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How can we more deeply understand religious pluralism? In this study, Christopher C. Knight suggests that current explorations of the subject may be supplemented by combining new thinking about divine action with the kind of 'mystical theology' that sees doctrinal statements as aids to contemplation rather than philosophical truth claims.

How can we more deeply understand religious pluralism? In this study, Christopher C. Knight suggests that current explorations of religious pluralism may be supplemented by combining new thinking about divine action with the kind of 'mystical theology' that sees doctrinal statements as aids to contemplation rather than as philosophical truth claims. While Knight sees the 'perennialist' tradition of pluralistic thinking as deeply flawed, he nevertheless proposes that we can adopt a kind of neo-perennialism in which the supposed incompatibilities of different faith traditions may still be seen in the way that perennialists have usually considered them: as relating only to the exotericdimension of religious faith and practice. In this way, he suggests, the perennialist notion of esoteric ecumenism may still be valid. He cautions, nevertheless, that at a methodological level, there may be defensible reasons to hesitate before adopting a full-blown pluralism of this kind.

"In Science and the Orthodox Faith Fr Christopher C. Knight addresses the question of the relationship between science and Christian faith from the perspective of the Orthodox Church. This contributes a unique voice to the field, drawing upon the tradition of the Orthodox Church, both ancient and modern"--

1. Reflections of a bottom-up thinker / John Polkinghorne -- 2. John Polkinghorne on three scientist-theologians / Ian G. Barbour -- 3. Is informational causality primary causality? A study of an aspect of John Polkinghorne's account of divine action / Terry J. Wright -- 4. Polkinghorne on mathematics and chaos theory / Nicholas Saunders -- 5. Queen physics : how much of the globe is painted red? / Nancy Cartwright and Eric Martin -- 6. God and time : a new flowing time interpretation of special relativity and its importance for theology / Robert John Russell -- 7. Cosmic if-statements / Daniel W. Darg -- 8. Bishop Berkeley's castle : John Polkinghorne on the soul / Keith Ward -- 9. Theology and scientific cosmology / Fraser Watts -- 10. Christian hope in dialogue with natural science : John Polkinghorne's incorporation of bottom-up thinking into eschatology / Junghyung Kim -- 11. Subtle and supple : John Polkinghorne's engagement with reality / Pat Bennett -- 12. On revising natural theology : John Polkinghorne and the false modesty of liberal theology / Russell Re Manning -- 13. John Polkinghorne's kenotic theology of creation and its implications for a theory of human creativity / James M. Watkins -- 14. Science-and-theology from the standpoint of divine kenosis / Philip Clayton -- 15. Processes of discovery in science and theology : bottom-up approach, critical realism and interdisciplinary inspiration / Michael Welker -- 16. Some responses / John Polkinghorne.

This book presents a celebration, survey and critique of the theological work of arguably the most important and most widely-read contributor to the modern dialogue between science and theology: John Polkinghorne.Including a major survey by Polkinghorne himself of his life's work in theology, this book draws together contributors from among the most important voices in the science-theology dialogue today to focus on key aspects of Polkinghorne's work, with Polkinghorne providing responses. Anybody exploring contemporary aspects of the science-religion debate will find this book invaluable