{"product_id":"re-imagining-nature-the-promise-of-a-christian-natural-theology-paperback-softback-9781119046356","title":"Re-Imagining Nature; The Promise of a Christian Natural Theology (Paperback \/ softback) 9781119046356","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eRe-Imagining Nature\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Promise of a Christian Natural Theology\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Encounter this book with enormous respect.  In this remarkable text, McGrath is judicious, audacious, and perceptive.  Setting the entire project of Natural Theology in an historical context, he weaves together an account of natural theology that is innovative, powerful and intriguing.  Critics and advocates for Natural Theology alike will have their worldview changed as they encounter this remarkable argument.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIan S. Markham, Dean and President of Virginia Theological Seminary\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This theological book emerges from a deep and integrating vision of creation - the natural world appreciated through the Christian \u003ci\u003eimaginarium\u003c\/i\u003e. Composed in crystalline prose, McGrath explores the complexity of \u003ci\u003etheologia naturalis \u003c\/i\u003ein a way that is both insightful and erudite. He enriches the particularities of place with a spiritually always and only historically and culturally localised. In a time of global ecological concerns, this is a much needed labour. Christians \u003ci\u003eneed\u003c\/i\u003e to engage these concerns, rooting them profoundly in a thick account of reality and what it is to be alive. There's a promise of transformation in doing this, and McGrath knows it. This book is an exciting testimony to the imaginative power behind that promised potential.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGraham Ward, University of Oxford\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“In this game-changing book, Alister McGrath develops a thick theology of nature from a distinctly Christian point of view. He expertly tackles topics that are underexplored in traditional natural theology, such as the moral and aesthetic ambiguity of nature, emphasising the importance of both rational and imaginative ways of engaging with nature.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHelen de Cruz, Oxford Brookes University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“Being informed about natural theology is essential to any substantive understanding of the relationship of science and theology. The present book nicely sums up and carries further his indispensable contributions to the topic.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn F Haught, author of \u003ci\u003eScience and Faith: A New introduction\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“In contemporary theology, the project of natural theology has many opponents. In his latest book, Re-Imagining Nature, McGrath presents an ambitious vision for retrieving a holistic Christian understanding of natural theology that goes beyond the rationalistic proofs of God’s existence of the 19th century. By stressing the imaginative powers of human beings and not just rational ones, McGrath defends a thick and contextual but at the same time traditional model of Christian natural theology as a way of seeing the world. A stellar addition to the contemporary literature on natural theology.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAku Visala, University of Helsinki\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAlister E. McGrath (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781119046356, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 15 July 2016\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e256 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.6 x 15 x 1.5 cm, 0.272 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eReimagining Nature\u003c\/i\u003e is a new introduction to the fast developing area of natural theology, written by one of the world’s leading theologians. The text engages in serious theological dialogue whilst looking at how past developments might illuminate and inform theory and practice in the present.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eThis text sets out to explore what a properly Christian approach to natural theology might look like and how this relates to alternative interpretations of our experience of the natural world\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAlister McGrath is ideally placed to write the book  as one of the world’s best known theologians and a chief proponent of natural theology\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThis new work offers an account of the development of natural theology throughout history and informs of its likely contribution in the present\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThis feeds in current debates about the relationship between science and religion, and religion and the humanities\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eEngages in serious theological dialogue, primarily with Augustine, Aquinas, Barth and Brunner, and includes the work of natural scientists, philosophers of science, and poets\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 Natural Theology: Questions of Definition and Scope 6\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Aim of This Work 8\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Brief Genealogy of Natural Theology 11\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNatural Theology: Six Approaches 18\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Natural Theology Project: Thick and Thin Descriptions 22\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn Defense of a “Christian” Natural Theology Project 25\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Christian Accommodation of Classic Natural Theology 35\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 Natural Theology and the Christian Imaginarium 41\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eSensorium and Imaginarium: Christianity and the Re-Imagination of Nature 42\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eModernity and the Suppression of the Imagination 47\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Metanoia: Seeing Things as They Really Are 50\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eImaginative Transformation: The Church as an Interpretive Community 55\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Theoria: Imaginative Beholding and Rational Dissection 57\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNature as logikos: Reflections on the Doctrine of Creation 61\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMetaphors of Beauty and Order: Harmony and the Dance 66\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 Text, Image, and Sign: On Framing the Natural World 69\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNatural Theology as a Habitus 69\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Intellectual Challenge of the Ambiguity of the World 73\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNature as a Text: Natural Theology and the Book of Nature 78\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNature as Image: Natural Theology and Landscapes 87\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNature as a Sign: Natural Theology and Semiotics 93\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 Natural Theology: Contexts and Motivations 101\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Importance of Cultural Location for Natural Theology 101\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA New Vocational Space: Natural Theology as a Religious Calling 105\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Wasteland: Natural Theology and the Recovery of a Lost Nature 107\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWonder and Mystery: Transcendent Experiences 110\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRe-Enchantment: Sustaining a Sense of Wonder 113\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Rational Transparency of Nature and Faith 116\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConnectedness: The Human Longing for Coherence 120\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMeaning: Nature and Ultimate Questions 122\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNatural Theology as a “Natural” Quest 124\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 Natural Theology: Some Concerns and Challenges 128\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNatural Theology: Improper and Redundant? 128\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOntotheology? Natural Theology and Philosophical “First Principles” 133\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDavid Hume: The Intellectual Inadequacy of a Deist Natural Theology 135\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCharles Taylor: Natural Theology and the “Immanent Frame” 138\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBarth and Brunner: The Debate which Discredited Natural Theology? 144\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFideism: Natural Theology as Self-Referential and Self-Justifying? 149\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 The Promise of a Christian Natural Theology 154\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Natural Sciences: Natural Theology and the Subversion of Scientism 156\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Affective Imagination: Natural Theology and the Spirituality of Nature 163\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBoundaries and Trespass: Natural Theology and Systematic Theology 168\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eApologetics: Natural Theology and Public Engagement 173\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 181\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography 184\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 240\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Religion \u0026amp; beliefs [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Religion \u0026amp; beliefs\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Religion%20\u0026amp;%20beliefs%20%5BHR%5D%22\"\u003eHR\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52173780320536,"sku":"9781119046356","price":29.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781119046356.jpg?v=1781171864","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/re-imagining-nature-the-promise-of-a-christian-natural-theology-paperback-softback-9781119046356","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}