Christianity and the Disciplines

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

‘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.

• Foreword Rowan Williams\Contributors\Introduction: Theologyand 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)\'Christianityand Physics' John Polkinghorne, KBE, FRS (Cambridge University)\'Biology in aChristian University' Alister McGrath (University of London)\'Theology and EnvironmentalSciences' Celia Deane-Drummond (University of Notre Dame)\'Christianity and theTransformation of Medicine' Andrew Sloane (Morling College)\Part 2: Human andSocial 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 andLegal Education' Julian Rivers (Bristol University)\'Politics and InternationalRelations' Nicholas Rengger (University of St Andrews)\'Orthodoxy and Heresy inDepartments of Economics' William Cavanaugh (DePaul University)\Part 3:Humanities\'Theology and Literature - Reflections on Dante and Shakespeare' RobinKirkpatrick (Cambridge University) and Vittorio Montemaggi (University of NotreDame)\'English Literature in the University' Lucy Beckett (Ampleforth College)\'Philosophy,Theology and Historical Knowledge' Fernando Cervantes (Bristol University)\'Theologyand Classics' Richard Finn, OP (Blackfriars, Oxford University)\'Liturgy, Musicand Theology in the English Choral Tradition' John Harper (Bangor University)\Index