The Oxford Handbook of Natural Theology (Oxford Handbooks)

The Oxford Handbook of Natural Theology" explores the diversity and vitality o natural theology, both historically and as an issue of contemporary concern Cover Contents List of Illustrations List of Contributors Introduction PART I: HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES ON NATURAL THEOLOGY 1. The Classical Origins of Natural Theology 2. Natural Theology and the Christian Bible 3. Natural Theology in the Patristic Period 4. Natural Theology in the Middle Ages 5. Early Modern Natural Theologies 6. Nineteenth-century Natural Theology 7. Natural Theology in the Twentieth Century PART II: THEOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES ON NATURAL THEOLOGY 8. Jewish Perspectives on Natural Theology 9. Islamic Perspectives on Natural Theology 10. Natural Theology in Eastern Religions 11. Catholic Perspectives on Natural Theology 12. Protestant Perspectives on Natural Theology 13. Natural Theology and the Eastern Orthodox Tradition 14. Theological Critiques of Natural Theology PART III: PHILOSOPHICAL PERSPECTIVES ON NATURAL THEOLOGY 15. Perspectives on Natural Theology from Analytic Philosophy 16. A Perspective on Natural Theology from Continental Philosophy 17. Process Thought and Natural Theology 18. The Design Argument and Natural Theology 19. Morality and Natural Theology 20. Religious Experience and Natural Theology 21. Postmodernism and Natural Theology 22. Feminist Perspectives on Natural Theology 23. Comparative Natural Theology 24. Philosophical Critique of Natural Theology PART IV: SCIENTIFIC PERSPECTIVES ON NATURAL THEOLOGY 25. Natural Theology: The Biological Sciences 26. The Physical Sciences and Natural Theology 27. Chemical Sciences and Natural Theology 28. Mathematics and Natural Theology 29. Natural Theology and Ecology 30. Natural Theology and the Mind Sciences 31. A Sociological Perspective on Natural Theology 32. Scientific Critiques of Natural Theology PART V: PERSPECTIVES ON NATURAL THEOLOGY FROM THE ARTS 33. Aesthetics and the Arts in Relation to Natural Theology 34. Imagination and Natural Theology 35. Natural Theology and Literature 36. Natural Theology and Music 37. Images in Natural Theology 38. The Film Viewer and Natural Theology: God’s ‘Presence’ at the Movies Index A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
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 considers the full breadth of natural theology from both historical and contemporary perspectives and brings together leading scholars to offer accessible high-level accounts of the major themes. It 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. This book draws on contemporary scholarship to present a critical overview of the subject area. Thirty eight chapters 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 seam of multi-faceted theological reflection rooted in human nature and the environments within which we find ourselves Frequently misunderstood or polemicised, 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 21st century debates in science and religion.