
A John Haught Reader
Essential Writings on Science and Faith
John F. Haught(Author)
Wipf and Stock Publishers
Published on 6. November 2018
360 pages
978-1-5326-6104-4 (ISBN)
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Classical Christian theologies came to expression at a time when the universe seemed relatively fixed and unchanging. The otherworldly spiritual instincts of many religions reflected a static, vertical, and hierarchical understanding of the natural world. Today, however, especially because of developments in the sciences, it appears that the universe is still coming into being. The writings offered in this book reflect their author's belief that if the universe is unfinished, new thoughts about God and all the traditional theological topics are essential to make sense of it all. John Haught argues that the universe is best understood according to the metaphor of drama rather than design. This means that the most important question in science and theology today is not whether the intricate complexity of life points to a deity, or even how God acts in nature, but whether the cosmic drama as a whole carries a meaning.
Unfortunately, the devotional life of most religious people on our planet still presupposes an essentially immobile universe. Christian instruction, for example, continues to nurture an otherworldly piety that estranges nature unnecessarily from God. The readings in this book, however, suggest that the ancient Abrahamic hope for the coming of God from out of the future may now become the foundation of a scientifically up-to-date theology of nature that affirms divine transcendence without robbing nature of its significance.
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United States
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John F. Haught is Distinguished Research Professor of theology at Georgetown University in Washington, DC. He has dedicated his academic life to teaching, lecturing, and writing on issues pertaining to science, cosmology, evolution, ecology, and religion. He is best known for his works on evolution and Christian faith. He is the author of twenty books, including God After Darwin and (most recently) The New Cosmic Story: Inside Our Awakening Universe.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Introduction
- My Life in Science and Theology
- Books by John F. Haught
- Part I: God, Science & Religion
- 1: Depth
- 2: Future
- 3: Freedom
- 4: Beauty
- 5: Truth
- 6: Mystery
- 7: Religion
- 8: Is Religion Opposed to Science?
- Part II: God, Evolution & Darwin
- 9: Does Evolution Rule Out God's Existence?
- 10: Darwin's Dangerous Idea
- 11: Darwin
- 12: Theology Since Darwin
- 13: Darwin's Gift to Theology
- 14: A God for Evolution
- Part III: God, Science & Revelation
- 15: Revelation Theology
- 16: Religion and Revelation
- 17: Revelation and the Cosmos
- 18: Revelation and the Self
- 19: Reason and Revelation
- 20: Science and Revelation
- Part IV: God, Science & Purpose
- 21: Does the Universe Have a Purpose?
- 22: Do We Belong Here?
- 23: What's Going on in the Universe?
- 24: Purpose
- 25: Astrobiology and Cosmic Purpose
- Part V: God, Suffering & Death
- 26: Suffering
- 27: Suffering: From Expiation to Expectation
- 28: Drama
- 29: Death
- 30: Death, Resurrection, and the Unfinished Universe
- Part VI: God, Hope & Atheism
- 31: Science and Christian Hope
- 32: The Congregation of Hope
- 33: How New Is the New Atheism?
- 34: How Atheistic Is the New Atheism?
- 35: Christian Theology and the New Atheism
- Bibliography
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