THEOLOGY
A CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY OF SCIENCE Reimagining a Theological Vision of Natural Knowledge Paul Tyson Foreword by David Bentley Hart This book reframes the discussion between Christian theology and contemporary science, arguing that it is good both for reli- gion and for science when Christians treat theology as their first truth discourse. “A bold book, destined to become a classic. Cutting through the clutter of worn-out science-and-religion debates, Tyson reclaims theology as the first truth dis- course that tells us what science is and how it should function. Rarely have the foundations of modern science been subjected to a more penetrating critique.” —HANS BOERSMA, Nashotah House Theological Seminary “‘Religion and Science’ is dead. Long live Christian theology of science! Tyson shows exactly why, in a brief and exemplary manner.” —JOHN MILBANK, University of Nottingham (emeritus) “An excellent and timely book which significantly enhances our understanding of the natural sciences and their relation to theology, history, and metaphysics.” —SIMON OLIVER, Durham University “Likely to become a classic text bridging several disciplines.” —TRACEY ROWLAND, University of Notre Dame, Australia “This book is highly original and deserves a wide readership.” —SPIKE BUCKLOW, University of Cambridge “Equips people of faith and people of science with the right infrastructure for each to come to a true and fruitful encounter with the other. It could very well become the standard text for courses on this crucial crosspoint.” —MATTHEW JOHN PAUL TAN, Vianney College FROM THE FOREWORD “It was not very long ago, in relative terms, that academic polemicists could get away easily with simpleminded caricatures of ‘science’ and ‘religion,’ each term being construed as indicating a single fixed and invariable essence, and each being understood as inimical to the other. In a great deal of popular discourse, moreover, these car- icatures persist. . . . The conversation must begin again, and on a far more intelligent, historically informed, and philosophically refined basis. This is where Tyson excels, and where this book makes a humble but signal contribution.”— David Bentley Hart
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Paul Tyson (PhD, Queensland University of Technology) is a senior research fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities at the University of Queensland, Australia, where he serves as a principal investigator and the project co-coordinator for the After Science and Religion Project. His books include Returning to Reality , Kierkegaard’s Theological Sociology , and Theology and Climate Change .
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