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A Scientific Theology is a set of three books by Alister McGrath that explores the parallels between the working assumptions and methods of Christian theology and those of the natural sciences. Scientific Theology is also the "running title" of the project which gave rise to the trilogy. The work is preceded by three volumes that McGrath describes as "landmarks" in the development of his scientific theology: The Genesis of Doctrine: A Study in the Foundations of Doctrinal Criticism, The Foundations of Dialogue in Science and Religion and Thomas F. Torrance: An Intellectual Biography. The trilogy was later summarised in The Science of God. McGrath is working on a "scientific dogmatics" which will deal with the content of Christian theology following the method developed in the trilogy.

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References

  1. Grant, Robert McQueen. Greek Apologists of the Second Century. London: SCM Press, 1988.
  2. Ferngren, Gary B, ed. Science and Religion: A Historical Introduction. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002.
  3. See, for exampleAckerman, H.C. (September 1918). "A Plea for a Scientific Theology". The Biblical World 52 (2): 195–199. doi:10.1086/476116. ; Slosson, Edwin E. (December 1923). "A Plea for a Scientific Theology". The Scientific Monthly 17 (6): 621–622.  https://dx.doi.org/10.1086%2F476116
  4. See particularly Sharpe, Kevin J. (2006). Science of God: Truth in the Age of Science. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. ISBN 978-0-7425-4266-2. 
  5. McGrath (2004), pp.27-31
  6. McGrath (2001-a), p.48. cf. McGrath (2001-b), pp.165-6
  7. McGrath (2001-b), p.227
  8. McGrath, (2004), p.22
  9. McGrath (2001-b), pp.219-26, p.227. McGrath (2004), p.22, pp.27-31
  10. For a discussion of the nature and place of revelation in a scientific theology see McGrath (2004), pp.209-10, pp.219-221
  11. McGrath (2001-b), pp.247-249
  12. McGrath (2001-b), pp.123-124, pp.272-77
  13. McGrath (2001-b), p.227, pp.297-313
  14. "The Approach to Be Adopted" (pp.35-38). A Scientific Theology (Volume 1): Nature.
  15. (italics are those of McGrath's from p. 47 of Nature (Volume 1))
  16. A Scientific Theology: Nature (p.45) A Scientific Theology: Nature (p.47) A Scientific Theology: Reality (p.166) https://books.google.com/books?id=ZyLhKnPWOjEC&pg=PA47&vq=provisionality&source=gbs_search_r&cad=1_1#PPA45,M1
  17. A Scientific Theology: Nature (p.45) https://books.google.com/books?id=ZyLhKnPWOjEC&pg=PA47&vq=provisionality&source=gbs_search_r&cad=1_1#PPA45,M1
  18. McGrath (2001-c), p.296
  19. "The specific form of scientific theology which this project advocates is based upon the affirmation of the intellectual resilience of traditional credal Christian orthodoxy, whose fundamental ideas are stated in the classic creeds of Christianity, and defended as living experienced realities by the great traditions of Christian theology - Catholicism, Orthodoxy and evangelicalism." (McGrath (2001-a), p.35)
  20. McGrath (2001-a), p.xix), emphasis added
  21. Alister McGrath, The Science of God, (London: T&T Clark, 2004), p.x
  22. McGrath (2001-c), p.295
  23. For a brief discussion see McGrath (2004), pp.x-xii
  24. Fleming, Fraser F., review of Alister E. McGrath, The Science of God: An Introduction to Scientific Theology in Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith (September 2005). http://www.asa3.org/ASA/topics/Book%20Reviews2005-/9-05.html#McGrath.
  25. Larry L. Rasmussen. Review of A Scientific Theology. Vol. 1, Nature by Alister E. McGrath. The Journal of Religion. Vol. 83, No. 2. Apr., 2003. pp. 292-293.
  26. Mark Wynn. Review of A Scientific Theology. Vol. 2, Reality by Alister McGrath. The Journal of Religion. Vol. 84, No. 2. Apr., 2004. pp. 300-302.
  27. Jonathan R. Wilson. Review of A Scientific Theology, Vol. 1: Nature by Alister E. McGrath. Journal of the American Academy of Religion. Vol. 71, No. 4. Dec., 2003. pp. 955-958.
  28. Iain S. Maclean. Review of A Scientific Theology, Vol. 2: Reality by Alister E. McGrath. A Scientific Theology, Vol. 3: Theory by Alister E. McGrath. Journal of the American Academy of Religion. Vol. 73, No. 2. Jun., 2005. pp. 556-560.
  29. James B. Miller. Review of A Scientific Theology: Volume 1 (Nature) Alister E. McGrath. Isis. Vol. 96, No. 1. Mar., 2005. pp. 157-158
  30. Willem B. Drees, Review of A Scientific Theology, Volume 1: Nature in Ars Disputandi: The Online Journal for Philosophy of Religion 2(2002) http://www.arsdisputandi.org/publish/articles/000058/index.html
  31. "A Scientific Theology. Vol. 1: Nature". Anglican Theological Review. 2004. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3818/is_200407/ai_n9459407. 
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