No God, No Science: Theology, Cosmology, Biology

ISBN-13: 9781405158015 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 454 str.

Michael Hanby

Opis

No God, No Science: Theology, Cosmology, Biology presents a work of philosophical theology that retrieves the Christian doctrine of creation from the distortions imposed upon it by positivist science and the Darwinian tradition of evolutionary biology.

• Argues that the doctrine of creation is integral to the intelligibility of the world
• Brings the metaphysics of the Christian doctrine of creation to bear on the nature of science
• Offers a provocative analysis of the theoretical and historical relationship between theology, metaphysics, and science
• Presents an original critique and interpretation of the philosophical meaning of Darwinian biology

Recenzje

Space does not allow me to parse in fine detail the massive erudition that Hanby has brought to bear on this topic or the very precise and exhaustive manner in which he details his metaphysical and theological case.  (Modern Theology, 27 April 2015)

You can know "what" without knowing "how", but you can′t know "how" without knowing "what" – my short summary of this wonderful book.   (Every Good Path, 27 July 2014)

Summing Up: Recommended.  Upper–level undergraduates through researchers/faculty.   ( Choice, 1 December 2013)

Spis treści

Preface viii

Acknowledgments xi

Abbreviations xii

Primary Sources and Translations xvi

Introduction 1

Part I In the Beginning 7

1 Discourse on Method 9

2 A Brief History of the Cosmos 49

Part II The Eclipse of the Universe 105

3 The Scientific and Theological Revolution 107

4 Unnatural Theology 150

5 Darwin the Theologian 186

6 The Mystery of the Missing Organism 250

Part III Creation Without Creationism 297

7 Deus Creator Omnium 299

8 What the World Is 334

9 Saving the Appearances 375

Epilogue: Evolution of the Last Men 416

Index 422

O autorze

Michael Hanby is Associate Professor of Religion and Philosophy of Science at the Pontifical John Paul II Institute for Marriage and Family Studies at the Catholic University of America.  His previous published works include Augustine and Modernity and numerous journal articles.  He has taught previously at Baylor University and Villanova University.

Blurb

Are creation and evolution mutually exclusive terms? Or is there instead a deep relationship between science, metaphysics, and theology that can help shed light into mankind s quest for the ultimate truth? No God, No Science: Theology, Cosmology, Biology presents a comprehensive work of philosophical theology whose overarching aim is to retrieve the Christian doctrine of creation ex nihilo from the distortions imposed upon it by positivist science and the Darwinian tradition of evolutionary biology.

Noted scholar Michael Hanby cogently argues that the Christian doctrine of creation is actually essential to the intelligibility of the world and that the universe itself is a fundamentally metaphysical and theological concept. Metaphysics and theology, he reasons, are not options in the realm of science, and the intractable problems of Darwinian biology are actually the result of its faulty metaphysical and theological foundations. Putting forth a new understanding of the relationship between theology and science and an original and thought–provoking critical reassessment of  Darwinian  biology, No God, No Science changes the terms of the debate between Darwinism and theology and offers startling new insights into the potential for science and religion to coexist and flourish in the modern world.