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Proceedings of the Goshen Conference on Religion and Science
The Goshen Conference on Religion and Science is a yearly lecture series that features distinguished scholars of religion and science. Proceedings are edited by Carl S. Helrich, Goshen College. Volumes 1-14 are available for order worldwide on Amazon. Please click on the titles to order. (see here for a note on our distribution model). |
1. Religion and Science: God, Evolution and the Soul, Nancey Murphy. 2001.
2. A Universe of Ethics, Morality, and Hope, George F.R. Ellis. 2002. 3. The Dialogue Between Religion and Science, Antje Jackelén. 2003. 4. Purpose, Evolution and the Mystery of Life, John F. Haught. 2004. 5. Cosmology, Evolution, and Resurrection Hope, Robert John Russell. 2005. 6. Religion-and-Science as Spiritual Quest for Meaning, Philip Hefner. 2006. 7. Evolution of Terrestrial and Extraterrestrial Life, Ted Peters. 2007. Also available as an open-access PDF below. 8. Science and Origins: Probing the Deeper Questions, Holmes Rolston III. 2008. 9. The Limits of Perfection, Noreen Herzfeld. 2010. 11. Worrying About Evolution, Owen Gingerich. 2013. 12. Re-imaging the Divine Image: Humans and Other Animals, Celia Deane-Drummond. 2014. 13. Becoming Human: Weaving Together Genetics and Personhood, Gayle Woloschak. 2018. 14. Religion and Environment: The Case of Judaism, Hava Tirosh-Samuelson. 2020. “’Science versus religion’ is a pressing cultural issue affecting the church and its mission, and needs to be addressed by our colleges, seminaries, and mission agencies. The proceedings of the Goshen Conference are a welcome resource." |
See also our early title by Nancey Murphy, Reconciling Theology and Science: A Radical Reformation Perspective. 1997.
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"Reconciling Theology and Science shows how the warfare between the two in this century has been both unnecessary and unproductive. Nancey Murphy makes theology and science mutually intelligible by demonstrating how recent developments in both fields open up possibilities for a constructive dialogue and partnership. What gives this book coherence is her firm theological grip. She focuses an ethical vision as the framework for intellectual work based on the significance of Jesus Christ for all human endeavor. In so doing, she underscores the credibility of Christian faith." |
Religion and Environment
The Case of Judaism
by Hava Tirosh-Samuelson
Dr. Hava Tirosh-Samuelson is Regents Professor, Irving and Miriam Lowe Professor of Modern Judaism, and Director of Jewish Studies at Arizona State University in Tempe, AZ. She holds a Ph.D. in Jewish Philosophy and Mysticism from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (1978), and a BA in Religious Studies from SUNY-Stony Brook, New York (1974). Prior to joining the faculty of Arizona State University in 1999, she taught at Indiana University (1991-1999), Emory University in Atlanta (1988-1991), Columbia University in New York (1982-1988), and Hebrew Union College in New York (1980-1982).
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2020. 397 pages. ISBN 978-1926599687. Available on Amazon.com and as an Open Access PDF (see below for download link).
Reviewed in the Mennonite Quarterly Review (October 2021) (PDF) In each annual Goshen Conference on Religion and Science, a single speaker, who has proven to be an important voice in the dialogue between religion and science, is invited to present a topic of her or his choice in a series of three lectures. The speaker in the 2016 Goshen Conference was Hava Tirosh-Samuelson, Regents Professor of History, Irving and Miriam Lowe Professor of Modern Judaism, and Director of Jewish Studies at Arizona State University. Tirosh-Samuelson chose to illustrate the interplay of religion and science by focusing on Jewish conceptions of nature as they have evolved over time from antiquity to the present. Presenting Judaism as a way of life, Tirosh-Samuelson shows how the foundational beliefs of Judaism—creation, revelation and redemption—and the Judaic ethics of responsibility have given rise to contemporary Jewish environmentalism. Written as intellectual history, Tirosh-Samuelson’s lectures are inherently interdisciplinary, engaging biblical hermeneutics, theology, philosophy, mysticism, ethics, and science. The lectures are distinctly cross-cultural, presenting the interaction of Judaism with ancient Greek philosophy, medieval Islam and Christianity, as well as modern philosophy. This methodology enables Tirosh-Samuelson to explicate her textual sources, while acting as a publicly engaged scholar who is deeply concerned about the destruction of planet Earth. With emphasis on the primacy of ethics, Tirosh-Samuelson invites readers of all religious traditions to see the current eco-crisis as humanity’s greatest challenge to which religion offers the deepest response. The case of Judaism makes clear that the Abrahamic traditions can meaningfully address our ecological crisis documented by the environmental sciences. 
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The Evolution of Terrestrial and Extraterrestrial Life
Where in the World is God?
by Ted Peters
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ISBN-13: 978-1894710855. 2008. 222 pages. Softcover. Available here.
The basic question that Ted Peters posed for the 2007 Goshen Conference on Religion and Science was: Where in the world is God? In three lectures he uncovered aspects of that question and revealed some of the difficulties that we encounter in answering that question. The simplicity of the claim that God is everywhere becomes mired when we turn to the realities of our life experiences on this planet. The difficulty becomes deeper if we consider our biological history, and our answer to the question must also embrace what we have learned and are learning about the universe. This title is available as an open-access PDF for noncommercial use.
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