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Issues in science and Religion
Barbour , Ian G.
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1- Introduction PART ONE: Religion and the History of Science 2: Physics and Metaphysics in the Seventeen the Century I. THE MEDIEVAL WORLD-DRAMA 1. Methods in Science: Explanation by Purposes 2. Nature as a Hierarchy of Beings 3. Methods in Theology: Reason and Revelation 4. God as the Supreme Good 5. Man as Center of the Cosmic Drama II. GALILEO'S Two New Sciences" 1. Methods in Science: Mathematics and Observation 2. Nature as Particles in Motion 3. Methods in Theology: Aristotle, Scripture, and Nature 4. God as First Cause 5. Man, as Demoted Spectator III THE NEWTONIAN WORLD-MACHINE 1. Methods in Science: Experiment and Theory 2. Nature as a Law-Abiding Machine 3. Methods in Theology: "Natural Theology" 4. God as Divine Clock-Maker 5. Man, as Rational Mind V. SUMMARY 3- Nature and God in the Eighteenth Century I- THE AGE OF REASON 1. Nature as a Deterministic Mechanism 2, God as a Debatable Hypothesis 3, Man, as Perfectible by Reason IV. Contributions OF RELIGION TO THE RISE OF SCIENCE 44 1. Attitudes Toward Nature and the Doctrine of Creation 2. The "Protestant Ethic" and the Pursuit of Science II. THE ROMANTIC REACTION 1, Romanticism in Literature 2. Pietism and Methodism III PHILOSOPHICAL RESPONSES 1. Scientific Empiricism and Religious Agnosticism (Hume) 2. Science and Religion as Separate Realms (Kant) IV. Summary 4- Biology and Theology in the Nineteenth Century I. DARWIN AND NATURAL SELECTION 1. Forerunners of Darwin 2. Darwin's Scientific Work 3. Nature as Dynamic Process II. THEOLOGICAL Issue IN EVOLUTION 1. God and Nature: The Challenge to Design 2. Man, and Nature: The Challenge to Human Dignity 3. Methods in Science: The Challenge of Evolutionary Ethics 4. Methods in Theology: The Challenge to Scripture III DIVERGING CURRENTS IN THEOLOGY 1. Traditionalist Responses to Evolution 2. The Modernist Movement 3. The Rise of Liberal Theology 4. Naturalistic Philosophies of Evolution IV. summary 5- Science and Religion in the T'wentietb Century I. CONTRASTS OF THEOLOGY AND SCIENCE 1. God's Self-Revelation versus Man's Discovery (Neo-Orthodoxy) 2. Subjective Involvement versus Objective Detachment (Existentialism) 3. The Variety of Uses of Language (Linguistic Analysis) II. PARALLELS OF THEOLOGY AND SCIENCE 1. Similar Attitudes in Science and Religion (Liberal Theology) 2. An Inclusive Metaphysical System (Process Philosophy) III. DERIVATIONS OF THIEOLOGY FROM Science 1. Arguments from Design and Order 2. 2. Arguments from Physics and Biology PART TWO 6 The Methods of Science 137 I. Experience AND INTERPRETATION IN SCIENCE 1. The Interaction of Experiment and Theory 2. The Formation of Theories 3. Criteria for Evaluating Theories 4. Understanding as the Goal of Science II. THE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY AND ITs LANGUAGE 1. The Scientific Community and Its Paradigms 2. The Symbolic Character of Scientific Language 3. The Use of Analogies and Models III. THE RELATION OF SCIENTIFIC Concepts TO REALITY Religion and the Methods of Science 1. Theories as Summaries of Data (Positivism) 2. Theories as Useful Tools (Instrumentalism) 3. Theories as Mental Structures (Idealism) IV. Conclusions: ON Knowling IN Science 4. Theories as Representations of the World (Realism) 7- From the Sciences to the Humanities I. OBJECTIVITY AND PERSONAL INVOLVEMENT IN SCIENCE 1. The Influence of the Observer on the Data 2. The Personal Judgment of the Scientist 3. Objectivity as Intersubjective Testability II- OBJECTIVITY AND PERSONAL INVOLVEMENT IN THE Social Sciences 1. Personal Involvement and the Study of Man 2. Subjectivity and Objectivity