Theology as Interdisciplinary Inquiry: Learning with and from the Natural and Human Sciences

Can a neuroscientist help a theologian interpret a medieval mystical text? Can a historian of religion help an anthropologist understand the effects of social cooperation on human evolution? Can a legal scholar and a theologian help each other think about how fear of God relates to respect for the law?

In Theology as Interdisciplinary Inquiry leading scholars in ethics, theology, and social science sum up three years of study and conversation regarding the value of interdisciplinary theological inquiry. This is an essential and challenging collection for all who set out to think, write, teach, and preach theologically in the contemporary world.

Contributors: John P. Burgess, Peter Danchin, Celia Deane-Drummond, Agustín Fuentes, Andrea Hollingsworth, Robin W. Lovin, Joshua Mauldin, Friederike Nüssel, Mary Ellen O'Connell, Douglas F. Ottati, Stephen Pope, Colleen Shantz, Michael Spezio