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Introduction: The Future of Religion as Humans Expand into Space Theology and Science (IF 0.6) Pub Date : 2024-02-11 Jaimie Gunderson, J. W. Traphagan
This special issue addresses some of the many discourses related to religion and outer space with attention to the impacts that space exploration, space expansionism, and encounters with extraterre...
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Compassionate AI and the Alignment Problem Theology and Science (IF 0.6) Pub Date : 2024-02-11 Mark Graves, Jane Compson, Ali-Reza Bhojani, Cyrus Olsen, Thomas Arnold
Published in Theology and Science (Vol. 22, No. 1, 2024)
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Do You Trust Science? Theology and Science (IF 0.6) Pub Date : 2024-02-11 Ted Peters
Published in Theology and Science (Vol. 22, No. 1, 2024)
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What Can We Reasonably Predict Concerning Alien Religion and Ethics? Theology and Science (IF 0.6) Pub Date : 2024-02-11 Kelly C. Smith
It is very easy to be pessimistic concerning what we can know of possible aliens, much less what we can know of their religious or ethical beliefs. Nevertheless, I make the attempt by laying out a ...
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Extra-Terrestrials or Terrestrial Heretics? Being Green in the Middle Ages Theology and Science (IF 0.6) Pub Date : 2024-01-31 Rosamund M. Gammie, Adam Foxon
In this paper, we seek to propose a novel solution to the Green Children of Woolpit, a twelfth-century “alien” mystery by approaching the “otherworldly” through a terrestrial, theological lens. In ...
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To Make a Mind—A Primer on Conscious Robots Theology and Science (IF 0.6) Pub Date : 2024-01-18 Mois Navon
The dream of making a conscious humanoid – whether as servant, guard, entertainer, or simply as testament to human creativity – has long captivated the human imagination. However, while past attemp...
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Transubstantiation Through the Lens of Spacetime Substantivalism Theology and Science (IF 0.6) Pub Date : 2024-01-13 Travis Dumsday
The doctrine of transubstantiation (as understood by Aquinas and much subsequent Roman Catholic theology) involves the counter-intuitive claim that accidents can come to exist independently of any ...
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Original Sin, Human Evolution, and Gene–Culture Interactions Theology and Science (IF 0.6) Pub Date : 2024-01-05 Phillip Goggans, Patrick McDonald
We engage Robin Collins' Historical Idealist model, i.e. that the Fall occurred in history though not as a “one-off” distorting our “spiritual substance”. God aimed to bring humans closer to the Go...
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Space Expansion and Politico-Religious Ideology: A Consideration of Civil Religion and the Future of Space Exploration Theology and Science (IF 0.6) Pub Date : 2024-01-05 J. W. Traphagan
In this article, I focus on the question of how religion may evolve as a social institution that shapes behavior as colonization of the solar system unfolds. I argue here that space exploration in ...
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UFOs in Early Christianity: The Pleasures of Alternative Histories Theology and Science (IF 0.6) Pub Date : 2023-12-31 Jaimie Gunderson
This essay employs the framework of affect theory to explore the role of emotions in producing and sustaining attachments to UFO narratives in episodes from early Christian history. Why, I ask, do ...
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On the Ontotheology of Nature Theology and Science (IF 0.6) Pub Date : 2023-12-28 Said Mikki
This article presents a study of the ontotheology of nature, a philosophical and theological approach that synthesizes ideas from ontotheology and the philosophy of nature. The ontotheology of natu...
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What Is Life? Five Great Ideas in Biology Theology and Science (IF 0.6) Pub Date : 2023-12-28 Bruce Wollenberg
Published in Theology and Science (Vol. 22, No. 1, 2024)
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The Cosmology of David Bohm: Scientific and Theological Significance Theology and Science (IF 0.6) Pub Date : 2023-12-26 Richard de Grijs, Doru Costache
We discuss David Bohm’s dual contributions as a physicist and thinker. First, de Grijs introduces Bohm’s universe, with an emphasis on the physical quest that led Bohm to the elaboration of an orig...
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Astrobiology, a New Chapter in the Book of Nature Theology and Science (IF 0.6) Pub Date : 2023-12-26 Glenn Sauer
The two books' metaphor (book of scripture and book of nature) provides an invitation for re-examining traditional Christian doctrine and practice when extra-terrestrial life is discovered. Christi...
