James K. A. Smith, Amos Yong

Science and the Spirit

A Pentecostal Engagement with the Sciences
Herausgeber: Smith, James K. A.; Yong, Amos

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

What might be described as a Pentecostal worldview has become a powerful cultural phenomenon, but it is often at odds with modernity and globalization. Science and the Spirit confronts questions of spirituality in the face of contemporary science. The essays in this volume illustrate how Pentecostalism can usefully engage with technology and scientific discovery and consider what might be distinctive about a Pentecostal dialogue with the sciences. The authors conclude that Pentecostals, with their unique perspectives on spirituality, can contribute new insights for a productive interaction between theology and science.

Produktdetails

• Indiana University Press (IPS)
• Verlag: Indiana University Press
• Seitenzahl: 230
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. August 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 360g
• ISBN-13: 9780253222275
• ISBN-10: 0253222273
• Artikelnr.: 29978201

Autorenporträt

edited by James K. A. Smith, Amos Yong

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Introduction: Science and the Spirit-Questions and Possibilities in the
Pentecostal Engagement with Science / James K. A. Smith and Amos Yong
Part 1. What Hath Azusa Street to Do with MIT? The Big Questions
1. What Have the Galapagos to Do with Jerusalem? Scientific Knowledge in
Theological Context / Telford Work
2. Is There Room for Surprise in the Natural World? Naturalism, the
Supernatural, and Pentecostal Spirituality / James K. A. Smith
3. How Does God Do What God Does? Pentecostal-Charismatic Perspectives on
Divine Action in Dialogue with Modern Science / Amos Yong
Part 2. The Spirit of Matter: Questions and Possibilities in the Natural
Sciences
4. Does God Have a Place in the Physical Universe? Physics and the Quest
for the Holy Spirit / Wolfgang Vondey
5. Does the Spirit Create through Evolutionary Processes? Pentecostals and
Biological Evolution / Steve Badger and Mike Tenneson
6. Can Religious Experience Be Reduced to Brain Activity? The Place and
Significance of Pentecostal Narrative / Frederick L. Ware
7. Serotonin and Spirit: Can There Be a Holistic Pentecostal Approach to
Mental Illness? / Donald F. Calbreath
Part 3. The Human Spirit: Questions and Possibilities in the Social and
Technological Sciences
8. Can Social Scientists Dance? Participating in Science, Spirit, and
Social Reconstruction as an Anthropologist and Afropentecostal / Craig
Scandrett-Leatherman
9. Is Integrating Spirit and Sociology Possible? A Postmodern Research
Odyssey / Margaret M. Poloma
10. Is There Room for the Spirit in a World Dominated by Technology?
Pentecostals and the Technological World / Dennis W. Cheek
List of Contributors
Index