Theology and Science on the Evolution of Religion

Is the only book to link cultural evolution with religious education

Brings together scientists, naturalistic and continental philosophers, and theologians

Argues that cultural evolution is an ongoing dialogue between humanity and the world, transcending both

Is the only book to link cultural evolution with religious education Brings together scientists, naturalistic and continental philosophers, and theologians Argues that cultural evolution is an ongoing dialogue between humanity and the world, transcending both

Auteur

Tom Uytterhoeven has over three decades of experience in educational settings. He taught both primary education and religious didactics at the Thomas More University of Applied Sciences. He currently serves as a pedagogical support officer for Catholic Education Flanders. In the course of his varied professional career, he has pursued studies in systematic theology at the Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies at KU Leuven. In 2017, he successfully defended his PhD in the relationship between theology and the scientific study of religion, in particular from the perspective of cultural evolution and cognitive sciences.

Contenu

Chapter 1. Bringing Theology and Evolutionary Studies of Religion Together.- Chapter 2. Exploring Evolutionary Perspectives on Religion.- Chapter 3. Evolution Without History.- Chapter 4. Evolution As History.- Chapter 5. From Nature to Culture and Back.- Chapter 6. Historizing the Future.