Astonishment and Science
Engagements with William Desmond
- Science & Faith
- Publisher: Cascade Books (Wipf and Stock)
- Published: 2022
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Publisher's Description
Science can reveal or conceal the breathtaking wonders of creation. On one hand, knowledge of the natural world can open us up to greater love for the Creator, give us the means of more neighborly care, and fill us with ever-deepening astonishment. On the other hand, knowledge feeding an insatiable hunger for epistemic mastery can become a means of idolatry, hubris, and damage. Crucial to world-respecting science is the role of wonder: curiosity, perplexity, and astonishment. In this volume, philosopher William Desmond explores the relation of the different modes of wonder to modern science. Responding to his thought are twelve thinkers across the domains of science, theology, philosophy, law, poetry, medicine, sociology, and art restoration.
Endorsements (2)
“This in-itself-wonderful collection of essays by globally eminent theologians and philosophers asks that we return science to contemplative wonder for the sake of a more rigorous veracity.”
“Astonishment is the wellspring of thinking. It makes us realize that the being of the world exceeds everything that model-driven theory constructs can capture. A civilization that does not preserve the logic of astonishment within its research methods and instruments slaughters the chicken that lays the golden eggs of ‘scientific progress.’ This highly political book shows that we need to recover what distinguishes a mindful physician, jurist, scientist, philosopher, or theologian from a project-driven academic cobbler.”
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