in the Social Sciences III. LAWFULNESS AND UNIQUENESS IN HISTORY 1. The Uniqueness of Historical Events 2. The Logic of Historical Explanation IV. conclusions: ON SUBJECT AND OBJECT 8- The Methods of Religion I. Experience AND INTERPRETATION IN RELIGION 1. Religious Experience and Theological Interpretation 2. The Christian Experience of Reconciliation 3. The Role of the Religious Community 4. Analogies and Models in Religious Language II. PERSONAL INVOLVEMENT AND RELIGIOUS FAITH 1. Personal Participation and "Ultimate Concern" 2. Biblical Theology versus Natural Theology 3. The Interaction of Faith and Reason 4. Religious Commitment and Reflective Inquiry III- REVELATION AND UNIQUENESS 1. Revelation and Interpretation 2. Revelation and Human Experience 3. The Problem of Particularity IV. INTERIM conclusions 9- The Languages of Science and Religion I. VERIFICATION AND RELIGIOUs LANGUAGE 1. Verification by Sense-Data (Logical Positivism) 2. The Diverse Uses of Language (Linguistic Analysis) 3. Cognitive and Noncognitive Functions in Religion 4. Theism and Verifiability II. THE EVALUATION OF RELIGIOUs BELIEFS 1. Criteria for Evaluating Religious Beliefs 2. Naturalistic Interpretations of Religion 3. The Limits of Evaluation 4. World-Views and Metaphysical Systems III. CONCLUSIONS: ON METHODS IN SCIENCE AND RELIGION PART THREE I0- Physics and Indeterminacy I. THE STRANGE WORLD OF THE ATOM 1. The Background of Nineteenth-Century Physics 2. The Quantum Theory 3. The Heisenberg Principle and the Wave-Particle Dualism 4. The Principle of Complementarity II. IMPLICATIONS OF THE New PHYSICS 1. The Downfall of Naive Realism 2. "Idealist" Interpretations of Physics 3. The Significance of Complementarity 4. The Whole and the Parts III. INTERPRETATIONS OF INDETERMINACY 1. Uncertainty as Human Ignorance (Einstein, Bohm) 2. Uncertainty as Experimental or Conceptual Limitations (Bohr) 3. Uncertainty as Indeterminacy in Nature (Heisenberg) IV. INDETERMINACY AND HUMAN FREEDOM 1. Assertions of Determinism 2. Freedom as Indeterminacy 3. Freedom as an Alternative Language 4. Freedom as Act of the Total Person V- conclusions: ON IMPLICATIONS OF PHYSICS Religion and the Theories of Science 11- Life and Mind 317 I- THE Physical BASIS OF LIFE 1. The Living and the Nonliving 2. DNA and the Genetic Code 3. The Physiology of the Brain II. EMERGENCE VERSUS REDUCTION 1. Vitalism, Mechanism, and Organicism 2. The Logic of Reduction 3. Levels of Scientific Analysis 4. Parts and Wholes III. TELEOLOGY VERSUS MECHANISM 1. Four Meanings of Purpose 2. The Directiveness of Organisms 3. Spontaneity and Self-Creation (Whitehead) IV. THE STATUS OF MIND 1. Computers and Minds 2. The Mind-Body Problem 3. A "Two-Aspect" Theory V. conclusions: ON MAN AND NATURE I2- Evolution and Creation I- THE Evolving UNIVERSE 1. Theories of Creation in Astronomy 2. From Matter to Man 3. Genes, Mutations, and Natural Selection II- TRADITIONAL THEISM AND THE DOCTRINE OF CREATION 1. The Origins of Man (Roman Catholicism 2. The Religious Meaning of Creation (Neo-Orthodoxy) 3. Creation and Evolution as Unrelated Languages 4. Continuing Creation III. LIBERAL THEOLOGY AND THE ARGUMENT FROM DESIGN 1. Alleged Inadequacies of Evolutionary Theory 2. Design in the Structure of the World IV. Evolutionary THEISM AND THE IMMANENCE OF God 1. Emergent Evolution 2. The "Convergence" of Evolution (Teilhard) 3. Reactions to Teilhard V-. Evolutionary NATURALISM AND THE STATUS OF MAN 1. The "Evolutionary Vision" (Huxley) 2. Critiques of Evolutionary Ethics I3¬- GOD AND NATURE VI. CONCLUSIONS: ON CONTINUING CREATION I. Classical VIEWS 1. God as Sovereign Redeemer (Barth) 2. God as Primary Cause (Neo-Thomism) 3. God as Controller of Indeterminacies (Pollard) II. Existentialist AND LINGUISTIC VIEWS 1. God in the Sphere of Selfhood (Bultmann) 2. God in a Distinctive Dimension (Heim) 3. God and Man's Attitude Toward Events (Linguistic Analysis) IIL, Process Views 1. God as Creative Persuasion (Whitehead) 2. God as Sympathetic Participant (Hartshorne) 3. Discussion of Process Views IV, conclusions: Toward A Theology OF Nature Index
