List of science and religion scholars
Encyclopedia
A list of religion and science scholars whose works have achieved prominent notice in peer review
ed literature on the subject, particularly those prominently featured in Zygon: Journal of Religion & Science
, The Oxford Handbook of Religion and Science, Issues in Science and Religion
, The Science and Religion Forum's Reviews in Science and Religion, and scientists who have won the Templeton Prize
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Peer review
Peer review is a process of self-regulation by a profession or a process of evaluation involving qualified individuals within the relevant field. Peer review methods are employed to maintain standards, improve performance and provide credibility...
ed literature on the subject, particularly those prominently featured in Zygon: Journal of Religion & Science
Zygon: Journal of Religion & Science
Zygon: Journal of Religion & Science is an academic journal published quarterly by Wiley-Blackwell.Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science is a premier scholarly journal publishing in the area of religion and science dialogue since 1966 until present....
, The Oxford Handbook of Religion and Science, Issues in Science and Religion
Issues in Science and Religion
Issues in Science and Religion is a book by Ian Barbour. A biography provided by the John Templeton Foundation and published by PBS online states this book "has been credited with literally creating the contemporary field of science and religion."...
, The Science and Religion Forum's Reviews in Science and Religion, and scientists who have won the Templeton Prize
Templeton Prize
The Templeton Prize is an annual award presented by the Templeton Foundation. Established in 1972, it is awarded to a living person who, in the estimation of the judges, "has made an exceptional contribution to affirming life's spiritual dimension, whether through insight, discovery, or practical...
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- Gordon W. Allport: author of The Individual and his Religion (1951).
- Ian BarbourIan BarbourIan Graeme Barbour, born 5 October 1923, is an American scholar on the relationship between science and religion. According to the Public Broadcasting Service his mid-1960s Issues in Science and Religion "has been credited with literally creating the contemporary field of science and religion."In...
: author of Issues in Science and ReligionIssues in Science and ReligionIssues in Science and Religion is a book by Ian Barbour. A biography provided by the John Templeton Foundation and published by PBS online states this book "has been credited with literally creating the contemporary field of science and religion."...
(1966). - John Hedley BrookeJohn Hedley BrookeJohn Hedley Brooke is a British Historian of Science specialising in the relationship between science and religion.-Biography:...
: Andreas Idreos Professor of Science and Religion at The University of Oxford (1999–2006) - E.A. Burtt: author of The Metaphysical Foundations of Modern Physical Science (1925).
- C. A. CoulsonCharles CoulsonCharles Alfred Coulson FRS was an applied mathematician, theoretical chemist and religious author.His major scientific work was as a pioneer of the application of the quantum theory of valency to problems of molecular structure, dynamics and reactivity...
: author of Science and Christian Belief (1955). - Arthur Eddington: author of The Nature of the Physical World (1928) and Why I Believe in God: Science and Religion, as a Scientist Sees It (1930).
- John Habgood: author of Religion and Science (1964).
- Charles HartshorneCharles HartshorneCharles Hartshorne was a prominent American philosopher who concentrated primarily on the philosophy of religion and metaphysics. He developed the neoclassical idea of God and produced a modal proof of the existence of God that was a development of St. Anselm's Ontological Argument...
: author of Philosophers Speak of God (1953). - John F. Haught: author of Science and Religion—From Conflict to Conversation (1995).
- Philip HefnerPhilip HefnerPhilip Hefner is a professor emeritus of systematic theology at the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago His research career has focused on the interaction of religion and science, for which he is most well known. Hefner has held several dozen visiting teaching and lecturing appointments at...
: author of The Human Factor: Evolution, Culture, and Religion (1993) and coined an influential phrase when he defined human beings as created co-creators. He was a long time editor of Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science. - Michał Heller: author of Creative tension essays on science and religion: Essays on Science and Religion (2003).
- Martinez HewlettMartinez HewlettMartinez "Marty" Joseph Hewlett is Professor Emeritus of Molecular and Cellular Biology at the University of Arizona. He is also an adjunct professor at the Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology of the Graduate Theological Union...
: author of the chapter on "Molecular Biology and Religion" (pp. 172–186) in The Oxford Handbook of Religion and Science (2006) - Mary B. Hesse: author of Science and The Human Imagination: Aspects of the History of Logic of Physical Science (1954).
- Reijer HooykaasReijer HooykaasReijer Hooykaas was a historian of science. He along with Eduard Jan Dijksterhuis were pioneers in professionalizing the history of science in the Netherlands. H...
