Science, Religion, the Humanities and Hope

​Anne L.C. Runehov  is an associate Professor EM., Dr. Theology, Philosophy of Religion, Uppsala University. Her main research interest is interdisciplinary, combining Philosophy of Religion, Philosophy of Mind and Neuroscience. She has worked as a freelance writer for the section of Philosophy, National Encyclopedia (NE), Malmö, since 2019, and is an independent researcher, editor and writer. Besides having edited several books, amongst others the Encyclopedia of Sciences and Religions (Springer 2013), she published two monographs, Sacred or Neural? The potential of Neuroscience to Explain Religious Experience (VandenHoeck & Ruprecht 2006), and The Human Being, the World and God (Springer 2016). She was a guest-researcher at the Dept. Systematic Theology, Faculty of Theology, Copenhagen University, Nov. 1, 2010 – Oct. 2014. There she also was director of the Copenhagen University Network of Science and Religion (CUNCR) 2008-2013. She was a Post-doctoral fellow: Centre for Naturalism and Christian Semantics, Faculty of Theology, Copenhagen University, Sept. 1, 2008 to October 30, 2010, and at the Dept. Systematic Theology, Copenhagen University, Faculty of Theology, June 2006 – August 2008.She received the ESSSAT Research price 2006. Besides being a member of the Council of the ESSSAT (since 2018) she is a member of the organization committee for the project of Credition, organized by the University of Graz, Austria.  Michael Fuller has taught science and theology at the University of Edinburgh since 1998. He is the author of a monograph and numerous articles dealing with the interface of science and religion, and he has edited numerous books relating to this subject. He has also published papers on theology and literature, and theology and music. He is a former Chair of the UK Science and Religion Forum, Vice-President for Publications of the European Society for the Study of Science and Theology, and a Fellow of the International Society for Science and Religion. He is an Honorary Canon of St Mary’s Cathedral, Edinburgh. His research interests include ethical issues raised by new and emerging sciences.

• Preface (Mark Harris).- Introduction (Anne Runehov and Michael Fuller).- Chapter 1. Curricular Evanescence: Theology, Philosophy, and the Study of Religion (Ab De Jong).- Chapter 2. The Role of the Humanities in hermeneutic-anthropological perspective (Marcus  Düwel).- Chapter 3.  The formation of religion vs. science in the late 19th century (Dirk Evers).- Chapter 4. Is Compatibilist Freedom Meaningful Freedom? (Jenny Gillett).- Chapter 5. Types of Transcendence: Their relevance for science-religion discussions (Niels Henrik Gregersen).- Chapter 6. Clarity and Humility within and among Human Ways of Knowing (Tom Hastings).- Chapter 7. From Contingency to Multiverses. A Theological Provocation (Michael Heller).- Chapter 8. Silence and Silencing in democratic public spheres (Odile Heynders).- Chapter 9. The Demon and the Mars Rover: the Varieties of Curiosity (Alfred Kracher).- Chapter 10. Changing the planetary conversations: evolutionary and religious narratives of creationand evil (Anne Kull).- Chapter 11. Christology and the Modern World. Poetry, Arts, Science and Jesus the Christ (Hubert Meisinger).- Chapter 12. Is theology becoming more science-like when approaching science? A reconfiguration of humanities (Lluis Oviedo).- Chapter 13. Willem Drees and the Varieties of Naturalism (Arthur Petersen).- Chapter 14. The Science and Religion dialogue as an interdisciplinary endeavor (Knut-Willy Saether).- Chapter 15. Faith as Commitment (Marcel Sarot).- Chapter 16. Creation: beyond nothing and now (Christopher Southgate).