John F. Haught

A John Haught Reader (eBook, ePUB)

Essential Writings on Science and Faith

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wipf and Stock Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 360
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. November 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781532661044
• Artikelnr.: 55267905

Autorenporträt

John F. Haught (Ph.D., Catholic University of America) is Thomas Healey Professor of Theology at Georgetown University. He served as chair of the Georgetown Department of Theology from 1990-1995. His teaching and research interests focus especially on issues in science and religion, cosmology and theology, and religion and ecology. Also the founding director of Georgetown's Center for the Study of Science and Religion, Dr. Haught has authored more than fifty articles and book chapters and has published several books including Science and Religion: From Conflict to Conversation (1995) and God After Darwin: A Theology of Evolution (1999). He is also the editor of Science and Religion in Search of Cosmic Purpose.