TY  - BOOK
AU  - Murphy,Nancey
TI  - Theology in the Age of Scientific Reasoning
T2  - Cornell Studies in the Philosophy of Religion
SN  - 9781501724534
AV  - BR118 .M88 1990
U1  - 230/.01 20
PY  - 2018///]
CY  - Ithaca, NY
PB  - Cornell University Press
KW  - Religion and science
KW  - Theology
KW  - Methodology
KW  - History Of Science
KW  - History
KW  - Religious Studies
KW  - PHILOSOPHY / Religious
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Preface --; 1. The Problem-Theological Method in the Age of Probable Reasoning --; 2. The Quest for Theological Method-Pannenberg versus Hume --; 3. Probable Reasoning Come of Age-Philosophy of Science --; 4. The Modernists-Testing the Method --; 5. Data for Theology --; 6. Scientific Theology --; Index; restricted access
N2  - In this timely and provocative book, Nancey Murphy sets out to dispel skepticism regarding Christian belief. She argues for the rationality of Christian belief by showing that theological reasoning is similar to scientific reasoning as described by contemporary philosophy of science. Murphy draws on new historicist accounts of science, particularly that of lmre Lakatos. According to Lakatos, scientists work within a "research program" consisting of a fixed core theory and a series of changing auxiliary hypotheses that allow for prediction and explanation of novel facts: Murphy argues that strikingly similar patterns of reasoning can be used to justify theological assertions. She provides an original characterization of theological data and explores the consequences for theology and philosophy of religion of adopting such an approach
UR  - https://doi.org/10.7591/9781501724534
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781501724534
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781501724534/original
ER  -