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8The living God: a guide for study and devotionWJK, Westminster John Knox Press. 2014.In this book, the second in the Heart of Christian Faith series, Alister E. McGrath provides an exploration of how we can best understand God using analogies, illustrations, and stories. This short, accessible guide also provides a pastoral and spiritual consideration of the difference that our belief in God makes to the way in which we think about ourselves and our world. With future volumes to examine other core Christian principles, McGrath’s new series will define “mere Chrisitianity” to a n…Read more
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7Richard Dawkins, C.S. Lewis and the meaning of lifeSociety for Promoting Christian Knowledge. 2019.Alister McGrath has written to great acclaim on both Richard Dawkins and C. S. Lewis. Here he brings these two intriguing and well-known writers into a conversation. They could hardly have more different perspectives! Engaging with their views is a brilliant way of sharpening up our own thinking on the meaning of life.
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8Born to wonder: exploring our deepest questions---why are we here and why does it matter?Tyndale House Publishers. 2020.In Born to Wonder, Alister McGrath, a prolific Oxford scholar, scientist, and theologian, explores the deepest mystery at the heart of life itself. Life is a gift. We never asked to be born. Yet here we are, living in this strange world of space and time, trying to work out what it's all about before the darkness closes in and extinguishes us. We are adrift on a misty, grey sea of ignorance, seeking a sun-kissed island of certainty, on which we might hope to find clear answers to our deepest and…Read more
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29Response: Science and religion—the state of the artZygon 57 (1): 267-286. 2022.Zygon®, Volume 57, Issue 1, Page 267-286, March 2022.
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5The Intellectual Origins of the European ReformationWiley. 1987.The sixteenth-century Reformation remains a fascinating and exciting area of study. The revised edition of this distinguished volume explores the intellectual origins of the Reformation and examines the importance of ideas in the shaping of history. Provides an updated and expanded version of the original, highly-acclaimed edition. Explores the complex intellectual roots of the Reformation, offering a sustained engagement with the ideas of humanism and scholasticism. Demonstrates how the intelle…Read more
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23A consilience of equal regard: Stephen Jay Gould on the relation of science and religionZygon 56 (3): 547-565. 2021.This article offers a fresh assessment of the views of the American paleontologist and evolutionary biologist Stephen Jay Gould on the relation of science and religion. Gould is best known for his celebrated notion of “nonoverlapping magisteria,” which is often seen in somewhat negative terms as inhibiting dialogue. However, as a result of his critique of the unificationist approach to knowledge developed in Edward O. Wilson's Consilience, Gould later made increased use of the more positive noti…Read more
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193Book Review : Uber Liebe und Herrschaft: Luthers Verstandnis von Intimat und Autoritat im Kontext des Zivilisationsprozesses by Hans-Martin Gutmann. Gottingen, Vandenhoech & Ruprecht, 1991. x + 385 pp. DM 78. Luthers Wirtschaftsethik, by Hans-Jurgen Prien. Gottingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1992. 266pp. DM 38 (review)Studies in Christian Ethics 6 (2): 90-91. 1993.
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2Recovering the 'Creation': A response to Hugh MontefioreTransformation: An International Journal of Holistic Mission Studies 16 (3): 78-80. 1999.
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21The Owl of Minerva: Reflections on the Theological Significance of Mary MidgleyHeythrop Journal 61 (5): 852-864. 2020.This paper offers a theologically‐orientated examination of some core themes of the works of the philosopher Mary Midgley (1919–2018), identifying areas of possible theological exploration and development. Particular attention is paid to her critique of the reductionist strategies of writers such as Richard Dawkins, her development of the ‘mapping’ metaphor for engaging complex issues, and her emphasis on the critical role of philosophy. Although the paper offers some brief examples of theologic…Read more
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6The Territories of Human Reason: Science and Theology in an Age of Multiple RationalitiesOxford University Press. 2019.The Territories of Human Reason is the first major study to explore the emergence of multiple situated rationalities. It focuses on the relation of the natural sciences and Christian theology, but its approach can easily be extended to other disciplines. It provides a robust intellectual framework for discussion of transdisciplinarity, which has become a major theme in many parts of the academic world. McGrath offers a major reappraisal of what it means to be 'rational' which will have significa…Read more
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26The Rationality of FaithPhilosophia Christi 18 (2): 395-409. 2016.This paper explores the “rationality” of the Christian faith, focusing on the capacity of the Christian “big picture” to colligate and coordinate personal experience and observations of the world. To illustrate this, C. S. Lewis’s famous “argument from desire” is framed within the parameters of two significant philosophies of explanation: C. S. Peirce’s abductive approach, and “inference to the best explanation”. It is argued that the Christian faith offers a “metarationality,” which affirms the…Read more
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14Natürliche Theologie: Ein Plädoyer für eine neue Definition und BedeutungserweiterungNeue Zeitschrift für Systematicsche Theologie Und Religionsphilosophie 59 (3): 297-310. 2017.Name der Zeitschrift: Neue Zeitschrift für Systematische Theologie und Religionsphilosophie Jahrgang: 59 Heft: 3 Seiten: 297-310.