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Science, Law, and Transubstantiation Theology and Science (IF 0.6) Pub Date : 2023-12-26 Wilfried Apfalter
Regarding the relation between theology and science, it seems to me that Catholic theology provides a remarkable case given its distinctive notion of Catholic magisterial infallibility (under certa...
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Artificial Intelligence, Reincarnation, and Resurrection. An Inquiry into the Ultimate Fulfillment of Human Nature Theology and Science (IF 0.6) Pub Date : 2023-12-26 Anne Kull
Published in Theology and Science (Vol. 22, No. 1, 2024)
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Between Indispensable Epistemic Utility and Political Harm: A Response to Rosemary Bertocci and Francis Rohlf Theology and Science (IF 0.6) Pub Date : 2023-12-21 Konrad Szocik, Andrzej Rozmus
Religion still has a great potential and perhaps even a monopoly on explaining life in terms of meaning and significance. In this paper, we argue that neither the development of science nor scienti...
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Why Space is No Problem for Religion … But Time is Theology and Science (IF 0.6) Pub Date : 2023-12-21 Brian Patrick Green
Space exploration might seem like it would pose a threat to human religion, both religion-in-general and various religions-in-particular. However, this paper argues that it is not predominantly dis...
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Inverting Naturalistic Cosmotheology: The Meeting of Steven J. Dick and Alfred N. Whitehead Theology and Science (IF 0.6) Pub Date : 2023-12-18 Andrew M. Davis
My recent book, Metaphysics of Exo-Life: Toward a Constructive Whiteheadian Cosmotheology is a systematic philosophical response to the six core principles of historian Steven J. Dick’s “naturalist...
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YHWH’s Divine Images: A Cognitive Approach Theology and Science (IF 0.6) Pub Date : 2023-12-18 Scott Ryan Maybell
Published in Theology and Science (Vol. 22, No. 1, 2024)
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Cosmotheology and Process Theology: A Reply to Metaphysics of Exo-Life by Andrew Davis Theology and Science (IF 0.6) Pub Date : 2023-12-18 Steven J. Dick
In this paper I engage with the arguments of Andrew Davis’s book Metaphysics of Exo-Life, which is a commentary on my previous work on cosmotheology. I applaud Davis’s critique and deepening of my ...
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Viruses and the Anthropocentric Problem of Suffering Theology and Science (IF 0.6) Pub Date : 2023-11-22 Mirjam Schilling
COVID-19 has increased awareness of the threat viruses can pose and drawn attention to the different areas of suffering one can be affected by. In this article, I use viruses as a case study to exp...
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Moral Bioenhancement for Space: Should We Enhance Morally Future Deep-Space Astronauts and Space Settlers? Theology and Science (IF 0.6) Pub Date : 2023-11-22 Konrad Szocik, Arvin M. Gouw
The idea of moral bioenhancement has been discussed in recent years by ethicists and philosophers. While such discussion covers many different issues on Earth, they have not yet been considered in ...
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An Historical Overview of Jewish Theological Responses to Evolution Theology and Science (IF 0.6) Pub Date : 2023-11-22 Daniel Langton
While a systematic comparison of the similarities and differences between Jewish and Muslim approaches to evolution is beyond the scope of this study, it is possible to note some of the most striki...
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Evolution and the Genre of Scripture: Why Evolution Shouldn’t Bother Jewish Theology Theology and Science (IF 0.6) Pub Date : 2023-11-02 Samuel Lebens
I outline a Jewish response to theological problems emerging from Darwinian biology and contemporary cosmology. This response is rooted in an argument from genre, regarding the relationship between...
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A Historical Introduction to Islam, Science, and Evolution: The Book Symposium on ‘Islam and Evolution: Al-Ghazālī and the Modern Evolutionary Paradigm' Theology and Science (IF 0.6) Pub Date : 2023-10-19 Shoaib Ahmed Malik
This book symposium begins with a concise historical overview of the emerging dialogue of Islam and Science. Against this, we trace the historical developments and pertinent discussion of Islam and...
