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1 a Bibliography in Formation on Critical Realism, Science A BIBLIOGRAPHY IN FORMATION ON CRITICAL REALISM, SCIENCE, RELIGION, AND THEOLOGY Paul Laurence Allen. 2006. Ernan Mcmullin and Critical Realism in the Science-Theology Dialogue. Aldershot, UK: Ashgate. Margaret S. Archer, Andrew Collier, and Douglas V. Porpora (eds.). 2013. Transcendence: Critical Realism and God. London, UK: Routledge. Ian G. Barbour. 1997. Religion and Science (Gifford Lectures Series). New York, NY: Harper One. Ian G. Barbour. 1990. Religion in an Age of Science (Gifford Lectures, 1989-1991). New York, NY: Harper Collins. Ian G. Barbour. 1966. Issues in Science and Religion. London, UK: Prentice-Hall. Ian G. Barbour. 1966. ‘‘Commentary on theological resources from the Physical sciences,’’ Zygon 1(1):27-30. Ian G. Barbour. 1974. Myths, Models and Paradigms: A Contemporary Study in Science & Religion. New York, NY: Harper and Row. Roy Bhaskar with Mervyn Hartwig. 2010. The Formation of Critical Realism: A Personal Perspective, chs 7 and 8. London, UK: Routledge. Roy Bhaskar. 2002. From Science to Emancipation: Alienation and the Actuality of Enlightenment. London, UK: Routledge. Roy Bhaskar. 2002. Reflections on MetaReality: Transcendence, Emancipation and Everyday Life. London, UK: Routledge. Roy Bhaskar. 2002. The Philosophy of MetaReality: Creativity, Love and Freedom. London, UK: Routledge. Roy Bhaskar. 2000. From East to West: Odyssey of a Soul (Classical Texts in Critical Realism). London, UK: Routledge. Peter Byrne. 2003. God and Realism. Aldershot, UK: Ashgate. Bruce Chilton and Jacob Neusner. 1997. The Intellectual Foundations of Christian and Jewish Discourse: The Philosophy of Religious Argument. London, UK: Routledge. Andrew Collier. 2013. On Christian Belief: A Defense of a Cognitive Conception of Religious Belief in a Christian Context. London, UK: Routledge. Andrew Collier. 2001. Christianity and Marxism: A Philosophical Contribution to their Reconciliation. London, UK: Routledge. Sean Creaven. 2012. Against the Spiritual Turn: Marxism, Realism, and Critical Theory. London, UK: Routledge. Paul Davies. 1984. God and the New Physics. New York, NY: Simon & Schuster. Celia Deane-Drummond. 2000. Creation through Wisdom: Theology and the New Biology. Edinburgh, UK: T & T Clark. Amos Funkenstein. 1986. Theology and the Scientific Imagination from the Middle Ages to the Seventeenth Century. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. 1 Fabio Gironi. 2012. “The Theological Hijacking of Realism: Critical Realism in ‘Science and Religion’” (with a comment by John Polkinghorne). Journal of Critical Realism 11(1):40-75. Tyron Goldschmidt. (ed.) 2013. The Puzzle of Existence: Why is there Something Rather than Nothing? London, UK: Routledge. Niels H. Gregersen and J. Wentzel van Huyssteen. (eds.) 1998. Rethinking Theology and Science: Six Models for the Current Dialogue. Grand Rapids, Michigan/Cambridge, UK: Eerdmans. Colin E. Gunton. 1998. The Triune Creator: A Historical and Systematic Study. Edinburgh, UK: Edinburgh University Press. Colin E. Gunton. 1997. “The Doctrine of Creation,” pp. 141-157 in The Cambridge Companion to Christian Doctrine, ed. C. E. Gunton. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. Colin E. Gunton. 1985. Enlightenment and Alienation: An Essay Towards a Trinitarian Theology. Basingstoke, UK: Marshall, Morgan & Scott. Mervyn Hartwig. 2015. “All you Need is Love.” Journal of Critical Realism 14(2):205-224. Mervyn Hartwig. 2015. “MetaRealism.” Journal of Critical Realism 14(4), forthcoming. Mervyn Hartwig and Jamie Morgan (eds.). 2011. Critical Realism and Spirituality (New Studies in Critical Realism and Spirituality). London, UK: Routledge. Karl Heim. 1957. Christian Faith and Natural Science. New York, NY: Harper. Karl Heim. 1953. The Transformation of the Scientific Worldview. London, UK: SCM. Peter E. Hodgson. 2005. Theology and Modern Physics. Haldershot, UK: Ashgate. Reijer Hooykaas. 1973. Religion and the Rise of Modern Science. Edinburgh, UK: Scottish Academic Press. Stanley L. Jaki. 1980. The Road of Science and the Ways to God. Edinburgh, UK: Scottish Academic Press. Max Jammer. 1999. Einstein and Religion: Physics and Theology. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. Andrew Janiak. 2010. Newton as Philosopher. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. Douglas W. Kennard. 2013. A Critical Realist’s Theological Method: Returning the Bible and Biblical Theology to be the Framer for Theology and Science. Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock. Alexandre Koyré. 1957. From the Closed World to the Infinite Universe. Baltimore, MD: John Hopkins University Press. Bernard J. F. Lonergan. 1972. Method in Theology. New York, NY: Seabury. Bernard J. F. Lonergan. 1957. Insight: A Study of Human Understanding. London, UK: Longmans. Andreas Losch. 2005. “Our World is More than Physics: A Constructive - Critical Comment on the Current Science and Theology Debate,” Theology and Science 3(3):275-290. Andreas Losch. 2009. “On the Origins of Critical Realism,” Theology and Science 7(1):85-106. Andreas Losch. 2010. “Critical Realism—A Sustainable Bridge Between Science and Religion?” Theology and Science 8(4):393-416. Paul La Montagne. 2012. Barth and Rationality: Critical Realism in Theology. Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock. Alister E. McGrath. 2011. Why God Won’t Go Away: Engaging with the New Atheism. London, UK: SPCK. 2 Alister E. McGrath. 2009. A Fine-tuned Universe: The Quest for God in Science and Theology. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox. Alister E. McGrath. 2008. The Open Secret: A New Vision for Natural Theology. Oxford, UK: Wiley- Blackwell. Alister E. McGrath. 2006. The Order of Things: Explorations in Scientific Theology. Oxford, UK: Blackwell. Alister E. McGrath. 2005. Dawkins’ God: Genes, Memes, and the Meaning of Life. Oxford, UK: Blackwell. Alister E. McGrath. 2004. The Science of God. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans. Alister E. McGrath. 2001, 2002, 2003. A Scientific Theology: Volumes 1, 2, 3, Theory, Reality, Nature. London and New York: T&T Clark. Ernan McMullin. 1985. ‘‘Realism in Theology and Science: A Response to Peacocke,’’ Religion and Intellectual Life 2(4):39–47. Ernan McMullin. 1984. ‘‘A Case for Scientific Realism,’’ in Scientific Realism, ed. J. Leplin. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. Jamie Morgan. 2015. “Realists Divided by Realism? Wright on Triune Christianity.” Journal of Critical Realism 14(4), forthcoming. Jurgen Moltmann. 1985. God in Creation: An Ecological Doctrine of Creation. London, UK: SCM. Andrew Moore. 2003. Realism and Christian Faith: God, Grammar, and Meaning. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. Harold P. Nebelsick. 1992. Renaissance, Reformation, and the Rise of Science. Edinburgh, UK: T & T Clark. 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John Polkinghorne. 2008. Theology in the Context of Science. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press. John Polkinghorne. 2007. Quantum Physics and Theology. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press. John Polkinghorne. 2000. “Science and Theology in the Twenty-first Century.” Zygon 35(4): 941–53. John Polkinghorne. 1998. Belief in God in an Age of Science. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press. John Polkinghorne. 1996. Scientists as Theologians. London: SPCK. 3 John Polkinghorne. 1991. Reason and Reality: The Relationship between Science and Theology. London, UK: Trinity Press International. John Polkinghorne. 1988. Science and Creation: The Search for Understanding. London, UK: SPCK. John Polkinghorne. 1986. One World: The Interaction of Science and Theology. London, UK: SPCK. Porpora,Douglas V. 2006. “Methodological Atheism, Methodological Agnosticism and Religious Experience.” Journal for the Theory of Social Behavior 36(1):57-75. Colin Russell. (ed.) 1973. Science and Religious Belief: A Selection of Recent Historical Studies. London, UK: Hodder & Stoughton. Robert John Russell. 2004. ‘‘Ian Barbour’s Methodological Breakthrough: Creating the ‘Bridge’ between Science and Theology,’’ in Fifty Years in Science and Religion: Ian G. Barbour and his Legacy, ed. R.J. Russell. Burlington, VT: Ashgate. MinGyu Seo. 2014. Reality and Self-Realization: Bhaskar's Metaphilosophical Journey toward Non-dual Emancipation. London, UK: Routledge. Brad Shipway. 2000. ‘‘Critical Realism and Theological Critical Realism: Opportunities for Dialogue?’’ Journal of Critical Realism 3(2):29-33. Janet Martin Soskice. 1987. Metaphor and Religious Language. Oxford, UK: Clarendon. Thomas F. Torrance. 1984. Transformation and Convergence in the Frame of Knowledge: Explorations in the Interrelations of Scientific and Theological Enterprise. Belfast, UK: Christian Journals. Thomas F. Torrance. 1981. Divine and Contingent
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