Part I: Method in Theology and Science
We begin with the question of methodology: how are we to
relate theology and science? I will take the question as broadly including
issues in <!g>epistemology and the nature of scientific and religious language, as
well as issues more clearly arising in methodology per se. The past four
decades have seen a variety of important such methodological proposals; here
well briefly review some of the most promising. I believe well see that,
though they differ significantly on key questions, they still form a somewhat
continuous developmental path, leading from early insights to cutting edge
research questions. But before exploring this path - <!g>critical realism - a
brief word about how the purported relations can be classified is appropriate.
Contributed by: <!g>Dr. Robert Russell
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