MIRACLE OF THE MICROPHONE
OLIPHANT , BILL
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BIBLE LANDS AND THEIR EXPLORATIONS
HORN , Siegfried H.
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THE QUOTABLE BILLY GRAHM
GRAHAM , Billy
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INTRODUCTION ACKNOWLEDGMENTS QUOTATIONS Alphabetically arranged by Primary Sybject INDEX CRUSUADES Brief Chronological History of the Crusades of Billy Graham
SO YOU WANT TO BE A LEADER!
Pierson , Robert H.
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Why Does the Church Need Leaders? Do You Truly Measure Up? Do You Know Where You Are Going and Why? How Do You Get Along With People? Can You Really Lead Men? Can You Put Yourself in the Other Man's Shoes? What Kind of Committee Chairman Are You? Do You Know How to Make Decisions? Can You Promote? How Do You Badger Your Time? Do You Know How to Carry on Effective and Cordial Correspondence? How Do You Fare When the Going Is Rough? Can You Take Criticism? Do You Have Confidence in the Brethren? Is God Your Partner? Have You Lost Your Sense of Urgency? Is There Fire Inside? An Administrator's Prayer Appendix INIVERS
SO YOU WANT TO BE A LEADER!
Pierson , Robert H.
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Why Does the Church Need Leaders? Do You Truly Measure Up? Do You Know Where You Are Going and Why? How Do You Get Along With People? Can You Really Lead Men? Can You Put Yourself in the Other Man's Shoes? What Kind of Committee Chairman Are You? Do You Know How to Make Decisions? Can You Promote? How Do You Badger Your Time? Do You Know How to Carry on Effective and Cordial Correspondence? How Do You Fare When the Going Is Rough? Can You Take Criticism? Do You Have Confidence in the Brethren? Is God Your Partner? Have You Lost Your Sense of Urgency? Is There Fire Inside? An Administrator's Prayer Appendix INIVERS
ARCHEOLOGY AND OUR OLD TESTAMENT CONTEMPORARIES
KELSO , James
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Foreword Abraham ,international business Genius and Christian Saint Moses ,History's Unique Statesman Joshua ,Whose Name Means Jesus The Israelite Judgeships and the New Nations of Today The Statesmen David and Churchill Solomon ,the King with many a Ph.D Civil war then and now Elijah ,the Abraham Lincoln of the Israelites Jonah didn't believe in foreign Missions either Amos,A Salvation Army Preacher Isaiah and Calvin Apostasies and Reformations Cyrus anticipated the USA The spiritual Drought of Intertestament Times and Today Epilogue
VERS UNE EGLISE POUR LES AUTRES : A la recherche de structures pour les communautés missionnaires
CASALIS, HOLLENWEGER, KELLER , Georges, Walter J., Paul
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LA MISSION DE DIEU qu'est ce que la mission , par Colin .w. Williams et J.C. Hoekendijk Esquisse d'une doctrine de la mission , par le Groupe d'étude d'Europe occidentale , Driebergen Dieu dans l'histoire , par la commission d'études élargies , Borssey, avril 1964 la présence du Christ dans le monde profane , par Johannes Hamel Christus intra et extra muros ecclesiae, pae Walter J. Hollenweger LE MONDE EN TRANSFORMATION le changement , une donnée permanente , par Hans Schmidt le monde en transformation , par Paul Keller les transformations historiques et l'espérance Chrétienne , par Théo Vogt remarques d'ordre sociologique , par Joachin