Can We be Sure About Anything?: Science, Faith and Postmodernism - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1844740765 ISBN 13: 9781844740765

Publisher: Apollos, 2005

Synopsis

A multidisciplinary collection addressing critical issues.

About this title

About the Author

The editor, Denis Alexander, is Head of the Laboratory of
Lymphocyte Signalling and Development at The Babraham Institute, and Fellow
of St. Edmund's College, Cambridge, author of 'Rebuilding the Matrix'
(Lion), co-author of 'Beyond Belief: Science, Faith and Ethical
Challenges' (Lion), and editor of the journal 'Science and Christian
Belief'.

Derek Burke was previously Vice-Chancellor of the University of East
Anglia.

Peter Bussey is Reader in Physics at Glasgow University.

Don Carson is research Professor of New Testament at Trinity Evangelical
Divinity School, USA.

Ernest Lucas is the Vice-Principal of the Bristol Baptist College.

Colin Russell is Emeritus Professor of the History of Science at The Open
University.

Dominic Smart is Minister at Gilcomston South Church in Aberdeen and
lectures at the Highland Theological College.

John Taylor lectures in philosophy at the Regents Park College Study
Centre, Oxford, and at Rugby School.

Roger Trigg is Professor of Philosophy at Warwick University.

Robert White is Professor of Geophysics, Cambridge University, and Fellow
of St. Edmund's College, Cambridge.

David Wilkinson is Fellow in Christian Apologetics and Associate Director
of the Centre for Christian Communication at St John's College, University
of Durham.

From the Back Cover

* How can belief in truth be maintained in a postmodern
world?
* How do the media influence perceptions of truth claims in science,
and in Christianity?
* Can science really be objective?
* Are Christianity and science inevitably in conflict?
* Has science anything to do with human values?
* Who's telling the truth about BSE, the MMR vaccine and GM foods?
* What does quantum physics imply about the nature of reality?
* Can we be sure about anything?

These questions, and the issues they raise, are of vital importance in our
day. This stimulating and accessible volume offers responses from the
sciences, philosophy, history and theology. Its multidisciplinary
affirmation of commitment to truth in both science and Christianity will
appeal to a wide range of readers.

The contributors are Dominic Smart, Roger Trigg, Ernest Lucas, John Taylor,
D. A. Carson, Colin Russell, Denis Alexander, Peter Bussey, Robert White,
David Wilkinson and Derek Burke.

Edition details

• Publisher: Apollos
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1844740765
• ISBN 13: 9781844740765
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256
• Editor: Denis Alexander