In a time when the relation of theology to science is in question,
due in part to the unwitting fideism of religious fundamentalists
and, conversely, as a result of the equally fundamentalist
diatribes of the so-called "New Atheists," How Science Enriches
Theology provides a much-needed demonstration of the possibility
and necessity for dialogue and integration between the two
perspectives or fields of inquiry. Far from being in the unhappy
throes of divorce, theology and science must renew their common
commitment to the use of reason! This work is written by two
formidable thinkers who have each written extensively on the
foundations of natural science and related issues - including the
inherently evolutionary nature and development of the cosmos. Now
they team up to show the fruitful impact of science on theology as
a use of reason in the service of Christian faith. In its
philosophical or 'cenoscopic' foundations, science can support the
truths of monotheistic faith and provide a corrective to both
materialist and spiritualist forms of monism. Meanwhile, with the
advance of science in the modern sense, the special sciences as
'ideoscopic,' we can see not only the traces of God's existence,
but of the Trinitarian nature of God, the Divine Persons of the
Godhead, as proposed in Christian faith. Make no mistake, the
authors are sure to uphold the indemonstrability of
Christian-specific doctrines, such as the Trinity and the
Incarnation; but, with Augustine and Aquinas, they affirm that
creation is rife with traces of the divine. The validity of
theology does not reduce to the deliverances of the modern
sciences, but the latter can undoubtedly aid the person of faith in
the "evolution" of his or her theological understanding and embrace
of faith as beyond - but not contrary to - reason properly
exercised. For example, the immensity and depth of our universe, as
indicated alike by relativity theory and quantum theory, along with
the biological, chemical, and physical diversity and dynamic
stability contained within the universe's vast limits, enrich our
understanding of God the Father. Our universe's order, uniqueness,
and intelligibility suggest how we may better understand the Divine
Logos, Jesus Christ. While further the evolution, freedom, and
plenitude of the cosmos reveal the character of God the Holy
Spirit. In How Science Enriches Theology, Ashley and Deely present
a veritably "theosemiotic picture" of the universe, and one which
avoids the naive reductionisms of mind to matter, culture to
society, biology to physics, and cenoscopic to ideoscopic science.
But not only do the authors of this stellar book explore the
diverse riches of creation's many nooks and crannies; they do not
balk at concluding with the speculative but inevitable question,
Where is creation headed?, while also providing a tentative answer
to how we might reconcile the inevitable consequences of the Second
Law of Thermodynamics with the Book of Revelation's eschatological
promise of a New Heavens and a New Earth.
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