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"This volume will show how various intellectual disciplines (most found within the modern university) can learn from theology and philosophy in primarily methodological and substantitive terms. It will explore the possible ways in which current presuppositions and practices of the displine might be challenged. It will also indicate the possibilities of both a ""Christian Culture"" in relation to that discipline or the way in which that discipline might look within a real or theoretical Christian university."

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Author:   Dr Mervyn Davies ,  Dr Oliver D. Crisp (University of St Andrews, UK) ,  Dr. Gavin D'Costa ,  Dr Peter Hampson
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   T.& T.Clark Ltd
Volume:   2
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.618kg
ISBN:  

9780567040459

ISBN 10:   0567040453
Pages:   240
Publication Date:   16 August 2012
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Language:   English

Table of Contents

Foreword Rowan Williams\Contributors\Introduction: Theology and the Disciplines: building a 'Christian culture' The Editors\'Newman's Challenge to the Contemporary University' Mervyn Davies (Sarum College and Bristol University)\Part 1: Natural and Life Sciences\'Mathematics: Breaking the Code of Creation' Michael Heller (University of Krakow)\'Christianity and Physics' John Polkinghorne, KBE, FRS (Cambridge University)\'Biology in a Christian University' Alister McGrath (University of London)\'Theology and Environmental Sciences' Celia Deane-Drummond (University of Notre Dame)\'Christianity and the Transformation of Medicine' Andrew Sloane (Morling College)\Part 2: Human and Social Sciences\'Theology and Sociology' James Sweeney, CP (Heythrop College, University of London)\'Theology and Psychology' Peter Hampson (Blackfriars, Oxford University)\'Relational Spirituality, Virtue, and Psychotherapy' Steven Sandage (Bethel University)\'Theology and Legal Education' Julian Rivers (Bristol University)\'Politics and International Relations' Nicholas Rengger (University of St Andrews)\'Orthodoxy and Heresy in Departments of Economics' William Cavanaugh (DePaul University)\Part 3: Humanities\'Theology and Literature - Reflections on Dante and Shakespeare' Robin Kirkpatrick (Cambridge University) and Vittorio Montemaggi (University of Notre Dame)\'English Literature in the University' Lucy Beckett (Ampleforth College)\'Philosophy, Theology and Historical Knowledge' Fernando Cervantes (Bristol University)\'Theology and Classics' Richard Finn, OP (Blackfriars, Oxford University)\'Liturgy, Music and Theology in the English Choral Tradition' John Harper (Bangor University)\Index

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'Finally, a book that takes on the difference Christianity might or should make for how the disciplines of the university are pursued. This is essential reading for Christian and non-Christian alike.' - Stanley Hauerwas, Gilbert T. Rowe Professor of Theological Ethics, Duke Divinity School, USA. -- Stanley Hauerwas There is a wealth of content in these pages . . . Hopefully [it] will be read by many in the fields examined in this book, or even ones not directly addressed, and they will be inspired to think through their own approach as Christians as they present their subject to their students. -- Andrew C. Palfreyman * Journal of Education and Christian Belief * [This] book is the most substantial anthology of multidisciplinary engagement with theology, and as such will be of profit to academic leaders seeking to foster a more integrated intellectual life among faculty in Christian colleges and universities. * Theological Studies *

‘Finally, a book that takes on the difference Christianity might or should make for how the disciplines of the university are pursued. This is essential reading for Christian and non-Christian alike.' - Stanley Hauerwas, Gilbert T. Rowe Professor of Theological Ethics, Duke Divinity School, USA. -- Stanley Hauerwas There is a wealth of content in these pages . . . Hopefully [it] will be read by many in the fields examined in this book, or even ones not directly addressed, and they will be inspired to think through their own approach as Christians as they present their subject to their students. -- Andrew C. Palfreyman * Journal of Education and Christian Belief * [This] book is the most substantial anthology of multidisciplinary engagement with theology, and as such will be of profit to academic leaders seeking to foster a more integrated intellectual life among faculty in Christian colleges and universities. * Theological Studies *

Author Information

Dr Gavin D'Costa is Professor of Catholic Theology, University of Bristol, England. Peter Hampson is Visiting Fellow at Blackfriars Hall, Oxford, UK.

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