: author of Religion and the Rise of Modern Science (1972) - Malcolm JeevesMalcolm JeevesProf Malcolm Jeeves CBE FRSE is Emeritus Professor of Psychology at the University of St. Andrews, and was formerly President of The Royal Society of Edinburgh. He established the Department of Psychology at St...
: Formerly President of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, founder of the St Andrews Psychology Department, and author of, most recently, with Warren S. Brown "Neuroscience, Psychology, and Religion: Illusions, Delusions, and Realities about Human Nature" (2009) and "From Cells to Souls-and Beyond" (2003) - Donald E. Knuth: author of Things a Computer Scientist Rarely Talks AboutThings a Computer Scientist Rarely Talks AboutThings a Computer Scientist Rarely Talks About is a book by Donald E. Knuth, published by CLSI Publications of Stanford, California. The book contains the annotated transcripts of six public lectures given by Donald E. Knuth at MIT on the subject of relations between religion and science...
(2001) - Henry MargenauHenry MargenauHenry Margenau was a German-U.S. physicist, and philosopher of science.-Early life:Born Bielefeld, Germany, Margenau obtained his bachelor's degree from Midland Lutheran College, Nebraska before his M.Sc...
: co-author of Cosmos, Bios, Theos Scientists Reflect on Science, God, and the Origins of the Universe, Life, and Homo sapiens (1992) - E. A. Milne: author of Modern Cosmology and the Christian Idea of God (1952).
- Nancey MurphyNancey MurphyNancey Murphy is Professor of Christian Philosophy at Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, CA. She received the B.A. from Creighton University in 1973, the Ph.D. from University of California, Berkeley in 1980, and the Th.D...
co-author with George Ellis of On the Moral Nature of the Universe: Theology, Cosmology, and Ethics - Seyyed Hossein NasrSeyyed Hossein NasrSeyyed Hossein Nasr is an Iranian University Professor of Islamic studies at George Washington University, and a prominent Islamic philosopher...
: author of the chapter on Islam and scienceIslam and scienceIslam and science describes the relationship between Muslim communities and science in general. From an Islamic standpoint, science, the study of nature, is considered to be linked to the concept of Tawhid , as are all other branches of knowledge...
(pp. 71–86) in The Oxford Handbook of Religion and Science (2006) - Arthur PeacockeArthur PeacockeThe Reverend Canon Arthur Robert Peacocke MBE was a British theologian and biochemist.-Biography:Arthur Robert Peacocke was born at Watford in on 29 November 1924...
: author of Creation and the World of Science (1979). - Robert T. PennockRobert T. PennockRobert T. Pennock is a philosopher working on the Avida digital organism project at Michigan State University where he has been full professor since 2000. Pennock was a witness in the Kitzmiller v...
: author of the chapter on "The Pre-modern Sins of Intelligent Design" (pp. 732–748) in The Oxford Handbook of Religion and Science (2006) - John PolkinghorneJohn PolkinghorneJohn Charlton Polkinghorne KBE FRS is an English theoretical physicist, theologian, writer, and Anglican priest. He was professor of Mathematical physics at the University of Cambridge from 1968 to 1979, when he resigned his chair to study for the priesthood, becoming an ordained Anglican priest...
: author of Science and TheologyScience and TheologyScience and theology: an introduction is a book written by scientist and theologian John Polkinghorne....
(1998) and Faith, Science and UnderstandingFaith, Science and UnderstandingFaith, Science, and Understanding is a book by John Polkinghorne which explores aspects of the integration between science and theology. It is based on lectures he gave at Nottingham University and Yale and on some other papers.-Publication Information:...
(2000). - William B. Provine: author of the chapter on "Evolution, Religion, and Science" (pp. 652–666) in The Oxford Handbook of Religion and Science (2006)
- Ian RamseyIan RamseyIan Thomas Ramsey was Professor of the Philosophy of Religion at the University of Oxford, and Bishop of Durham from 1966 until his death in 1972. He wrote extensively on the problem of religious language, Christian ethics, the relationship between science and religion, and Christian apologetics...
: author of Religious Language (1957). - Norbert M. SamuelsonNorbert M. SamuelsonNorbert Max Samuelson is a scholar of Jewish philosophy. He holds the Grossman Chair of Jewish Studies at Arizona State University. He has written 13 books and over 200 articles, with research interests in Jewish philosophy, philosophy and religion, philosophy and science, 20th-century philosophy...
: author of the chapter on Judaism and Science (pp. 41–56) in The Oxford Handbook of Religion and Science (2006) - Nicholas Saunders: author of Divine Action and Modern ScienceDivine Action and Modern ScienceDivine Action and Modern Science is a book written by Nicholas Saunders. It looks at Near Eastern biblical and modern theological approaches to the idea of divine action, covering such questions as how divine action occurs, what its effects are, the relationship between divine and finite causation...
