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  • Author: Nancey Murphy
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  • Publisher: Cornell University Press; 1st edition (January 28, 1993)
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In this timely and provocative book, Nancey Murphy sets out to dispel skepticism regarding Christian belief.

In this timely and provocative book, Nancey Murphy sets out to dispel skepticism regarding Christian belief. She argues for the rationality of Christian belief by showing that theological reasoning is similar to scientific reasoning as described by contemporary philosophy of science.

Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1990.

Similar books and articles. Theology in the Age of Scientific Reasoning, by Nancey Murphy. God Without the Supernatural. A Defense of Scientific Theism, Cornell Studies in Philosophy of Religion. Ithaca, Cornell University Press, 1996. Pp. 256. £3. 0 Cloth. Acc In this timely and provocative book, Nancey Murphy sets out to dispel skepticism regarding Christian belief.

Nancey Murphy (born 12 June 1951) is an American philosopher and theologian who is Professor of Christian . Her first book, Theology in the Age of Scientific Reasoning (Cornell, 1990) won the American Academy of Religion award for excellence.

Nancey Murphy (born 12 June 1951) is an American philosopher and theologian who is Professor of Christian Philosophy at Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, CA. She received the . from Creighton University (philosophy and psychology) in 1973, the P. from University of California, Berkeley (philosophy of science) in 1980, and the T. Contents.

Inquiring after God by Means of Scientific Study," in Ellen Charry, e. Inquiring after God, Blackwell.

Theology in the Age of Scientific Reasoning, Cornell University Press. The Role of Philosophy in the Science/Religion Dialogue," and "Supervenience" in H. A. Campbell and H. Looy, ed. A Science and Religion Primer, Baker. with J. Schloss) "Biology and Religion," in M. Ruse, e. Oxford Handbook of Biology, Oxford University Press. Inquiring after God by Means of Scientific Study," in Ellen Charry, e. Science and Society," in . McClendon, Witness: Systematic Theology, Volume III, Abingdon.

It had contributors from philosophy and theology (. Nancey Murphy) and the sciences (. Science and religion are closely interconnected in the scientific study of religion, which can be traced back to seventeenth-century natural histories of religion. The aim of these conferences was to understand divine action in the light of contemporary sciences. Natural historians attempted to provide naturalistic explanations for human behavior and culture, for domains such as religion, emotions, and morality.

Series: Cornell Studies in the Philosophy of Religion. 3 Probable Reasoning Come of Age-Philosophy of Science. Published by: Cornell University Press. Only in this generation has a theory of scientific reasoning appeared that is sophisticated enough to make a meaningful assessment of theology’s scientific status.

Nancey Murphy is an American philosopher and theologian who is Professor of Christian Philosophy at Fuller .

Nancey Murphy is an American philosopher and theologian who is Professor of Christian Philosophy at Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, CA. from Creighton University in 1973, the P. from University of California, Berkeley in 1980, and the T.  .

In this timely and provocative book, Nancey Murphy sets out to dispel skepticism regarding Christian belief. She argues for the rationality of Christian belief by showing that theological reasoning is similar to scientific reasoning as described by contemporary philosophy of science.

Murphy draws on new historicist accounts of science, particularly that of lmre Lakatos. According to Lakatos, scientists work within a "research program" consisting of a fixed core theory and a series of changing auxiliary hypotheses that allow for prediction and explanation of novel facts: Murphy argues that strikingly similar patterns of reasoning can be used to justify theological assertions. She provides an original characterization of theological data and explores the consequences for theology and philosophy of religion of adopting such an approach.


Reviews about Theology in the Age of Scientific Reasoning (Cornell Studies in the Philosophy of Religion) (2):
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This book is for professional philosophers, which is a shame because its topic, the existence of God, is obviously one that interests many people. However, because of the occurrence in it of many technical terms (such as "Bayesian" and "side constraints") that receive no or very little explanation, this book would have to double in length in order to be accessible to the general public. I took a star off of its rating because of this.
Most of the argumentation in this book is directed at the belief of many atheists that the universe is self-explanatory. Forrest argues that the best explanation for many features of our universe (for example, that it is life-friendly and that consciousness exists in it) is that there is a personal God. I had only some minor quibbles about this section of the book.
The last chapter of the book is devoted to arguing that the existence of evil is consistent with the existence of God, and his argument breaks down in this chapter, for which I took off another star. He claims that God's doing nothing about evil is justified if we are eventually given compensation for this (the compensation being eternal bliss) and if it would be irrational to reject this compensation.
However, imagine that you wake up one morning in a hospital bed, minus a kidney. During the night, it seems, the authorities trundled you off to the hospital and took out your kidney for the sake of someone else who desperately needed it. To compensate you for this outrage, you will be awarded a billion dollars.
Maybe you would agree that this was adequate compensation; then again, maybe you wouldn't. But whether you agreed or disagreed, and whether it is rational to agree or irrational to agree, the fact remains that what the authorities did to you was morally wrong. The compensation given to you, even if you agree to it (or even if it would be irrational for you not to agree to it), at best only excuses those who did this. It in no way justifies them. If it did justify them, then this sort of thing would be allowed, which it isn't. Accordingly, Forrest's attempt to explain why God does nothing about evil doesn't work.
Lop off the last chapter and make the rest of the book intelligible to the general public, and this would be a much more enjoyable book.
Moonworm
An impressive achievement and an interesting read!

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