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Defending ‘Islam and Evolution: Al-Ghazālī and the Modern Evolutionary Paradigm': Abrahamic Dialogues and Interdisciplinary Insights Theology and Science (IF 0.6) Pub Date : 2023-10-19 Shoaib Ahmed Malik
In this article, I respond to my interlocutors, who have raised various points while engaging my book, Islam and Evolution: Al-Ghazālī and the Modern Evolutionary Paradigm. In addressing their argu...
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Truth and Regret: Large Language Models, the Quran, and Misinformation Theology and Science (IF 0.6) Pub Date : 2023-10-02 Ali-Reza Bhojani, Marcus Schwarting
Published in Theology and Science (Ahead of Print, 2023)
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Advancing Evolutionary Science in Dialogue with Islam Theology and Science (IF 0.6) Pub Date : 2023-09-28 S. Joshua Swamidass
Islam and Evolution: Al-Ghazālī and the Modern Evolutionary Paradigm by Shoaib Ahmed Malik is a significant contribution to religious studies, likely to shape scientific dialogues with Islam for so...
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Vexed Issues on Evolution in Christianity and Islam: A Comparison Theology and Science (IF 0.6) Pub Date : 2023-09-28 Gijsbert van den Brink
In response to Shoaib Malik's Islam and Evolution, this paper compares Christian and Muslim views on six oft perceived conflicts between neo-Darwinian evolution and religion. These concern (1) holy...
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Who We Are and Where We Came from: Divergent Views on Human Origins Theology and Science (IF 0.6) Pub Date : 2023-09-24 Rachel S. A. Pear
In this article, I respond to Malik’s analysis of positions on common descent (“Creationism, Human exceptionalism, Adamic exceptionalism, and No exceptions”), regarding their metaphysical and herme...
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The Human Being as the Mystery of Kun fa Fakān: An Engagement with Shoaib Ahmed Malik’s Islam and Evolution: Al-Ghazālī and the Modern Evolutionary Paradigm Theology and Science (IF 0.6) Pub Date : 2023-09-19 Mansur Ali
The theory of evolution has supposedly displaced human beings from their lofty positions as unique special creatures and placed them within a process of evolution where they are nothing more than a...
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Shoaib Malik’s “Islam and Evolution”: Sociological Reflections on the Developing Engagement of British Muslim Leadership with Science Theology and Science (IF 0.6) Pub Date : 2023-09-15 Saleema F. Burney
ABSTRACT Sociological studies of Islam and science in the West have developed in the past two decades. This response is positioned in the light of one such study (https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/ptr/projects/science-british-muslim-religious-leadership.aspx). It argues that Malik’s work is part of emerging transatlantic networks of learning and authority in Islam and science discourses. It suggests
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Church in the Digital Age: From Online Church to Church-Online Theology and Science (IF 0.6) Pub Date : 2023-09-13 Daekyung Jung
ABSTRACT Digital technology has changed individual and communal lives radically, resulting in the emergence of online-based churches. Concerns regarding the nature of online-based churches call for a theological investigation. This article critically examines ongoing debates and argues that: An online-based church should be construed and welcomed from the perspective of theocentrism. As of now, it
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Stanley Jaki Foundation International Congress Theology and Science (IF 0.6) Pub Date : 2023-09-13 Sean Michael Bryan
Published in Theology and Science (Ahead of Print, 2023)
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Other “Adams”: Twelver Shiʿism and Human Evolution Theology and Science (IF 0.6) Pub Date : 2023-09-13 Amina Inloes
This paper presents a Twelver Shīʿī defence of human evolution. It was written in dialogue with Shoaib Ahmed Malik's, Islam and Evolution: Al-Ghāzālī and the Modern Evolution Paradigm. It synthesis...
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Charles and Emma Darwin: The Option to Believe Theology and Science (IF 0.6) Pub Date : 2023-09-13 Glenn Sauer
Published in Theology and Science (Vol. 21, No. 4, 2023)
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The End of All Things is at Hand: A Christian Eschatology in Conversation with Science and Islam Theology and Science (IF 0.6) Pub Date : 2023-09-11 Zachariah S. Motts
Published in Theology and Science (Vol. 21, No. 4, 2023)
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Divine Design and the Creation-Evolution Debate as Questions for Christian-Muslim Dialogue Theology and Science (IF 0.6) Pub Date : 2023-09-10 E. V. R. Kojonen
Inter-religious discussion on science and religion can help focus on neglected theological and metaphysical aspects. Here, I consider two examples of this: (1) the effect of models of divine action...
