__"Destined to become a classic"__   
This book reframes the discussion between Christian theology and contemporary science, arguing that it is good both for religion and for science when Christians treat theology as their first truth discourse.  
  
"A bold book, destined to become a classic. Cutting through the clutter of worn-out science-and-religion debates, Paul Tyson reclaims theology as the first truth discourse that tells us what science is and how it should function. Rarely have the foundations of modern science been subjected to a more penetrating critique."  
--__Hans Boersma__, Nashotah House Theological Seminary  
  
"'Religion and Science' is dead. Long live Christian theology of science! Tyson shows exactly why, in a brief and exemplary manner."  
--__John Milbank__, University of Nottingham (emeritus)  
  
"An excellent and timely book which significantly enhances our understanding of the natural sciences and their relation to theology, history, and metaphysics."  
--__Simon Oliver__, Durham University  
  
"Likely to become a classic text bridging several disciplines."  
--__Tracey Rowland__, University of Notre Dame, Australia  
  
"This book enters territory that has long been awaiting intelligent attention. Tyson is a trusty guide, navigating a minefield with secure footing in metaphysics. This book is highly original and deserves a wide readership."  
--__Spike Bucklow__, University of Cambridge  
  
"Represents a significant moment in the growing concern to rethink and indeed reorder the relationship between 'science' and 'religion.' In this powerful little text, Tyson clears away the myths that continue to rule the popular imagination and replaces them with lucid, theologically and metaphysically nuanced insights that resonate with undeniable truth."  
--__D. C. Schindler__, the Pontifical John Paul II Institute  
  
"This book equips people of faith and people of science with the right infrastructure for each to come to a true and fruitful encounter with the other. It could very well become the standard text for courses on this crucial crosspoint."  
--__Matthew John Paul Tan__, Vianney College

__Paul Tyson__ (PhD, Queensland University of Technology) is a senior research fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities at the University of Queensland, Australia, where he serves as a principal investigator and the project co-coordinator for the After Science and Religion Project. His books include Returning to Reality, Kierkegaard's Theological Sociology, and Theology and Climate Change.

An author on the cutting edge of today's theology and science discussions argues that creedal Christianity has much to contribute to the ongoing conversation. This book contains an intellectual history of theology's engagement with science during the modern period, critiques current approaches, and makes a constructive proposal for how a Christian theological vision of natural knowledge can be better pursued. The author explains that it is good both for religion and for science when Christians treat theology as their first truth discourse. Foreword by David Bentley Hart.

Reframes the discussion between Christian theology and contemporary science, arguing that it is good both for religion and for science when Christians treat theology as their first truth discourse.

__Contents__ Foreword by David Bentley Hart  
Introduction: A Christian Theology of Science  
1. Starting Definitions of Christian Theology and of Science  
2. Viewing Christian Theology through the Truth Lens of Science  
3. Christian Theology as a First Truth Discourse  
4. Viewing Science through the Truth Lens of Christian Theology  
5. The Remarkable Reversal--Revisiting History  
6. Thinking "After" Science but Not "After" Christian Theology  
7. Rediscovering Christian Theological Epistemology  
8. Myth and History--the Fall and Science  
9. Recovering an Integrative Zone  
Epilogue: The Future?  
Glossary  
Index

Tyson, Paul

iEndorsements

iiiHalf Title Page

vTitle Page

viCopyright Page

viiContents

xiForeword

xiiiAcknowledgments

1Introduction

1 11Starting Definitions of Christian Theology and of Science

2 18Viewing Christian Theology through the Truth Lens of Science

3 26Christian Theology as a First Truth Discourse

4 40Viewing Science through the Truth Lens of Christian Theology

5 74The Remarkable Reversal—Revisiting History

6 91Thinking “After” Science but Not “After” Christian Theology

7 99Rediscovering Christian Theological Epistemology

8 131Myth and History—the Fall and Science

9 157Recovering an Integrative Zone

177Epilogue

183Glossary

195Bibliography

205Index

209Back Cover

A Christian Theology of Science

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