Ramified Natural Theology in Science and Religi, Holder..

Taylor & Francis

Ramified Natural Theology in Science and ReligionMoving Forward from Natural Theology\nAuthor(s): Rodney Holder\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367373191, 978-0367373191\nSynopsis\nThis book offers a rationale for a new ramified natural theology that is in dialogue with both science and historical-critical study of the Bible. Traditionally, knowledge of God has been seen to come from two sources, nature and revelation. However, a rigid separation between these sources cannot be maintained, since what purports to be revelation cannot be accepted without qualification: rational argument is needed to infer both the existence of God from nature and the particular truth claims of the Christian faith from the Bible. Hence the distinction between bare natural theology and ramified natural theology.\n\nThe book begins with bare natural theology as background to its main focus on ramified natural theology. Bayesian confi.