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Muslims, Christians, Scientists, and Extraterrestrial Aliens Theology and Science (IF 0.6) Pub Date : 2023-07-31 Ted Peters
Published in Theology and Science (Vol. 21, No. 3, 2023)
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What Does it Mean to Consider AI a Person? Theology and Science (IF 0.6) Pub Date : 2023-07-31 Mark Graves
Published in Theology and Science (Vol. 21, No. 3, 2023)
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Introduction to the Special Issue on Philosophy of Science and Islamic Thought Theology and Science (IF 0.6) Pub Date : 2023-07-31 Shoaib Ahmed Malik
ABSTRACT This is an introduction to the special issue. It provides the historical context of Islam and Science that then leads to the theme of the issue. This special issue is the proceedings of a conference at Cambridge Muslim College that was held in December 2022.
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The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, CRISPR, and the Future of the Human Race Theology and Science (IF 0.6) Pub Date : 2023-07-30 Bruce Wollenberg
Published in Theology and Science (Ahead of Print, 2023)
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Scientific Realism and Anti-Realism Through the Lens of Sunnī Divine Action Models Theology and Science (IF 0.6) Pub Date : 2023-07-22 David Solomon Jalajel
ABSTRACT Scientific realism and anti-realism, in various forms, frame many philosophical discussions about what constitutes a successful scientific theory. This paper explores this within an Islamic framework by examining the Sunnī theological tradition's various divine action models (DAMs) for their possible impact upon the theological reception of scientific realism and anti-realism, concluding that
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Foundational Principles for an Organically Constituted World Theology and Science (IF 0.6) Pub Date : 2023-07-20 Joseph Bracken
ABSTRACT Alfred North Whitehead years ago proposed an organismic approach to physical reality in which the constituent parts of physical entities co-constitute the governing structure of the entity even as the structure constrains the ongoing activity of the constituent parts. In this article, the author proposes that such an organismic approach to reality would be strengthened if one employs a systems-oriented
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Science and Religion in India: Beyond Disenchantment Theology and Science (IF 0.6) Pub Date : 2023-07-20 Binoy Jacob Pichalakkattu
Published in Theology and Science (Vol. 21, No. 3, 2023)
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What (if Anything) Should Christian Theology Learn from the Cognitive Science of Religion? Theology and Science (IF 0.6) Pub Date : 2023-07-19 Neil Messer
ABSTRACT This article asks what, if anything, Christian theology should learn from the cognitive science of religion (CSR). Two possible answers are explored. The first is that Christian theology has nothing to learn from CSR. This is rejected in favour of the second: theology can learn from CSR by appropriating CSR insights carefully and critically to a theological understanding formed first and foremost
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The Use of Philosophy of Science in the Creationism-Evolution Debate: An Ashʿarī Perspective Theology and Science (IF 0.6) Pub Date : 2023-07-19 Shoaib Ahmed Malik
ABSTRACT This article critically reviews how creationists or antievolutionists are using discussions in philosophy of science to undermine the efficacy of evolution to defuse the tension between evolution and religion. They include (1) the scientific realism debate, (2) the distinction between historical and experimental sciences, (3) the problem of induction, and (4) the definitional problem of species
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Robot Theology: Old Questions through New Media Theology and Science (IF 0.6) Pub Date : 2023-07-10 Max Tretter
Published in Theology and Science (Vol. 21, No. 3, 2023)
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Naphtali Levy's Divine World: Jewish Tradition, Panentheism and Darwinism Theology and Science (IF 0.6) Pub Date : 2023-07-07 Daniel R. Langton
ABSTRACT A distinctive feature of many Jewish approaches to evolutionary theory has been a panentheistic understanding of the cosmos. Among the earliest Hebrew translations of Darwin are those found in Toldot Adam or The Origin of Man (1874) by the Polish Jewish Naphtali Levy (1840–1894). Often regarded as a traditionalist who sought to harmonize science and Torah, Levy was in fact much more radical
