Fraser Watts

Why the Science and Religion Dialogue Matters: Voices from the International Society for Science and Religion Fraser Watts First Edition, 1 edition

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Publisher Marketing: Each world faith tradition has its own distinctive relationship with science, and the science-religion dialogue benefits from a greater awareness of what this relationship is. In this book, members of the International Society for Science and Religion (ISSR) offer international and multi-faith perspectives on how new discoveries in science are met with insights regarding spiritual realities. The essays reflect the conviction that "religion and science each proceed best when they're pursued in dialogue with each other, and also that our fragmented and divided world would benefit more from a stronger dialogue between science and religion."In Part One, George F. R. Ellis, John C. Polkinghorne, and Holmes Rolston III, each a Templeton Prize winner, discuss their views on why the science and religion dialogue matters. They are joined in Part Two by distinguished theologians Fraser Watts and Philip Clayton, who place the dialogue in an international context; John Polkinghorne's inaugural address to the ISSR in 2002 is also included. In Part Three, five members of the ISSR look at the distinctive relationships of their faiths to science: Carl Feit on JudaismMunawar Anees on IslamB. V. Subbarayappa on HinduismTrinh Xuan Thuan on BuddhismHeup Young Kim on Asian ChristianityGeorge Ellis, the recently elected second president of ISSR, summarizes the contributions of his colleagues. Ronald Cole-Turner then concludes the book with a discussion of the future of the science and religion dialogue.

Contributor Bio:  Watts, Fraser Fraser Watts is a Reader in Theology and Science at the Faculty of Divinity, University of Cambridge. He is the editor of Creation, Law and Probability (2008), Jesus and Psychology (2007), The Dialogue between Science and Religion (2006) and the author of Theology and Psychology (2002). He is also an ordained minister in the Church of England, and Vicar-Chaplain of St Edward's Church in Cambridge. Contributor Bio:  Dutton, Kevin Dr. Kevin Dutton is a research psychologist at the Calleva Research Centre for Evolution and Human Science, Magdalen College, University of Oxford. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine and the Society for the Scientific Study of Psychopathy. Dutton is the author of "Split-Second Persuasion." His writing and research have been featured in "Scientific American Mind", "New Scientist", "The Guardian", "Psychology Today", and "USA Today." He lives in Oxford, England.