Dirk Evers - Böcker

This is an exploration of the relationship between evolutionary psychology, naturalism, and theological reflections, published by ESSSAT, the European Society for the Study of Science and Theology. How natural is religion? Is it a phenomenon written in our genes or brains, naturally developing with the development of the human race? The book considers the findings of evolutionary psychology from scientific, philosophical and theological perspectives and critically examines the relation between empirical, epistemological and theological notions. Chapters in the book deal with the naturalness of religion and religious experiences as based on genetics, biology and social psychology. Other authors examine the relationship between religion, science and theology with regard to the naturalness of religion from a more general perspective. The last part of the book includes views from a Muslim scholar and a historian.

This book addresses a variety of important questions on nature, science, and spirituality: Is the natural world all that there is? Or is it possible to move ‘beyond nature’? What might it mean to transcend nature? What reflections of anything ‘beyond nature’ might be found in nature itself? Gathering papers originally delivered at the 2018 annual conference of the European Society for the Study of Science and Theology (ESSSAT), the book includes contributions of an international group of scientists, philosophers, theologians and historians, all discussing nature and what may lie beyond it.More than 20 chapters explore questions of science, nature, spirituality and more, includingNature – and Beyond? Immanence and Transcendence in Science and ReligionAwe and wonder in scientific practice: Implications for the relationship between science and religionThe Cosmos Considered as a Moral InstitutionThe transcendent within: how our own biology leads to spiritualityPreserving the heavens and the earth: Planetary sustainability from a Biblical and educational perspectiveIssues in Science and Theology: Nature – and Beyond will benefit a broad audience of students, scholars and faculty in such disciplines as philosophy, history of science, theology, and ethics.

This book brings together selected papers from scientists, theologians and philosophers who took part in the 2021 conference of the European Society for the Study of Science and Theology based in Madrid, Spain. The contributions constitute a cutting-edge resource for considering questions from interdisciplinary perspectives, covering both the crucial role played by images and models in our thinking and also the limitations which are inherent in these linguistic devices. Questions addressed include: Can this use of images and models generate a creative pluralism, enabling us to think outside the disciplinary silos which are a feature of academic discourse? Can they enable fruitful, synergistic, interdisciplinary conversations? This book will appeal to students and academics alike, particularly those working in the fields of philosophy, theology, ethics and the history of science.

This book brings together selected papers from scientists, theologians and philosophers who took part in the 2021 conference of the European Society for the Study of Science and Theology based in Madrid, Spain. The contributions constitute a cutting-edge resource for considering questions from interdisciplinary perspectives, covering both the crucial role played by images and models in our thinking and also the limitations which are inherent in these linguistic devices. Questions addressed include: Can this use of images and models generate a creative pluralism, enabling us to think outside the disciplinary silos which are a feature of academic discourse? Can they enable fruitful, synergistic, interdisciplinary conversations? This book will appeal to students and academics alike, particularly those working in the fields of philosophy, theology, ethics and the history of science.

Anhand der drei Kategorien Raum, Materie und Zeit entwickelt Dirk Evers Grundfragen naturwissenschaftlichen Denkens, die er auf ihre Geschichte und den wissenschaftsphilosophischen Diskurs bezieht. Er analysiert die Relativitätstheorie, die Quantentheorie und die Thermodynamik jeweils in ihren Grundzügen und untersucht die damit verbundenen kosmologischen Modelle und Einsichten (z. B. Urknallmodell, inflationärer Urknall, Schicksal des Universums). Auf theologischer Ebene hält er die eschatologische Differenz von Gott und Schöpfung fest und stellt die Orientierungsleistung des Glaubens in der Schöpfung heraus. Dabei erklärt Dirk Evers beispielsweise den 'Ort' Gottes im 'Himmel', setzt Gott in Beziehung zur materiellen Wirklichkeit und versteht die Welt als fortgesetzte Schöpfung. Die gewonnenen Einsichten werden so analysiert, daß theologische Aussagen der christlichen Schöpfungslehre darauf bezogen werden können. Zudem wird dieses Vorgehen auch methodisch in Bezug auf das Gespräch zwischen Naturwissenschaften und Theologie reflektiert. Dirk Evers legt Wert auf eine klärende historische Betrachtung und klare Unterscheidung oft ungenau bestimmter Begriffe.

Die Theologie hat ein eminentes Interesse an der Klärung des modallogischen und ontologischen Status ihrer Rede vom Möglichen, bekennt doch der christliche Glaube, dass inmitten des Wirklichen Möglichkeiten zu entdecken sind, die diesem von sich aus nicht erschließbar sind. Dirk Evers unternimmt deshalb eine religionsphilosophische Klärung der einschlägigen Konzepte und Theorien, um das zu entwickeln und zu pflegen, was man einen dem christlichen Glauben eigenen Möglichkeitssinn nennen könnte. Seine Untersuchungen vollziehen sich in drei Schritten. Zuerst wird Leibniz' modallogisch konzipierte Metaphysik und speziell seine Theorie möglicher Welten in Erinnerung gerufen. Sodann werden die relevanten Modelle heutiger formaler Modallogik vorgestellt und deren syntaktische und semantische Grundlagen analysiert (W.V. Quine, D. Lewis, S. Kripke, A. Plantinga u.a.). Sowohl im ersten wie im zweiten Kapitel werden so die für die Rede vom Möglichen entscheidenden Fragestellungen, Alternativen und Aporien herausgearbeitet. In einem dritten Schritt werden diese dann in theologischer Perspektive erörtert.

Im vorliegenden Sammelband sind einführende und konstruktiv-kritische Beiträge zur Theologie des Tübinger Systematikers Eberhard Jüngel (*1934) zusammengestellt, die theologiegeschichtliche Kontexte, zentrale Themen und weiterführende Perspektiven seiner Theologie erörtern. Die Beitragenden, von denen viele zur jüngeren Generation von Theologinnen und Theologen gehören, nehmen eine Vielfalt von Themen aus fachlich, konfessionell und geographisch unterschiedlichen Perspektiven in den Blick. Das macht diesen Sammelband zum instruktiven Hilfsmittel für jeden, der sich mit der hermeneutischen Theologie des 20. Jahrhunderts im Allgemeinen und Jüngels Theologie im Besonderen in Forschung und Lehre beschäftigt.

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