The field of 'religion and science' is exploding in popularity among academics as well as the general reading public. Spawning an increasing number of conferences and courses, this field has shown an unprecedented rate of growth in recent years. Here for the first time is a single-volume introduction to the debate, written by the leading experts. Making no pretence to encyclopaedic neutrality, each chapter defends a major intellectual position - at the heart of the book is a series of 'pro' and 'con' papers, covering each of the current 'hot topics' (such as evolution versus creation, naturalism versus the supernatural). In addition to treatments of questions of methodology and implications for life and practice, the Handbook includes sections devoted to the major scientific disciplines, the major world religions, and the main sub-disciplines in this exciting and ever-expanding field of study.

1. Introduction, Philip Clayton I.Religion and Science across the World's Traditions 2. Hinduism and Science, Sangeetha Menon 3. Buddhism and Science, B. Alan Wallace 4. Judaism and Science, Norbert M. Samuelson 5. Christianity and Science, John Polkinghorne 6. Islam and Science, Seyyed Hossein Nasr 7. Indigenous Lifeways and Knowing the World, John Grim 8. Religious Naturalism and Science, Willem Drees 9. Atheism and Science, Peter Atkins II. Conceiving Religion in Light of the Contemporary Sciences 10. Cosmology and Religion, Bernard Carr 11. Fundamental Physics and Religion, Kirk Wegter-McNelly 12. Molecular Biology and Religion, Martinez Hewlett 13. Evolutionary Theory and Religion, Jeffrey P. Schloss 14. Ecology and Religion, Susan Bratton 15. The Neurosciences and Religion, Evan Thompson 16. Psychology, the Human Sciences, and Religion, Raymond F. Paloutzian 17. Sociology and Religion, Richard Fenn 18. Anthropology and Religion, Michael Lambek III. The Major Fields of Religion/Science 19. Contributions from the History of Science and Religion, John Hedley Brooke 20. Contributions from Religious Studies, Robert A. Segal 21. Contributions from the Philosophy of Science, Robin Collins 22. Contributions from Philosophical Theology and Metaphysics, Joseph Bracken 23. Contributions from Systematic Theology, Wolfhart Pannenberg 24. Contributions from Practical Theology and Ethics, Ted Peters 25. Simplicity - Complexity - Simplicity: The Perspectives of Spirituality, Pauline Rudd IV. Methodological Approaches to the Study of Religion and Science 26. The Scientific Landscape of Religion: Evolution, Culture, and Cognition, Scott Atran 27. Varieties of Naturalism, Owen Flanagan 28. Interpreting Science from the Standpoint of Whitheadian Process Philosophy, David Ray Griffin 29. Anglo-American Postmodernity and the End of Theology-Science Dialogue?, Nancey Murphy 30. Trinitarian Faith Seeking Transformative Understanding, F. LeRon Shults 31. Religious Experience, Cognitive Science, and the Future of Religion, Phillip H. Wiebe 32. Toward a Comprehensive Integration of Science and Religion: A Post-Metaphysical Approach, Ken Wilber and Sean Esbjorn-Hargens V. Central Theoretical Debates in Religion and Science `Science and Religion' or `Theology and Science'? 33. Science and Theology: Their Relation at the Beginning of the Third Millennium, Michael Welker 34. Religion-and-Science, Philip Hefner Science, Theology, and Divine Action 35. Quantum Physics and the Theology of Non-Interventionist Objective Divine Action, Robert John Russell 36. Theologies of Divine Action, Tom Tracy 37. Ground-of-Being Theologies, Wesley J. Wildman Panentheism and its Critics 38. The Potential of Panentheism for Dialogue between Science and Religion, Michael Brierley 39. Problems in Panentheism, Owen C. Thomas Evolution, Creation, and Belief in God 40. Evolution, Religion, and Science, Will B. Provine 41. Darwinism, Alister E. McGrath 42. God and Evolution, John F. Haught Intelligent Design and its Critics 43. In Defence of Intelligent Design, William Dembski 44. The Premodern Sins of Intelligent Design, Robert T. Pennock Theologies of Emergent Complexity and their Critics 45. Physics, Complexity, and the Science-Religion Debate, George F. R. Ellis 46. Emergence and Complexity, Niels Henrik Gregersen 47. Emergence, Theology, and the Manifest Image, Michael Silberstein 48. The Hidden Battles over Emergence, Carl Gillett Feminist Approaches 49. Going Public: Feminist Epistemologies, Hannah Arendt, and the Science and Religion Discourse, Lisa L. Stenmark 50. Feminist Perspectives in Medicine and Bioethics, Ann Pedersen Human Nature and Ethics 51. Emergence, Ethics, and Religious Naturalism, Ursula Goodenough and Terrence W. Deacon 52. Science, Ethics, and the Human Spirit, William B. Hurlbut VI. Values Issues in Religion and Science 53. Theology and Ecology, Celia Deane-Drummond 54. Environmental Ethics and Religion/Science, Holmes Rolston III 55. Biotechnology and the Religion-Science Discussion, Ron Cole-Turner 56. Relations between Homo sapiens and Other Animals: Scientific and Religious Arguments, Nancy R. Howell 57. Dover Beach Revisited: Concluding Reflections, Mary Midgley