Models, Theories and Narratives: Conditions for the Justification of a Religious Realism - Softcover

Huiser, Pieter Jacobus

 
9789051704433: Models, Theories and Narratives: Conditions for the Justification of a Religious Realism
Softcover
ISBN 10: 9051704437 ISBN 13: 9789051704433
Publisher: Purdue University Press, 1997

Synopsis

Does God exist? This question, and its fellow: do unobservable entities such as electrons, quarks and black holes which are postulated in scientific theories really exist, are often treated similarly. This book discusses the presuppositions of the debate in which religious realism is treated in the same way as scientific realism and, in so doing, an original kind of religious realism evolves. A few of the themes which are addressed in this book are: the relationships between religion, theology, science and empirical reality; the respective meanings of the affirmation or negation of the existence of God, and the existence of unobservable entities in scientific theories; the role of different kinds of explanation in the defence of religious and scientific realism; the relationship between religious models, metaphors and narratives; the significance of religious narratives in the defence of religious realism.

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About the Author

Pieter J. Huiser, born in Groningen, the Netherlands, in 1963, studied theology in Groningen from 1983, doing his Master's in 1989. In 1990, the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) appointed him research assistant at the University of Groningen to do research on religious realism. It is his wish to become a minister in the Dutch Reformed Church.

From the Back Cover

Does God exist? This question, and its fellow: do unobservable entities such as electrons, quarks and black holes which are postulated in scientific theories really exist, are often treated similarly. This book discusses the presuppositions of the debate in which religious realism is treated in the same way as scientific realism and, in so doing, an original kind of religious realism evolves. A few of the themes which are addressed in this book are: the relationships between religion, theology, science and empirical reality; the respective meanings of the affirmation or negation of the existence of God, and the existence of unobservable entities in scientific theories; the role of different kinds of explanation in the defence of religious and scientific realism; the relationship between religious models, metaphors and narratives; the significance of religious narratives in the defence of religious realism.

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Publisher
Purdue University Press
Publication date
1997
Language
English
ISBN 10 
9051704437
ISBN 13 
9789051704433
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
208