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E. Representative Recent Engagements of Theology by Natural Scientists

  • Alexander, Denis. Rebuilding the Matrix: Science and Faith in the 21st Century. Oxford: Lion, 2001.
  • Artigas, Mariano. The Mind of the Universe: Understanding Science and Religion. Philadelphia: Templeton Foundation Press, 2000.
  • Barr, Stephen. Modern Physics and Ancient Faith. Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press, 2003.
  • Berry, R. J. God’s Book of Works: The Nature and Theology of Nature. Edinburgh: T&T Clark, 2003.
  • Berry, R. J., ed.  Real Scientists, Real Faith. Oxford, UK: Monarch, 2009.
  • Berry, R.J. Real Science, Real Faith: Sixteen Leading British Scientists Discuss Their Science and Their Personal Faith. Crowborough: Monarch, 1991.
  • Birch, Charles. Science and Soul. West Conshohocken, PA: Templeton Foundation Press, 2008.
  • Bonting, Sjoerd Lieuwe. Creation and Double Chaos: Science and Theology in Discussion. Minneapolis, MN: Fortress, 2005.
  • Clayton Philip & Jim Schaal. Practicing Science, Living Faith: Interviews with Twelve Leading Scientists. NY: Columbia University Press, 2007.
  • Collins, Francis S. The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief. New York: Free Press, 2006.
  • Consolmagno, Guy. God’s Mechanics: How Scientists and Engineers Make Sense of Religion. San Franciso, CA: Jossey-Bass, 2007.
  • Davies, Paul. Cosmic Jackpot: Why Our Universe is Just Right for Life. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2007.
  • Davies, Paul. God and the New Physics. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1984.
  • Dawkins, Richard. A Devil’s Chaplain. London: Weidenfeld and Nicholson, 2003.
  • Dawkins, Richard. The God Delusion. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2006.
  • Del Re, Giuseppe. The Cosmic Dance: Science Discovers the Mysterious Harmony of the Universe. Radnor, PA: Templeton Foundation Press, 2000.
  • Denton, Michael. Nature’s Destiny: How the Laws of Biology Reveal Purpose in the Universe. New York: Free Press, 1998.
  • Ecklund, Elaine Howard. Science vs Religion: What Scientists Really Think. New York: Oxford University Press, 2010.
  • Frank, Adam. The Constant Fire: Beyond the Science vs. Religion Debate. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2008.
  • Frankenberry, Nancy K., editor. The Faith of Scientists: In Their Own Words. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2008.
  • Giberson, Karl & Mariano Artigas. Oracles of Science: Celebrity Scientists vs. God and Religion. New York: Oxford University Press, 2006.
  • Gingerich, Owen. God’s Universe. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2006.
  • Gonzalez, Guillermo & Jay W. Richards. The Privileged Planet: How Our Place in the Cosmos is Designed for Discovery. Washington, DC: Regnery, 2004.
  • Gould, Stephen Jay. Rocks of Ages: Science and Religion in the Fullness of Life. New York: Ballantine, 1999.
  • Hodgson, Peter E. Theology and Modern Physics. Burlington, VT: Ashgate, 2005.
  • Kauffman, Stuart A. Reinventing the Sacred: A New View of Science, Reason, and Religion. New York: Basic Books, 2008.
  • Malin, Shimon. Nature Loves to Hide: Quantum Physics and the Nature of Reality, a Western Perspective. New York: Oxford University Press, 2001.
  • McLeish, Tom. Faith and Wisdom in Science. New York: Oxford University Press, 2014.
  • Midgley, Mary. Science as Salvation: A Modern Myth and Its Meaning. New York: Routledge, 1992.
  • Miller, Kenneth R. Finding Darwin’s God: A Scientist’s Search for Common Ground Between God and Evolution. New York: HarperCollins, 2000.
  • Monsay, Evelyn H. The Search for the Ultimate: Frontier Physics and Theology. Minneapolis: Fortress Augsburg, 2006.
  • Morris, Richard. The Big Questions: Probing the Promise and Limits of Science. New York: Times Books, 2002.
  • Peacocke, Arthur Robert. Evolution: The Disguised Friend of Faith? Philadelphia: Templeton Foundation Press, 2004.
  • Peacocke, Arthur Robert. God and Science - A Quest for Christian Credibility. London: SCM, 1996.
  • Peacocke, Arthur Robert. God and the New Biology. New York: Harper & Row, 1986.
