- Introduction
- Buddhism and Science
- Judaism and Science
- Christianity and Science
- Islam And Science
- Indigenous Lifeways and Knowing the World
- Religious Naturalism and Science
- Atheism and Science
- Fundamental Physics and Religion
- Molecular Biology and Religion
- Evolutionary Theory and Religious Belief
- Ecology and Religion
- Neurophenomenology and Contemplative Experience
- Psychology, The Human Sciences, And Religion
- Sociology and Religion
- Anthropology and Religion
- Contributions from the Social Sciences
- Contributions from the Philosophy of Science
- Contributions from Philosophical Theology and Metaphysics
- Contributions from Systematic Theology
- Contributions from Practical Theology and Ethics
- Contributions from Spirituality: Simplicity— Complexity— Simplicity
- Varieties of Naturalism
- Interpreting Science from the Standpoint of Whiteheadian Process Philosophy
- Anglo‐American Post‐modernity and the End of Theology— Science Dialogue?
- Trinitarian Faith Seeking Transformative Understanding
- Religious Experience, Cognitive Science, and the Future of Religion
- Toward A Comprehensive Integration Of Science and Religion: A Post‐metaphysical Approach
- Religion‐and‐Science
- Theologies of Divine Action
- Ground‐ of‐Being Theologies
- The Potential of Panentheism for Dialogue Between Science and Religion
- Problems in Panentheism
- Darwinism
- God and Evolution
- The Pre‐modern Sins of Intelligent Design
- Emergence and Complexity
- Emergence, Theology, and the Manifest Image
- The Hidden Battles over Emergence
- Feminist Perspectives in Medicine and Bioethics
- Science, Ethics, and the Human Spirit
- Environmental Ethics and Religion/Science
- Biotechnology and the Religion—Science Discussion
- Relations Between Homo Sapiens and Other Animals: Scientific and Religious Arguments
- Concluding Reflections: Dover Beach Revisited
Abstract and Keywords
After exploring the meaning of panentheism, this article looks at divine action as an example of current debate in science and religion where panentheism makes important contributions. But the essay thens also draws attention to the areas of experience and ethics implied by Rowan Williams's words, in the belief that panentheism is able to aid the connection of science to the subjective realities of religious experience and moral decision making. Panentheism represents theology that is engaging and creative, and a metaphysic with rich and sensitive moral resources. And given the moral questions which now press so urgently on science and the contemporary world, that contribution of panentheism could be of paramount importance.
Keywords: divine action, Rowan Williams, panentheism, religious experience, moral decision making
Michael W. Brierley is Priest in Charge of Tavistock and Gulworthy, Devon.
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- Introduction
- Buddhism and Science
- Judaism and Science
- Christianity and Science
- Islam And Science
- Indigenous Lifeways and Knowing the World
- Religious Naturalism and Science
- Atheism and Science
- Fundamental Physics and Religion
- Molecular Biology and Religion
- Evolutionary Theory and Religious Belief
- Ecology and Religion
- Neurophenomenology and Contemplative Experience
- Psychology, The Human Sciences, And Religion
- Sociology and Religion
- Anthropology and Religion
- Contributions from the Social Sciences
- Contributions from the Philosophy of Science
- Contributions from Philosophical Theology and Metaphysics
- Contributions from Systematic Theology
- Contributions from Practical Theology and Ethics
- Contributions from Spirituality: Simplicity— Complexity— Simplicity
- Varieties of Naturalism
- Interpreting Science from the Standpoint of Whiteheadian Process Philosophy
- Anglo‐American Post‐modernity and the End of Theology— Science Dialogue?
- Trinitarian Faith Seeking Transformative Understanding
- Religious Experience, Cognitive Science, and the Future of Religion
- Toward A Comprehensive Integration Of Science and Religion: A Post‐metaphysical Approach
- Religion‐and‐Science
- Theologies of Divine Action
- Ground‐ of‐Being Theologies
- The Potential of Panentheism for Dialogue Between Science and Religion
- Problems in Panentheism
- Darwinism
- God and Evolution
- The Pre‐modern Sins of Intelligent Design
- Emergence and Complexity
- Emergence, Theology, and the Manifest Image
- The Hidden Battles over Emergence
- Feminist Perspectives in Medicine and Bioethics
- Science, Ethics, and the Human Spirit
- Environmental Ethics and Religion/Science
- Biotechnology and the Religion—Science Discussion
- Relations Between Homo Sapiens and Other Animals: Scientific and Religious Arguments
- Concluding Reflections: Dover Beach Revisited