Matthes la sécularisations : un don de Dieu ? pae le groupe d'études d'Europes occidentale , Villemétrie , octobre 1963 participation et contestation : problèmes de la mission dans un contexte socialiste le milieu*la tentation en relisant une page de Nietzsche, par E Mathiot DANS LE MONDE .... PAS DU MONDE l'Eglise réduite à sa plus simple expression , par Georges Casalis fondamentalisme morphologique, par J.C Hoekendijk et Hans Schmidt l'Eglise servante du seigneur du monde , par le groupe d'études d'Europes occidentale , Villemétrie 1963 Christ - monde - Eglise - , par Georges Casalis LE RISQUE MISSIONNAIRE la tradition mise à l'épreuve , par Thomas Wieser a propos du prosélytisme , par J.C Hoekendijk l'Eglise , un laboratoire , par Werner Simpfendorfer le témoignage des laïcs par Paul Loffler ministère et ministères, par Theophil Vogt les structures de l'église dans la zone humaine , par le groupe d'études d'Europe occidentale et Eglise réformée de France VISAGES DE L'EGLISES DE DEMAIN quand les structures sont devenues hérétiques , par Werner Simpfendorfer le culte et la mission , par le groupe d'études d'Europes occidentales signes de renouveau , par le groupe l'œcuménique d 'études de la Républiques démocratiques allemande Charismes nouveaux, par Werner Krusche l'église locale : communauté des communautés ,par Paul Keller vers de nouvelles structures des églises urbaines , par Walter J. Hollenweger une communauté de serveice , par Jacques Beaumont a la recherche d'une Eglise missionnaire , rapport au comités central du conseil œcuménique des 2glises , Enugu 1965 conclusion le prix de la missionnaire , par Letty Russell envoi appendices bibliographie sommaire bibliographie française théologie protestante; conseil œcuménique des Eglises; catholique; sociologie : travaux catholiques; travaux protestante bibliographie générale théologie sociologie collaborateurs
What the Bible is all about
MEARS , Henrietta C.
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Bible Lands Egypt, Canaan, Sinai Peninsula Palestine, Israel and Judah Palestine, Tribes of Israel Palestine, New Testament Mediterranean Lands Understanding the Bible Understanding Genesis Understanding Exodus Understanding Leviticus Understanding Numbers Understanding Deuteronomy Understanding Joshua Understanding Judge and Ruth Understanding I Samuel Understanding II Samuel Understanding Kings and Chronicles Understanding Ezra and Nehemiah Understanding Old Testament Genesis through Nehemiah Understanding Esther Understanding Job Understanding Psalm Understanding Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon Understanding Isaiah Understanding Jeremiah and Lamentations Understanding Ezekiel Understanding Daniel Understanding Hosea, Daniel, Amos Understanding Obadiah, Jonah, Micah Understanding Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah Understanding Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi A quick look at the Old Testament Esther through Malachi Understanding the Gospel Understanding Matthew Understanding Mark Understanding Luke Understanding John Understanding Acts Understanding Romans Understanding I Corinthians Understanding II Corinthians Understanding Galatians Understanding Ephesians Understanding Philippians Understanding Colossians Understanding I Thessalonians Understanding II Thessalonians Understanding I Timothy Understanding II Timothy Understanding Titus and Philemon Understanding Hebrews Understanding James Understanding I Peter Understanding II Peter Understanding I, II, III John and Jude Understanding Revelation A quick look of New Testament Colossians through Revelation Teaching Suggestions Visual Teaching Aids Time Line- Genesis to Nehemiah
THE DOCUMENTS OF VATICAN II
ABBOTT , Walter M.
