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An author on the cutting edge of today's theology and science
discussions argues that creedal Christianity has much to contribute
to the ongoing conversation. This book contains an intellectual
history of theology's engagement with science during the modern
period, critiques current approaches, and makes a constructive
proposal for how a Christian theological vision of natural
knowledge can be better pursued. The author explains that it is
good both for religion and for science when Christians treat
theology as their first truth discourse. Foreword by David Bentley
Hart.
Theology and Climate Change examines Progressive Dominion Theology
(PDT) as a primary cultural driver of anthropogenic climate change.
PDT is a distinctive and Western form of Christian theology out of
which the modern scientific revolution and technological modernity
arises. Basic attitudes to nature, to instrumental power over
nature, and to an understanding of humanity's relationship with
nature are a function of the deep theological preconditions of
Western modernity. Much of what we like about Western modernity is
indebted to PDT at the same time that this tacit cultural theology
is propelling us towards climate disaster. This text argues that
the urgent need to change the fundamental operational assumptions
of our way of life is now very hard for us to do, because secular
modernity is now largely unaware of its tacit theological
commitments. Modern consumer society, including the global economy
that supports this way of life, could not have the operational
signatures it currently has without its distinctive theological
origin and its ongoing submerged theological assumptions. Some
forms of Christian theology are now acutely aware of this dynamic
and are determined to change the modern life-world, from first
assumptions up, in order to avert climate disaster. At the same
time that other forms of Christian theology - aligned with
pragmatic fossil fuel interests - advance climate change skepticism
and overtly uphold PDT. Theology is, in fact, crucially integral
with the politics of climate change, but this is not often
understood in anything more than simplistic and polemically
expedient ways in environmental and policy contexts. This text aims
to dis-imbed climate change politics from polarized and unfruitful
slinging-matches between conservatives and progressives of all or
no religious commitments. This fascinating volume is a must read
for those with an interest in environmental policy concerns and in
culturally embedded first-order belief commitments.
This book sets out a new agenda for science-theology interactions
and offers examples of what that agenda might look like when
implemented. It explores, in innovative ways, what follows for
science-theology discussions from recent developments in the
history of science. The contributions take seriously the
historically conditioned nature of the categories ‘science’ and
‘religion’ and consider the ways in which these categories are
reinforced in the public sphere. Reflecting on the balance of power
between theology and the sciences, the authors demonstrate a
commitment to moving beyond traditional models of one-sided
dialogue and seek to give theology a more active role in
determining the interdisciplinary agenda.
This book sets out a new agenda for science-theology interactions
and offers examples of what that agenda might look like when
implemented. It explores, in innovative ways, what follows for
science-theology discussions from recent developments in the
history of science. The contributions take seriously the
historically conditioned nature of the categories 'science' and
'religion' and consider the ways in which these categories are
reinforced in the public sphere. Reflecting on the balance of power
between theology and the sciences, the authors demonstrate a
commitment to moving beyond traditional models of one-sided
dialogue and seek to give theology a more active role in
determining the interdisciplinary agenda.
Theology and Climate Change examines Progressive Dominion Theology
(PDT) as a primary cultural driver of anthropogenic climate change.
PDT is a distinctive and Western form of Christian theology out of
which the modern scientific revolution and technological modernity
arises. Basic attitudes to nature, to instrumental power over
nature, and to an understanding of humanity's relationship with
nature are a function of the deep theological preconditions of
Western modernity. Much of what we like about Western modernity is
indebted to PDT at the same time that this tacit cultural theology
is propelling us towards climate disaster. This text argues that
the urgent need to change the fundamental operational assumptions
of our way of life is now very hard for us to do, because secular
modernity is now largely unaware of its tacit theological
commitments. Modern consumer society, including the global economy
that supports this way of life, could not have the operational
signatures it currently has without its distinctive theological
origin and its ongoing submerged theological assumptions. Some
forms of Christian theology are now acutely aware of this dynamic
and are determined to change the modern life-world, from first
assumptions up, in order to avert climate disaster. At the same
time that other forms of Christian theology - aligned with
pragmatic fossil fuel interests - advance climate change skepticism
and overtly uphold PDT. Theology is, in fact, crucially integral
with the politics of climate change, but this is not often
understood in anything more than simplistic and polemically
expedient ways in environmental and policy contexts. This text aims
to dis-imbed climate change politics from polarized and unfruitful
slinging-matches between conservatives and progressives of all or
no religious commitments. This fascinating volume is a must read
for those with an interest in environmental policy concerns and in
culturally embedded first-order belief commitments.
Could it be that we have lost touch with some basic human realities
in our day of high-tech efficiency, frenetic competition, and
ceaseless consumption? Have we turned from the moral, the
spiritual, and even the physical realities that make our lives
meaningful? These are metaphysical questions -questions about the
nature of reality- but they are not abstract questions. These are
very down to earth questions that concern power and the collective
frameworks of belief and action governing our daily lives. This
book is an introduction to the history, theory, and application of
Christian metaphysics. Yet this book is not just an introduction,
it is also a passionately argued call for a profound change in the
contemporary Christian mind. Paul Tyson argues that as Western
culture's Christian Platonist understanding of reality was replaced
by modern pragmatic realism, we turned not just from one outlook on
reality to another, but away from reality itself. This book seeks
to show that if we can recover this ancient Christian outlook on
reality, reframed for our day, then we will be able to recover a
way of life that is in harmony with human and divine truth.
Synopsis: Can we know truth even though certain proof is
unattainable? Can we be known by Truth? Is there a relationship
between belief and truth, and if so, what is the nature of that
relationship? Do we need to have faith in reason and in real
meaning to be able to reason towards truth? These are the sorts of
questions this book seeks to address. In Faith's Knowledge, Paul
Tyson argues that all knowledge that aims at truth is always the
knowledge of faith. If this is the case, then--against our
modernist cultural assumptions about knowledge--truth cannot be had
by proof. Yet, if this is true, then mere information and simply
objective facts do not (for us as knowers) exist. Knowledge is
always embedded in belief, and knowledge and belief is always
expressed in relationships, histories, narratives, shared meanings,
and power. Hence, a theological sociology of knowledge emerges out
of these explorations in thinking about knowledge as a function of
faith. Endorsements: "I have never known anyone to wrestle so
seriously, so strenuously, or so studiously with matters of faith
as Paul Tyson. . . . Paul's reflections, climaxing in chapter 7 on
faith and medicine a . . ., represent theology at its most
honest--harrowing, hardheaded, heartbroken, and heartbreaking."
--Dave Andrews, author and peace and community justice activist
"Having developed an epistemological framework that rejects
relativism and overcomes the modern faith-rationality split,
Australia's up-and-coming philosophical theologian, Paul Tyson,
with careful argumentation and passionate applicatory discourse,
shows public truth in education and] health and global security is
not only possible within a Christian worldview, but it builds a
more humane society than the utilitarianism that currently blights
our social landscape. This book is for thinkers who wish to change
the world." --Charles Ringma, Professor Emeritus, Regent College
Author Biography: Paul Tyson is an Honorary Fellow in the School of
Philosophy at the Australian Catholic University in Brisbane.
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