Ted Peters is professor of systematic theology at Pacific Lutheran Seminary and the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California, and research scholar at the Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences.
Introduction, 1 Science and Theology: Toward Consonance, PART ONE PHYSICS AND FAITH, 2 Logic and Uncertainties in Science and Religion, 3 From Physicist to Priest, 4 Is the Universe Absurd?, 5 Does the "God Who Acts" Really Act in Nature?, 6 Theology, Cosmology, and Ethics, PART TWO EVOLUTION, ETHICS, AND ESCHATOLOGY, 7 So Human an Animal: Evolution and Ethics, 8 Human Life: Creation Versus Evolution?, 9 Evolution and the Living God, 10 Evolution and the Human Person: The Pope in Dialogue,, 11 Biological Evolution and the Human Soul: A Theological Proposal for Generationism, 12 Biocultural Evolution and the Created Co-Creator, 13 A Map of Scientific Knowledge: Genetics, Evolution, and Theology, 14 The Greening of Science, Theology, and Ethics, 15 Evolution, Tragedy, and Hope
In this exciting newly edited volume, physicists think about the connection between physics and faith and biologists discuss evolution, ethics, and the future. Complementing these viewpoints, theologians address these same issues from a religious standpoint