Christology and Science Book

Acknowledgments     ix
Reforming Christology     1
Jesus Christ and the Philosophy of Science     4
Philosophy and the Science of Jesus Christ     11
Science and the Philosophy of Jesus Christ     15
Incarnation and Evolutionary Biology     21
A Shared Interest in Knowing     21
Philosophical Challenges     24
Sameness and Difference     24
Body and Soul     31
Origin and Goal     38
Interdisciplinary Opportunities     44
Arthur Peacocke     44
Denis Edwards     47
Other Proposals     52
The Identity of Jesus Christ     56
Atonement and Cultural Anthropology     63
A Shared Interest in Acting     64
Philosophical Challenges     66
Particular and Universal     67
Law and Order     74
Us and Them     81
Interdisciplinary Opportunities     88
Rene Girard     88
Delores Williams     93
Other Proposals     97
The Agency of Jesus Christ     101
Parousia and Physical Cosmology     109
A Shared Interest in Being     110
Philosophical Challenges     112
Space and Time     113
Cause and Effect     119
Matter and Spirit     125
Interdisciplinary Opportunities     131
Thomas Torrance     131
Robert Russell     134
Other Proposals     140
The Presence of Jesus Christ     144
Epilogue     151
References     155
Index     169