The Blackwell Companion to Science and Christianity is a reference work in
science and religion, edited by
James B. Stump and Alan G. Padgett, and published by
Wiley-Blackwell in 2012. It contains 54 new essays written by an international list of 55 authors, many of them leading scholars in the discipline of science and religion, and others new or up-and-coming voices in the field. The editors claim, "We are seeking to introduce and advance serious thinking and talking about science and Christianity, particularly as they interconnect. We are reflecting on the work of scientists and theologians, trying to find points of contact and points of tension which help to illuminate these practices and doctrines in clear, scholarly light."[1] The book has received positive reviews in Choice,[2]Reference Reviews,[3]Themelios[4] and Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith.[5] The article by
Sean M. Carroll generated significant attention when it was discussed on the Huffington Post.[6]
Contents
Part I - Historical Episodes
Early Christian Belief in Creation and the Beliefs Sustaining the Modern Scientific Endeavor, by Christopher B. Kaiser
The Copernican Revolution and the Galileo Affair, by Maurice A. Finocchiaro
Women, Mechanical Science, and God in the Early Modern Period, by Jacqueline Broad
Christian Responses to Darwinism in the Late Nineteenth Century, by
Peter J. Bowler
Science Falsely so Called: Fundamentalism and Science, by Edward B. Davis
Part II - Methodology
How to Relate Science and Christian Faith, by Mikael Stenmark
^Stump and Padgett (eds.) (2012). Blackwell Companion to Science and Christianity. Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell. pp. xix.
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^Pearson, S. C. (2012). "The Blackwell companion to science and Christianity". Choice: 684.
^Hannabuss, Stuart (2013). "The Blackwell Companion to Science and Christianity". Reference Reviews. 27 (1): 15–16.
doi:
10.1108/09504121311290336.