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    Is Nature Enough?: Meaning and Truth in the Age of Science.John F. Haught - 2006 - Cambridge University Press.
    Is nature all there is? John Haught examines this question and in doing so addresses a fundamental issue in the dialogue of science with religion. The belief that nature is all there is and that no overall purpose exists in the universe is known broadly as 'naturalism'. Naturalism, in this context, denies the existence of any realities distinct from the natural world and human culture. Since the rise of science in the modern world has had so much influence on naturalism's (...)
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  2. Is Nature Enough? No.John F. Haught - 2003 - Zygon 38 (4):769-782.
    This essay is based on a lecture delivered at the 2002 IRAS Star Island conference, the theme of which was “Is Nature Enough? The Thirst for Transcendence.” I had been asked to represent the position of those who would answer No to the question. I thought it would stimulate discussion if I presented my side of the debate in a somewhat provocative manner rather than use a more ponderous approach that would argue each point in a meticulous and protracted fashion. (...)
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    Search of a God for Evolution: Paul Tillich and Pierre Teilhard de Chardin.John F. Haught - 2002 - Zygon 37 (3):539-554.
    Pierre Teilhard de Chardin challenged theology to reach for an understanding of God that would take into account the reality of evolution. Paul Tillich's notion of New Being goes a long way toward meeting this challenge, and a theology of evolution can gain a great deal from Tillich's religious thought. But Teilhard would still wonder whether the philosophical notion of being, even when qualified by the adjective new, is itself adequate to contextualize evolution theologically. To Teilhard a theology attuned to (...)
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    Science and scientism: The importance of a distinction.John F. Haught - 2005 - Zygon 40 (2):363-368.
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    Robert Ulanowicz and the Possibility of a Theology of Evolution.John F. Haught - 2012 - Axiomathes 22 (2):261-268.
    In A Third Window Robert Ulanowicz exposes the explanatory weaknesses of both classical and statistical methods in scientific inquiry. His book, however, does much more than that. While being completely grounded in empirical science, it also outlines a worldview, or a metaphysics, that renders intelligible the fact of chance and emergent novelty. Ulanowicz establishes his position by comparing his third window onto nature with two others conventional scientific approaches. The purpose of this essay is to point out the value of (...)
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  6. Is physics fundamental? Robert Russell on divine action.John F. Haught - 2010 - Zygon 45 (1):213-220.
    Robert Russell's theological work has been a helpful stimulus to the task of understanding the meaning of divine action and providence in the age of science. He relates God's direct action "fundamentally" to the hidden domain of quantum events, and his theology of nature deserves careful attention. It is questionable, however, whether the term fundamental as applied to quantum events by physical science may be taken over by theology without more careful qualification than Russell offers.
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  7. Theology, evolution, and the human mind: How much can biology explain?John F. Haught - 2009 - Zygon 44 (4):921-931.
    Evolutionary biology contributes much to our present understanding of life, and it promises also to deepen our understanding of human intelligence, ethics, and even religion. For some scientific thinkers, however, Darwin's science seems so impressive that it now supplants theology altogether by providing the ultimate explanation of all manifestations of life, not only biologically but also metaphysically. By focusing on human intelligence as an emergent aspect of nature this essay examines the question of whether theology can still have an explanatory (...)
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    Natural theology after Darwin.John F. Haught - 2023 - HTS Theological Studies 79 (2):5.
    Has Darwinian science made natural theology obsolete, as many Christian scholars now believe? In this article, the author assumes that natural theology does not take place in a religious vacuum but instead borrows its sense of god from this or that specific faith tradition. Its task is not to arrive at an understanding of the divine mystery different from that of systematic or doctrinal theology. As the author shall argue here, however, the empirical grounding essential to natural theology must be (...)
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  9. (2 other versions)Darwin, Faith, and Critical Intelligence.John F. Haught - 2011 - Proceedings of the American Catholic Philosophical Association 85:59-68.
    Evolutionary biology has considerably altered our understanding of life, and it now promises to enhance our understanding of human existence by providing new insights into the meaning of intelligence, ethical aspiration and religious life. For some scientific thinkers, especially those who espouse a physicalist worldview, Darwin’s science seems so impressive that it now replaces theology by providing the deepest available explanation of all manifestations of life, including human intelligence. By focusing on human intelligence this essay asks whether a theological perspective (...)
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    Czy nauka wyklucza istnienie osobowego Boga i czy wiara w Niego jest kompatybilna z ewolucją?John F. Haught - 2020 - Roczniki Filozoficzne 68 (4):21-49.