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Cognitive Science of Religion, Reliability, and Perceiving God Theology and Science (IF 0.6) Pub Date : 2023-07-07 Jeffrey Tolly
ABSTRACT Matthew Braddock’s argument from false god beliefs (AFG) is one of the most significant debunking arguments to emerge from the growing literature on Cognitive Science of Religion (CSR). This argument aims to produce a defeater for any basic theistic belief. In this essay, I reply to AFG by defending a counter-example to AFG’s crucial premise. In particular, I argue that the cognitive mechanisms
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An Evolving Theodicy: A Critical and Constructive Engagement with Bethany Sollereder’s God, Evolution, and Animal Suffering Theology and Science (IF 0.6) Pub Date : 2023-07-07 Seth P. Hart
ABSTRACT Bethany Sollereder’s recent work God, Evolution, and Animal Suffering attempts a novel treatment of the topic of evolutionary theodicy. While her contribution delivers several brilliant insights, its reliance upon the “Only Way” defense, open theism, and kenotic theology leaves it open for critique. After outlining these points, I propose two solutions to supplement her defense—namely Alvin
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Divine Character: Iqbal's Conception of Divine Action and Armstrong's Laws of Nature Theology and Science (IF 0.6) Pub Date : 2023-07-07 Logan David Siler
ABSTRACT This paper will look at David Malet Armstrong's conception of the Laws of Nature in light of Iqbal's conception of nature and divine action. For the sake of pragmatic austerity Armstrong rooted his theory in naturalism, physicalism, and an understanding of the world as a “state of affairs.” In contrast to Humean empiricists, nominalists, and transcendent realists, Armstrong affirmed the reality
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Pauline Principalities and Quantum Structures: A Match Made in Heaven Theology and Science (IF 0.6) Pub Date : 2023-07-05 Robert Lee
ABSTRACT This paper integrates the notion of the Powers developed by Walter Wink with a quantum social theory posited by Alexander Wendt. While Wink argues the Powers are manifestations of social structures with an interior spirituality, resembling creatures, his picture lacks explanatory depth and is addressed by Wendt’s quantum social theory which argues agents and social structures co-emerge into
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Spiritual Healing: Science, Meaning & Discernment Theology and Science (IF 0.6) Pub Date : 2023-07-05 Mark Graves
Published in Theology and Science (Vol. 21, No. 3, 2023)
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Evolutionary Theory and Original Sin Theology and Science (IF 0.6) Pub Date : 2023-07-05 Anthony J. Scordino
Published in Theology and Science (Vol. 21, No. 3, 2023)
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Islamic Theology and the Crisis of Contemporary Science: Naquib al-Attas’ “Metaphysical Critique” and a Husserlian Alternative Theology and Science (IF 0.6) Pub Date : 2023-07-05 Ramon Harvey
ABSTRACT This article evaluates the “metaphysical critique” of contemporary science by the Islamic philosophical theologian Naquib al-Attas in his Prolegomena to a Metaphysics of Islām. I argue that al-Attas' critique is dialectically inappropriate because it relies on specific, and non-publicly verifiable, interpretations of revelation and spiritual intuition. I contrast this with the work of Edmund
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Shades of Structural Realism in Post-classical Islamic Thought Theology and Science (IF 0.6) Pub Date : 2023-07-05 Nazir Khan
ABSTRACT What does Islamic theology have to say about the philosophy of science? The writings of post-classical Muslim thinkers offer a wealth of understudied material relevant to conceptualizing the ontological status, scope, and character of scientific inquiry and theorization. The Islamic tradition developed nuanced metaphysical and epistemological insights on unobservables, universals, and causality
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Artificial Intelligence: What Can We Learn About Being Human From Non-Human Technological “Life”? Theology and Science (IF 0.6) Pub Date : 2023-05-11 Robert Russell
Published in Theology and Science (Vol. 21, No. 2, 2023)
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ChatGPT’s Significance for Theology Theology and Science (IF 0.6) Pub Date : 2023-05-11 Mark Graves
Published in Theology and Science (Vol. 21, No. 2, 2023)