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Preface to the Translation Abbreviations Introduction, Lawrence Cardinal Shehan An Adventure in Ecumenical Cooperation, Bishop Reuben H. Mueller Prayer of the Council Fathers OPENING MESSAGE THE CHURCH Introduction, Rev. Avery Dulles, S.J. DOGMATIC CONSTITUTION ON THE CHURCH (LUMEN GENTIUM) A Response, Dr. Albert C. Outler REVELATION Introduction, Very Rev. R. A. F. MacKenzie, S.J. DOGMATIC CONSTITUTION ON DIVINE REVELATION (DEI VERBUM) A Response, Prof. Frederick C. Grant LITURGY Introduction, Rev. C. J. McNaspy, S.J. CONSTITUTION ON THE SACRED LITURGY (SACROSANCTUM CONCILIUM) A Response, Prof. Jaroslav J. Pelikan THE CHURCH TODAY Introduction, Rev. Donald R. Campion, S.J. PASTORAL CONSTITUTION ON THE CHURCH IN THE MODERN WORLD (GAUDIUM ET SPES) A Response, Dr. Robert McAfee Brown COMMUNICATIONS Introduction, Rev. Thomas J. M. Burke, S.J. DECREE ON THE INSTRUMENTS OF SOCIAL COMMUNICATION (INTER MIRIFICA) A Response, Dr. Stanley I. Stuber ECUMENISM Introduction, Rev. Walter M. Abbott, S.J.
DANIEL
Lanares , P
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DANIEL
Lanares , P
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DANIEL
Lanares , P
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ONCE A SMUGGLER
Henrickson , Jewel H.
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5 4 6 7 8 2 3 11 12 Chapter 10 Prison Bars The Ringleader The Dropout The Telegram The Reluctant Bridegroom The Smuggler The Pet The Christian Dog The Freeman The College Student The New Man Satisfied. Page 1 5 13 29 35 41 51 55 59 65 69 79
HOW TO GIVE AVAY YOUR FAITH
PAUL E. , LITTLE
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PREFACE 5 INTRODUCTION 7 1. THE ESSENTIAL FOUNDATION 2. HOW TO WITNESS 3. HURDLING SOCIAL BARRIERS 4. WHAT IS OUR MESSAGE? 5. WHY WE BELIEVE 23 7. WORLDLINESS: 63 6. CHRIST IS RELEVANT TODAY 8. FAITH IS THE KEY EXTERNAL OR INTERNAL? 105 55 9. FEEDING THE SPRING
CHAMPIONS ALL
BROWN , Leroy
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1, THEY STUDIED WAR No MORE-DAVID BRAINERD 2. A GIRL WHO CHANGED HER MIND-DR. IDA SCUDDER 10 3. PIONEER WITNESS-UNCLE JOHN VASSAR 4. GoD's ERRAND BoY-MICHAEL FARADAY 5. SAMMY's CALL-SAMMY MORRIS 6. THE "SwORD" WAKASA FOUND- GENERAL WAKASA 7. HE REACHED HIGH-BOB LETOURNEAU 8. GRAND LADY OF SONG-FANNIE CROSBY 9. AT ANY CoST-ANN HASSELTINE 10. GoD'S GYPSYGYPSY SMITH 11. FoR OTHERSNANNIE BURROUGHS 12. BLESSED ADVERSITY-J. HUDSON TAYLOR 13. A STRONG MAN's TURN-JoSÉ BARRETTO 14. A PROVIDENTIAL DECISION SAMUEL MILLS 15. JACK's DISCoVERY-JACK WYRTZEN 16. PEACEMAKER ON HORSEBACK-JOHN ELIOT 17. HE SANG FOR JESUS-PHILIP BLISS 18. AGAINST THE CURRENTFRANCIS AND CHRISTIANA 19. THE RIGHT NUMBER-JAMES JEFFERSON DAVIS HALL 87 20. MELODY MAKER-IRA D. SANKEY
Salomon le Magnifique
GAUBERT , H.
