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Preface | |
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Overture | |
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Essential Preliminaries for the Road Ahead | |
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Debate and Confusion about Theology and Science | |
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Purpose, Meaning, and Value in Human Life | |
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The Relationship of Faith and Reason | |
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Reasons to be Skeptical about Scientific Naturalism | |
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The Bible and Science as Partners in Understanding Reality | |
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Overcoming Arrogance | |
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Conclusion | |
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The Bible | |
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Introduction | |
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The Problem of Content | |
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The Problem of Interpretation | |
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Avoiding Extreme Views about the Bible | |
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Richard Dawkins | |
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Biblical Fundamentalism | |
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Interpreting the Bible: The Problem of Method | |
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The Historical-Critical Method: Benedict Spinoza | |
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The �Four Assumptions� of the Ancient Interpreters and �The Very Idea of the Bible� (James Kugel) | |
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A Response to Kugel: Historical Criticism and Faith | |
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Learning from the Bible and Science: The Assumptions behind the Combination | |
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The Bible in the Context of the Science-Theology Dialogue | |
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God | |
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The �Problem� of God | |
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Origen: The Highest �Branch of Learning� | |
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Symbolism and Contemplation of God | |
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The Loss of Symbolism | |
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A Science-Dominated World | |
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The Trivializing of God and Humanity | |
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Theology and Science: Sources of Knowing | |
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Science's Suggestions of God | |
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God of Creation and Hope | |
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Conclusion: Rediscovering God | |
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Humanity | |
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What Is a Human Being? | |
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Scientific Materialism | |
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The Liberation of the Human Spirit | |
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The Many Facets of Knowledge | |
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Michael Polanyi: Scientist and Philosopher | |
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Emergence | |
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Conclusion: All of the Evidence | |
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Types of Knowing in the Bible | |
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Tacit Knowing and the Language of Scripture | |
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Bridging the Distance | |
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Suffering | |
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The Silence of God | |
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God, Creation, and Suffering | |
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Miracles | |
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Jesus and the Demons | |
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Spiritual Experience and Theological Creativity among Jesus' Earliest Followers | |
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Jesus as Lord of the Sea | |
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Conclusion | |
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Life after Death | |
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The Old Testament | |
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The New Testament | |
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Near-Death Experiences | |
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Eternal Life | |
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Conclusion | |
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Bibliography | |
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Index of People and Sujects | |
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Scripture Index | |