Description

This collection addresses current controversies about the relationship between science and religion, in which Augustine is appealed to by opposing sides, showing his continuing relevance, as well as the subtlety and complexity of his views. Questions on evolution are especially focused on, and from a variety of perspectives, often with quite different conclusions between the essays. This is truly a conversation about Augustine, science, and religion.

Table of Contents

Part 1: General Observations on Scientific Method and Biblical Interpretation
Chapter 1: Augustine and the Systematic Theology of Origins
Paul L. Allen
Chapter 2: Augustine’s View of Creation and Its Modern Reception
Andrew Brown
Chapter 3: The Doctrine of Creation and Modern Science
Wolfhart Pannenberg
Chapter 4: The Contemporary Relevance of Augustine’s View of Creation
Davis A. Young
Chapter 5: The Franciscans and Natural Philosophy in the Thirteenth Century
Lawrence Osborn
Part 2: Astronomy
Chapter 6: Augustine and Astronomy
Nicholas Campion
Chapter 7: Augustine and the Shape of the Earth
C. P. E. Nothaft
Part 3: Evolution
Chapter 8: Augustine on Evolution, Time and Memory
John Caizza
Chapter 9: An Augustinian Perspective on Creation and Evolution
Rodney D. Holder
Chapter 10: Science: Augustinian or Duhemian?
Alvin Plantinga
Chapter 11: Modern Science and Augustine’s Account of Evil and Suffering
Patrick Richmond
Chapter 12: Augustine, Evolution, and Scientific Methodology
James S. Spiegel

Product details

Published Dec 27 2012
Format Hardback
Edition 1st
Extent 240
ISBN 9780739174340
Imprint Lexington Books
Dimensions 236 x 159 mm
Series Augustine in Conversation: Tradition and Innovation
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

Anthology Editor

John Doody

Anthology Editor

Adam Goldstein

Anthology Editor

Kim Paffenroth

Contributor

Paul Allen

Contributor

Andrew J. Brown

Contributor

John C. Caiazza

Contributor

Alvin Plantinga

Contributor

Davis Young

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