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Table des matières Avertissement L'historien et les chroniqueurs L'aube radieuse. Pleins feux sur Ia gloire de Salomon Les ombres du crépuscule. Conclusion ; Salomon devant I'histoire Bibliographie . Table des graphiques . Table des cartes Table des dessins et croquis
THE CHURCH INSIDE OUT
HOEKENDIJK , J.C.
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PART ONE: The Church as Function of the Apostolate I. The Call to Evangelism II. The Church in Perspective III. Apostolate: Communicating with Fellow Travelers IV. A Changed Church in a Changed Society V. The Life of the Christian Community PART Two: The Encounter of Church and World VI. Mission in the City VII. Church and Race VIII. The Diaconate IX, Safety Last X. On the Way to the World of Tomorrow Bibliograpby
CHRISTENDOM
BAINTON , ROLAND
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Iather Alaban Mive 15alrylninn (aprasy The D o Rejeztim Pots || e Mii:try of Chuist ar the Knnergene of the Chu 37 l'assitn and Dratl, Karly Christians Apatle Paul 27 Martyrs Mysteries | Christ Against Cacsar Costkism Creed snd Canon The CluHch of Rome Chuth Fsthers Contents The Cods of Rome The Early Chrch RAHnan Views of Chist ians $5 The Chrstian Way of Lite Pereutns Forgivenes of Sin Neoplstonisn B4 VilmeI Christlan Feavts and Sacranments 73 57 76 Christian aluences on Roman Socdety IV The Christian Roman Empire Persecution of Diocletian Constantine Donatists g6 Arians 97 Council of Nicaea Byzantium 100 Julian the Apostate The Christian State Eastern Monasticism St. Jerome 106 The Second Rome Justinian 110 Byzantinc Culture 145 Mores 147 CHRISIENDOM The British Isles The Mohammedans VI The Quest for Order St. Augustine 121 Barbarian Invasions Conversions 134 Western Monasticism The Papacy and the State Ireland 143 Gaul Consolidation of Power VII Medieval Christendom V The Conversion of the Barbarians Gothic 195 Law and Justice Innocent llI The Irish Monks Columbanus and Columba 103 Charlemagne 159 So-called Dark Ages Cluny 168 The Investiture Controversy The Rise of the Universities Scholasticism 184 Chivalry 187 Abelard and Heloise 189 Cistercians and Bernard of Clairvaux The Slavic Peoples The First Crusade St. Fa is Bd N Index F mony of the Miallle Agrs Meeies Iqitom Tongs Aqunas Dante Aighueri VIII 1le DeiIe of the Papacy 'The Rie of Nations Avignon 228 Kuglhts T'emplars Church Revenues 'Ihe Great SchisII Jolın Wyclifte Jobn lu5s Humamism The Mystics Selected Bibliography Council of Bascl 241 Renaissance ninir: "The Renaissance Popcs and Princes Renaissance Art Illustrations The illustrations pertaining to each chapter will be found in grOups following pages 26, 50, 88, 118, 154, 180, 222, and 254.
WHEN GOD MET MEN
BIETZ , Arthur L.
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Contents 1 I Can Take Care of Myself"-Peter 2 "Let's Save the Church"Caiaphas 3 "You Have to Pull a Few Strings"-Judas 4 "Show Me a Miracle"-Herod 5 "I Was Helpless"-Pilate 6 "Let's Give Them What They Want"-Barabbas 7 "Carry Your Own Weight"-Simon of Cyrene 8 "What Does It AII Mean?"-Mary 9 "Stay With Us-Cleopas 10 "Meet My Friend"-Andrew 1 "We Know Thou Art a Teacher"-Nicodemus 12 "What Hath Love Wrought"-John 13 "Say It With Flowers"-Mary of Magdala 14 "You've Got to Show Me"-Thomas 15 "He Appeared Also Unto Me-Paul