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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 | |