Theology and Science in the Thought of Ian Barbour

This book is an important new study on the thought of the late Professor Ian Graeme Barbour (1923-2013).

Autorentext

Joseph R. Laracy, a Catholic priest of the Archdiocese of Newark, serves as assistant professor of systematic theology at Immaculate Conception Seminary School of Theology, Seton Hall University. He is also an affiliated faculty member with the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, the Program of Catholic Studies, Department of the Core Curriculum, and the University Honors Program. Father Laracy earned his doctorate from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome as well as a master s degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a bachelor s from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is a fellow of the International Institute of Informatics and Systemics.

Inhalt

Foreword - Acknowledgments - List of Abbreviations - Ian Barbour: Life and Works - Barbour's Fundamental Principles: Theological Presuppositions, Epistemology, and Met-aphysics Theology and Science: Similarities and Differences According to Barbour - A Catholic Critique for the Doctrine of Creation - Toward Dialogue and Integration - Index.