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11The Genesis of Doctrine. A Study in the Foundations of Doctrinal Criticism. The 1990 Bampton LecturesReligious Studies 27 (4): 569-570. 1991.
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17Evidence, Theory, and Interpretation: The “New Atheism” and the Philosophy of ScienceMidwest Studies in Philosophy 37 (1): 178-188. 2013.
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85Life of John CalvinWiley-Blackwell. 1991.The first biography of John Calvin since 1975 and the only life of the great reformer to analyse his impact on subsequent generations of theologians, politicians, economists and philosophers. This biography is theologically unbiased and is written as much for historians and general readers as for those interested in Calvin the Church reformer.
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59DarwinismIn Philip Clayton (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Religion and Science, Oxford University Press. pp. 681-696. 2006.Accession Number: ATLA0001712268; Hosting Book Page Citation: p 681-696.; Language(s): English; General Note: Bibliography: p 694-696.; Issued by ATLA: 20130825; Publication Type: Essay
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831Hesitations About Special Divine Action: Reflections on Some Scientific, Cultural and Theological ConcernsEuropean Journal for Philosophy of Religion 7 (4): 3--22. 2015.The new interest in special divine action has led to a close reading of the great debates and discussions of the early modern period in an attempt to understand contemporary resistance to the notion of divine action, and to develop strategies for reaffirming the notion in a refined manner. Although continuing engagement with and evaluation of the Humean legacy on miracles and divine action will be of central importance to this programme of review, there are other issues that also need to be addr…Read more
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1The Hessian Mercenary State: Ideas, institutions and reforms under Frederick II 1760–1785History of European Ideas 9 (6): 755-756. 1988.
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Historical Theology. An Introduction to the History of Christian ThoughtTijdschrift Voor Filosofie 62 (1): 183-184. 2000.
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18A Life of John Calvin: A Study in the Shaping of Western CultureWiley-Blackwell. 1993.The first biography of John Calvin since 1975 and the only life of the great reformer to analyse his impact on subsequent generations of theologians, politicians, economists and philosophers. This biography is theologically unbiased and is written as much for historians and general readers as for those interested in Calvin the Church reformer
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45The ideological uses of evolutionary biology in recent atheist apologeticsIn Denis Alexander & Ronald L. Numbers (eds.), Biology and Ideology From Descartes to Dawkins, University of Chicago Press. 2010.During the first few years of the twenty-first century, a number of high-profile populist books offering an aggressively atheist critique of religion appeared. This “clustering” of prominent works of atheist apologetics may be attributed to the fact that developments in biology, especially evolutionary biology, have profound negative implications for belief in God. Richard Dawkins' The God Delusion and Daniel Dennett's Breaking the Spell, both published in 2006, argue that the Darwinian theory o…Read more
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46Evidence, Theory, and Interpretation: The “New Atheism” and the Philosophy of ScienceMidwest Studies in Philosophy 37 (1): 178-188. 2013.
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13Justification and Christology: The axiomatic correlation between the historical Jesus and the proclaimed ChristModern Theology 1 (1): 45-54. 1984.
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4Glimpsing the Face of God: The Search for Meaning in the UniverseLion Books. 2002.Humankind has always been fascinated by the glories of the universe, whether in its microscopic detail or its vast extent. From time immemorial this has posed questions about origins, purpose and design. This work takes as its starting point the observable order of the universe and the ways in which the natural sciences point to a discoverable God. In it, Alister McGrath provides a guided tour to many forms of the search for meaning in the universe. The author refers to the great variety of sear…Read more
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