Wisdom or Knowledge?: Science, Theology and Cultural Dynbamics - Couverture rigide

Drees, Willem; Liana, Zbigniew; Meisinger, Hubert

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0567030997 ISBN 13 : 9780567030993

Editeur : T.& T.Clark Ltd, 2006

Synopsis

Is scientific knowledge wisdom, or is it more limited - effective, useful, applicable, but not what we mean by wisdom? And, is the wisdom of ages past embodied in the great religious traditions still wisdom for our time, as we have to face new challenges, opportunities and responsibilities? To what extent are science and theology determined by their cultural setting? To what extent do they influence the development of culture? Contributions to this book consider various interactions between science, theology and culture from the viewpoints of philosophy, ethics, ecology, hermeneutics, history, Eastern Orthodoxy and with respect to a few selected practical issues. Some authors question whether science and theology are able to be sources of wisdom at all in our days. The variety of perspectives from different cultural backgrounds are embodied in this volume and reflect the role of culture on the meta-level of writing and reading. The reader will be encouraged to 'drink' from the streams of wisdom and knowledge investigated in the book, in order to think anew about the rather simple separation between two cultures, which has prevailed for a long time in scientific, theological and cultural thinking.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Willem B. Drees is professor of philosophy of religion and ethics at Leiden University, the Netherlands, President of ESSSAT, and author of Religion, Science and Naturalism (Cambridge UP, 1996), and Creation: From Nothing until Now (Routledge, 2001).

Zbigniew Liana is Lecturer of Philosophy of Science, Pontifical Academy of Theology.

Hubert Meisinger, Ph.D., is director for environmental affairs at the Center Social Responsibility in Mainz, associate director of studies for science and theology at the Protestant Academy Arnoldshain, associate lecturer in Systematic Theology at Darmstadt University of Technology and Vice-President of ESSSAT. He wrote a study on theological and sociobiological views of altruism: Liebesgebot und Altruismusforschung (Vandenhoeck&Ruprecht, 1996) and co-edited Physik, Kosmologie und Spiritualität (Lang, 2006).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: T.& T.Clark Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2006
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0567030997
• ISBN 13: 9780567030993
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 208
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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