A Series of Studies in the Religion of the Incarnation   Rev. Aubrey Moore     125
Creation and the World of Science: The Re-Shaping of Belief   Arthur Peacocke     127
Dancing with the Sacred: Evolution, Ecology, and God   Karl E. Peters     131
Annotated Bibliography     135
Index     151

Editorial Reviews

In six chapters the author narrates the story of Liberal Protestantism's embrace of modern science….This book is a valuable introduction to important contributions to the important issues of the relation of science to religion. Liberal Protestantism contradicts the conventional stereotype of perceiving religion and science as inimical. It advocates dialogue and ultimately integration. This book is a valuable contribution to an important debate.” —Catholic Library World

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