Maintaining Respectability: Response to Nicholaos Jones

Abstract. Nicholaos Jones argues that theology is not a respectable discipline because of its inability to meet the standards of contemporary science. Although Jones makes a bold claim, I suggest that he has not made his case by focusing on the question of defining science and metaphysics appropriat...

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Auteur principal: Peterson, Gregory R. (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Wiley-Blackwell 2008
Dans: Zygon
Année: 2008, Volume: 43, Numéro: 3, Pages: 593-598
Sujets non-standardisés:B Philip Clayton
B Nancey Murphy
B Scientific Method
B Imre Lakatos
B Theological Method
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Résumé:Abstract. Nicholaos Jones argues that theology is not a respectable discipline because of its inability to meet the standards of contemporary science. Although Jones makes a bold claim, I suggest that he has not made his case by focusing on the question of defining science and metaphysics appropriately, the analysis of the literature he cites, and his central claim that theology presupposes the absolute certainty of God.
ISSN:1467-9744
Contient:Enthalten in: Zygon
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9744.2008.00941.x