Theology as Interdisciplinary Inquiry: Learning with and from the Natural and Human Sciences

By Robin W. Lovin

Can a neuroscientist help a theologian interpret a medieval mystical text? Can a historian of religion help an anthropologist understand the effects of social cooperation on human evolution? Can a legal scholar and a theologian help each other think about how fear of God relates to respect for the law?

In this volume leading scholars in ethics, theology, and social science sum up three years of study and conversation regarding the value of interdisciplinary theological inquiry. This is an essential and challenging collection for all who set out to think, write, teach, and preach theologically in the contemporary world.

CONTRIBUTORS:

John P. Burgess
Peter Danchin
Celia Deane-Drummond
Agust n Fuentes
Andrea Hollingsworth
Robin W. Lovin
Joshua Mauldin
Friederike N ssel
Mary Ellen O'Connell
Douglas F. Ottati
Stephen Pope
Colleen Shantz
Michael Spezio

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080287388X
• ISBN13: 9780802873880
• Release Date: March 2017
• Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
• Length: 202 Pages
• Weight: 0.53 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.4"