The Oxford Handbook of Natural Theology is the first collection to consider the full breadth of natural theology from both historical and contemporary perspectives and to bring together leading scholars to offer accessible high-level accounts of the major themes. The volume embodies and develops the recent revival of interest in natural theology as a topic of serious critical engagement. Frequently misunderstood or polemicized, natural theology is an under-studied yet persistent and pervasive presence throughout the history of thought about ultimate reality - from the classical Greek theology of the philosophers to twenty-first century debates in science and religion. Of interest to students and scholars from a wide range of disciplines, this authoritative handbook draws on the very best of contemporary scholarship to present a critical overview of the subject area. Thirty eight new essays trace the transformations of natural theology in different historical and religious contexts, the place of natural theology in different philosophical traditions and diverse scientific disciplines, and the various cultural and aesthetic approaches to natural theology to reveal a rich seam of multi-faceted theological reflection rooted in human nature and the environments within which we find ourselves.
| ISBN: | 9780199556939 |
| Publication date: | 17th January 2013 |
| Author: | Russell Lord Gifford Fellow in the School of Divinity, History, and Philosophy, Lord Gifford Fellow in the School Re Manning |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 648 pages |
| Series: | Oxford Handbooks |
| Genres: |
Nature and existence of God and of the Divine History of religion Religion and science Comparative religion |
The Oxford Handbook of Natural Theology is the first collection to consider the full breadth of natural theology from both historical and contemporary perspectives and to bring together leading scholars to offer accessible high-level accounts of the major themes. The volume embodies and develops the recent revival of interest in natural theology as a topic of serious critical engagement. Frequently misunderstood or polemicized, natural theology is an under-studied yet persistent and pervasive presence throughout the history of thought about ultimate reality - from the classical Greek theology of the philosophers to twenty-first century debates in science and religion. Of interest to students and scholars from a wide range of disciplines, this authoritative handbook draws on the very best of contemporary scholarship to present a critical overview of the subject area. Thirty eight new essays trace the transformations of natural theology in different historical and religious contexts, the place of natural theology in different philosophical traditions and diverse scientific disciplines, and the various cultural and aesthetic approaches to natural theology to reveal a rich seam of multi-faceted theological reflection rooted in human nature and the environments within which we find ourselves.
The Oxford Handbook of Natural Theology features in the following genres: Nature and existence of God and of the Divine, History of religion, Religion and science, Comparative religion
The Oxford Handbook of Natural Theology is available in Paperback, Hardback
The Oxford Handbook of Natural Theology was written by Russell Lord Gifford Fellow in the School of Divinity, History, and Philosophy, Lord Gifford Fellow in the School Re Manning and published by Oxford University Press
The Oxford Handbook of Natural Theology has 648 pages
Yes it is part of Oxford Handbooks series