    Ten tekst przedstawia trzy różne sposoby, w jakie ludzie, którzy mieli kontakt z nauką, odpowiadają na następujące pytania: „Czy nauka jest zgodna z wiarą religijną?” oraz „Czy nauka nie wyklucza istnienia osobowego Boga?”. Pierwsza odpowiedź zakłada, że nauki przyrodnicze i wiara religijna wykluczają się wzajemnie. To jest sytuacja konfliktu. Jej przedstawiciele należą do dwóch głównych podgrup: sceptyków, którzy wierzą, że nauki przyrodnicze uczyniły wszystkie twierdzenia religijne niewiarygodnymi, oraz ludzi wiary, którzy odmawiają przyjęcia pewnych naukowych idei, takich jak kosmologia Wielkiego Wybuchu (...)
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    Dipolar Theism.John F. Haught - 1976 - Process Studies 6 (1):43-50.
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    Faith and compassion in an unfinished universe.John F. Haught - 2018 - Zygon 53 (3):782-791.
    The theme of compassion is prominent in the work of Christopher Southgate. This scientist and theologian is deeply affected by Charles Darwin's nineteenth century disclosure of the long, previously unknown, history of life's suffering. Southgate is also aware of the many unsuccessful attempts by Christian theologians to make sense of it all. Here I build on Southgate's work. I note, first, that both the suffering of life and the protest against it by compassionate human beings are integral parts of a (...)
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    God and Evolution.John F. Haught - 2006 - In Philip Clayton & Zachory Simpson (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Religion and Science. Oxford University Press. pp. 697--712.
    Accession Number: ATLA0001712270; Hosting Book Page Citation: p 697-712.; Language(s): English; General Note: Bibliography: p 711-712.; Issued by ATLA: 20130825; Publication Type: Essay.
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  14. Information, theology and the universe.John F. Haught - 2010 - In Paul Davies & Niels Henrik Gregersen (eds.), Information and the nature of reality: from physics to metaphysics. New York: Cambridge University Press.
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    Polanyi's Finalism.John F. Haught & D. M. Yeager - 1997 - Zygon 32 (4):543-566.
    Although Michael Polanyi's model of science and his construal of the nature of the real are usually thought to be congenial to religion and although Polanyi himself says that “the stage on which we thus resume our full intellectual powers is borrowed from the Christian scheme of Fall and Redemption” (Polanyi 1958, 324), theologians have given little attention to the model of God he presents. The metaphysical and theological vision unfolded in part 4 of Personal Knowledge is a thoughtful alternative (...)
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    The cosmic vision of Teilhard de Chardin.John F. Haught - 2021 - Maryknoll, New York: Orbis Books.
    Brings the thought and theology of Teilhard de Chardin into conversation with other significant religious thinkers, philosophers, and scientists.
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    The Emergent Environment and the Problem of Cosmic Purpose.John F. Haught - 1986 - Environmental Ethics 8 (2):139-150.
    Gur general vision of the world will undoubtedly affect our environmental ethics. Scientific materialism is the “general vision” that undergirds many scholarly and popular presentations of science today. It is questionable whether this materialist metaphysics can consistently sustain an environmental concern. If scientists influenced by the materialistic outlook, nonetheless, happen to be environmentalists, itis in spite of and not because of their materialist philosophies of nature. What we need, therefore, is a cosmological vision that is nlore consistently supportive of an (...)
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    (1 other version)Why Do Gods Persist?John F. Haught - 2001 - Tradition and Discovery 28 (1):5-15.
    Recent evolutionary interpretations of religion can be illuminating. However, by failing to take into account what Polanyi calls the “logic of achievement” they end up attributing to impersonal segments of DNA the personal striving that underlies religious existence.
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    (2 other versions)What’s Going on in the Universe?John F. Haught - 2006 - Process Studies 35 (1):43-67.
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  20. Science looks at spirituality.Barbara A. Strassberg, Gordon D. Kaufman, Norbert M. Samuelson, Llufs Oviedo, John F. Haught, Ursula Goodenough Reductionism, Chance Holism, James F. Moore & Mind Interreligious Dialogue as an Evolutionary - forthcoming - Zygon.
     
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    Darwin, Christianity, and the Drama of his Life.John F. Haught - 2010 - Revista Portuguesa de Filosofia 66 (4):705 - 716.
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    John F. Haught (ed.), Science and Religion in Search of Cosmic Purpose. [REVIEW]John F. Haught - 2001 - International Journal for Philosophy of Religion 49 (2):126-128.
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