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Liberal Protestantism and Science Leslie A. Muray Greenwood Press P1: 000 GGBD182FM GR3701/Muray Top Margin: 5/8in Gutter Margin: 3/4in November 16, 2007 Liberal Protestantism and Science i 21:30 P1: 000 GGBD182FM GR3701/Muray Top Margin: 5/8in Gutter Margin: 3/4in November 16, 2007 Recent Titles in Greenwood Guides to Science and Religion Science and Religion, 1450–1900: From Copernicus to Darwin Richard G. Olson Science and Religion, 400 B.C. to A.D. 1550: From Aristotle to Copernicus Edward Grant Science and Nonbelief Taner Edis Judaism and Science: A Historical Introduction Noah J. Efron Science and Islam Muzaffar Iqbal Science and Asian Spiritual Traditions Geoffrey Redmond ii 21:30 P1: 000 GGBD182FM GR3701/Muray Top Margin: 5/8in Gutter Margin: 3/4in November 16, 2007 Liberal Protestantism and Science LESLIE A. MURAY Foreword by John B. Cobb, Jr. Greenwood Guides to Science and Religion Richard Olson, Series Editor Greenwood Press Westport, Connecticut r London iii 21:30 P1: 000 GGBD182FM GR3701/Muray Top Margin: 5/8in Gutter Margin: 3/4in November 16, 2007 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Muray, Leslie A. Liberal protestantism and science / Leslie A. Muray ; foreword by John B. Cobb, Jr. p. cm. — (Greenwood guides to science and religion) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978–0–313–33701–7 (alk. paper) 1. Religion and science. 2. Protestant churches—Doctrines. I. Title. BL240.3.M865 2008 261.5 5—dc22 2007036138 British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data is available. C 2008 by Leslie A. Muray Copyright All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be reproduced, by any process or technique, without the express written consent of the publisher. Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 2007036138 ISBN: 978–0–313–33701–7 First published in 2008 Greenwood Press, 88 Post Road West, Westport, CT 06881 An imprint of Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc. www.greenwood.com Printed in the United States of America The paper used in this book complies with the Permanent Paper Standard issued by the National Information Standards Organization (Z39.48–1984). 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Copyright Acknowledgments The author and publisher gratefully acknowledge permission to reproduce excerpted material from the following sources: John F. Haught. Science and Religion: From Conflict to Conversation (New York/Mahwah, N.J: c 1995 by John F. Haught. Reprinted by permission Paulist Press, 1995), pp. 3–4. Copyright of Paulist Press, Inc. www.paulistpress.com. Arthur Peacocke. Creation and the World of Science: The Re-Shaping of Belief (New York: Oxford c 1979, 2004. By permission of Oxford University Press, 1979, 2004), pp. 105–111. Copyright University Press. Karl E. Peters. Dancing with the Sacred: Evolution, Ecology, and God (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: c 2002. Reprinted by permission of Trinity Press International, 2002), pp. 49–51. Copyright The Continuum International Publishing Group. iv 21:30 P1: 000 GGBD182FM GR3701/Muray Top Margin: 5/8in Gutter Margin: 3/4in November 16, 2007 To my friends and colleagues Russ Pregeant David Fedo The late Joe Schneider Laura Hubbard and my alter ego J. Ron Engel v 21:30 P1: 000 GGBD182FM GR3701/Muray Top Margin: 5/8in Gutter Margin: 3/4in November 16, 2007 vi 21:30 P1: 000 GGBD182FM GR3701/Muray Top Margin: 5/8in Gutter Margin: 3/4in November 16, 2007 Contents Foreword by John B. Cobb, Jr. ix Series Foreword xiii Acknowledgments