The Evolution of Rationality: Interdisciplinary Essays in Honor of J. Wentzel Van HuyssteenF. LeRon Shults How can science and religion move together toward a collegial future? J. Wentzel van Huyssteen has spent decades developing an interdisciplinary platform for the fruitful engagement of science and religion. Compiled to celebrate van Huyssteen's 65th birthday, The Evolution of Rationalitygathers a stellar roster of scholars in van Huyssteen's main areas of philosophy, science, and theology. The contributors -- some of them Gifford lecturers and Templeton Prize winners -- offer significant new methodological and material proposals, giving evidence of van Huyssteen's impact on the shape and texture of interdisciplinary conversation itself. Their essays are arranged in three parts:
However, because the authors are all involved in interdisciplinary dialogue, this philosophical-scientific-theological arrangement of chapters is not hard and fast. Virtually every essay engages issues that overlap all three fields, forming an extremely rich blend of thought. A creative interdisciplinary collection written by world-renowned philosophers, scientists, and theologians, The Evolution of Rationality renders fitting tribute to pioneering scholar-mentor J. Wentzel van Huyssteen. Contributors: John Hedley Brooke |
Contents
The Evolution of van Huyssteens Model of Rationality | 1 |
Acknowledgment Recognition | 19 |
Beyond Modern Enthusiasm | 30 |
Rationality and Different Conceptions of Science | 47 |
A Comparison with | 73 |
Reason and the Enlightenment | 122 |
Spirituality and Religion in Paleolithic Times | 133 |
The Origins of Human Cognition and | 167 |
What Difference Did Darwin Make? | 253 |
How Music Models Divine Creation and Creativity | 277 |
Four Gods of Christian Faith | 294 |
What Theology Might Learn and Not Learn | 306 |
Toward a Transversal Model of Interdisciplinary | 327 |
The Psalms and Lyric Verse | 346 |
Types of Natural Theology | 380 |
Public Theology in Postfoundational Tradition | 394 |