(2002). - Harold K. SchillingHarold K. SchillingHarold K. Schilling was a professor of physics at Pennsylvania State University. He had served as chairman of the physics department and then as dean of the graduate school. He also wrote extensively about science and religion.-Works:...
: author of Science and Religion (1962). - Richard SwinburneRichard SwinburneRichard G. Swinburne is an Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the University of Oxford. Over the last 50 years Swinburne has been a very influential proponent of philosophical arguments for the existence of God. His philosophical contributions are primarily in philosophy of religion and...
: author of The Existence of God (1st Ed. 1979, 2nd Ed. 2004). - Pierre Teilhard de ChardinPierre Teilhard de ChardinPierre Teilhard de Chardin SJ was a French philosopher and Jesuit priest who trained as a paleontologist and geologist and took part in the discovery of both Piltdown Man and Peking Man. Teilhard conceived the idea of the Omega Point and developed Vladimir Vernadsky's concept of Noosphere...
: author of Science and Christ (1965, English Translation). - Thomas TorranceThomas TorranceThomas Forsyth Torrance was a 20th century Protestant Christian theologian who served for 27 years as Professor of Christian Dogmatics at New College, Edinburgh in the University of Edinburgh, during which time he was a leader in Protestant Christian theology...
: author of Space, Time and Incarnation", "Space Time and Resurrection", and "Theological Science", literary executor for the philosopher and scientist Michael Polanyi, and winner of 1978 Templeton Prize. - B. Alan WallaceB. Alan WallaceB. Alan Wallace is an American author, translator, teacher, researcher, interpreter, and Buddhist practitioner interested in the intersections of consciousness studies and scientific disciplines such as psychology, cognitive neuroscience, and physics...
: author of the chapter on Buddhism and ScienceBuddhism and scienceBuddhism and science have increasingly been discussed as compatible, and Buddhism has increasingly entered into the science and religion dialogue. The case is made that the philosophic and psychological teachings within Buddhism share commonalities with modern scientific and philosophic thought.For...
(pp. 24–40) in The Oxford Handbook of Religion and Science (2006)
Templeton prize winners
- 1978: Thomas TorranceThomas TorranceThomas Forsyth Torrance was a 20th century Protestant Christian theologian who served for 27 years as Professor of Christian Dogmatics at New College, Edinburgh in the University of Edinburgh, during which time he was a leader in Protestant Christian theology...
: wrote the books "Theological Science" (1969), "Space, Time and Incarnation" (1969) and "Space, Time and Resurrection" (1976) - 1980: Ralph Wendell BurhoeRalph Wendell BurhoeRalph Wendell Burhoe was an important twentieth century pioneer interpreter of the importance of religion for a scientific and technological world. He was awarded the Templeton Prize in 1980....
: founded the journal Zygon: Journal of Religion & ScienceZygon: Journal of Religion & ScienceZygon: Journal of Religion & Science is an academic journal published quarterly by Wiley-Blackwell.Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science is a premier scholarly journal publishing in the area of religion and science dialogue since 1966 until present....
(1966) - 1986: Russell StannardRussell StannardRussell Stannard is a retired high-energy particle physicist, who was born in London, England, on December 24, 1931. He currently holds the position of Professor Emeritus of Physics at the Open University...
- 2000: Freeman DysonFreeman DysonFreeman John Dyson FRS is a British-born American theoretical physicist and mathematician, famous for his work in quantum field theory, solid-state physics, astronomy and nuclear engineering. Dyson is a member of the Board of Sponsors of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists...
: wrote the book Disturbing the Universe (1979) - 2003: Holmes Rolston: wrote the book Science and Religion: A Critical Survey (1987)
- 2004: George Ellis: co-wrote the book The Large Scale Structure of Space-Time (1973)
- 2005: Charles Hard TownesCharles Hard TownesCharles Hard Townes is an American Nobel Prize-winning physicist and educator. Townes is known for his work on the theory and application of the maser, on which he got the fundamental patent, and other work in quantum electronics connected with both maser and laser devices. He shared the Nobel...
: wrote the article The Convergence of Science and Religion
See also
- List of 1930's 'science-and-religion dialogue' participants
- Religion and science community
- List of Christian thinkers in science
- Relationship between religion and scienceRelationship between religion and scienceThe relationship between religion and science has been a focus of the demarcation problem. Somewhat related is the claim that science and religion may pursue knowledge using different methodologies. Whereas the scientific method basically relies on reason and empiricism, religion also seeks to...