After Science and Religion

Peter Harrison is Director of the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities at the University of Queensland. He was formerly Andreas Idreos Professor of Science and Religion in the University of Oxford. He is the author of The Bible, Protestantism and the Rise of Natural Science (Cambridge, 1998), and The Fall of Man and the Foundation of Science (Cambridge, 2007). In addition, he edited The Cambridge Companion to Science and Religion (Cambridge, 2010). John Milbank is Emeritus Professor of Theology and Religious Studies at the University of Nottingham, where he is President of the Centre of Theology and Philosophy. His influential publications include Theology and Social Theory (1990) and Radical Orthodoxy (1999).

• Introduction: After Science and Religion Paul Tyson; I. Modern Historians on 'science' and 'religion': 1. Science and religion as historical traditions Peter Harrison; 2. The nineteenth century origins of the problem: naturalistic metaphysics and the dead ends of Victorian theology Bernard Lightman; II. Beyond 'Science and Religion': 3. Science and theology: where the consonance really lies David Bentley Hart; 4. Religion, science and magic: re-writing the agenda John Milbank; 5. Science, beauty, and the creative word Janet Soskice; 6. Questioning the science and religion question Michael Hanby; 7. Truth, science, and re-enchantment Catherine Pickstock; 8. Understanding our knowing: the culture of representation Rowan Williams; III. Philosophical Problems with 'Science' and 'Religion': 9. Consciousness, intention, and final causation Simon Oliver; 10. The problem of the problem of scientism: on expanding the scope of scientific inquiry D.C. Schindler; IV. Before Science and Religion: 11. Lessons in the distant mirror of medieval physics Tom McLeish; 12. Physics as spiritual exercise Pui Him Ip; 13. Making art: meaningful materials and methods Spike Bucklow.

'This volume offers a set of historical studies that challenge naïve disciplinary distinctions between science and religion, combined with Anglo-Saxon theological and philosophical speculation. It's a book that can be expected to engage fans and critics alike of those who – as many in this book do – look back to pre-modern ways of wrestling with some vital issues.' William B. Drees, Professor of the Philosophy of the Humanities, Tilburg University