  • Peacocke, Arthur Robert. Paths from Science towards God: Forging a New Theology for a Scientific Age. Oxford: OneWorld Publications, 2001.
  • Peacocke, Arthur Robert. The Palace of Glory: God’s World and Science. Hindmarsh, SA: ATF Press, 2005.
  • Peacocke, Arthur Robert. Theology for a Scientific Age: Being and Becoming - Natural, Divne, and Human. 2nd edition. Minneapolis: Fortress, 1993.
  • Peacocke, Arthur. All That Is: A Naturalistic Faith for the Twenty-First Century. Minneapolis, MN: Fortress, 2007.
  • Polkinghorne, John C. Belief in God in an Age of Science. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1998.
  • Polkinghorne, John C. Exploring Reality: The Intertwining of Science and Religion. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2005.
  • Polkinghorne, John C. One World: the Interaction of Science and Theology. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1987; 2nd edition, West Conshohocken, PA: Templeton Foundation Press, 2007.
  • Polkinghorne, John C. Quarks, Chaos & Christianity. New York: Crossroad, 1996; revised edition. New York: Crossroad, 2006.
  • Polkinghorne, John C. Science and Creation: the Search for Understanding. Boston, MA: New Science Library, 1988; 2nd edition, West Conshohocken, PA: Templeton Foundation Press, 2006.
  • Polkinghorne, John C. Science and Providence: God’s Interaction with the World. Boston, MA: New Science Library, 1989; reissue: Philadelphia, PA: Templeton Foundation Press, 2005.
  • Polkinghorne, John C. Science and Religion in Quest of Truth. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2011.
  • Polkinghorne, John C. Science and the Trinity: The Christian Encounter with Reality. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2004.
  • Polkinghorne, John C. Serious Talk. Philadelphia, PA: Trinity Press International, 1995.
  • Polkinghorne, John C. The Faith of a Physicist. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1994.
  • Polkinghorne, John C. The Way the World Is: the Christian Perspective of a Scientist. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1984; Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox, 2007.
  • Polkinghorne, John C. Theology in the Context of Science. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2009.
  • Richardson, W. Mark & Gordy Slack, editors. Faith in Science: Scientists Search for Truth. New York: Routledge, 2001.
  • Schroeder, Gerald. God according to God: A Physicist Proves We’ve Been Wrong About God All Along. New York: HarperOne, 2009.
  • Shackleford, John M. Faith Seeking Understanding: Approaching God Through Science. Mahwah, NJ: Paulist, 2007.
  • Silver, Lee M. Challenging Nature: The Clash of Science and Spirituality at the New Frontiers of Life. New York: Harper Collins, 2006.
  • Stannard, Russell. Doing Away with God? Creation and the Big Bang. London: Marshall Pickering, 1993.
  • Stannard, Russell. Science and Belief: The Big Issues. Oxford: Lion, 2012.
  • Stannard, Russell. Science and the Renewal of Belief. Revised edition. Philadelphia: Templeton Foundation Press, 2004.
  • Stannard, Russell. Science and Wonders: Conversations About Science and Belief. London: Faber & Faber, 1996.
  • Stannard, Russell. The God Experiment. New York: Hidden Spring, 2000.
  • Staune, Jean, editor. Science and the Search for Meaning: Perspectives from International Scientists. West Conshohocken, PA: Templeton Foundation Press, 2006.
  • Stenger, Victor J. The God Hypothesis: How Science Shows that God Does Not Exist. New York: Prometheus, 2007.
  • Templeton, John Marks & Kenneth Seeman Giniger. Spiritual Evolution: Scientists Discuss Their Beliefs. Philadelphia: Templeton Foundation Press, 1998.
  • Templeton, John Marks, ed. Evidence of Purpose: Scientists Discover the Creator. New York: Continuum, 1994.
  • Thirring, Walter. Cosmic Impressions: Traces of God in the Laws of Nature. West Conshohocken, PA: Templeton Foundation Press, 2007.
  • Tipler, Frank J. The Physics of Christianity. New York: Doubleday, 2007.
  • Wilson, E. O. Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge. New York: Alfred Knopf, 1998.

Contributed by: Dr. Randy Maddox

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