J. Wenzel van Huyssteen

Science and the Study of God

Science & Faith

“Alan Padgett's new book is a significant contribution to the growing literature in the field of theology and science. Its greatest value lies its moving away from generalized abstractions and showing concretely how the identities of specific sciences and specific theologies shape the interdisciplinary dialogue between these two important domains of thought. Padgett develops a clarifying 'mutuality model' that explains the interdisciplinary nature of this multidimensional interaction while also protecting the distinct identities of disciplines as different as theology and science. Two important case studies show that this model works and reveal the compatibility between theology and the natural and social sciences.”