Science, Religion, the Humanities and Hope

This book collects a multidisciplinary range of contributions focusing on the prolific and seminal work of Willem Drees in the fields of philosophy of religion, philosophy of the humanities, and science and theology/religion. Trained in both theoretical physics and theology/philosophy of religion, Drees holds doctoral degrees in both theology and in philosophy and, amongst other distinguished positions, held professorships at the University of Leiden and at the University of Tilburg. Drees was also Editor-in-Chief of Zygon, Journal of Religion & Science, between 2008 and 2018, and served as President of the European Society for the Study of Science and Theology (ESSSAT) between 2002 and 2008. In 2018, he was elected as member of the Royal Holland Society of Sciences and Humanities (KHMW). This contributed volume builds on Drees' expansive and provocative scholarly contributions, notably around the concept and meaning of naturalism and the humanities to the fields of science and religion, as exemplified by his works Religion, Science and Naturalism (1996) and What Are the Humanities For? (2021). In a time where more and more young people across the globe are entering higher education such cross-disciplinary explorations and (re-)evaluations are vital to the field. Accordingly, by approaching his work from a variety of disciplines this collection illuminates the broad reach of Drees' work and provides scholars from various fields with many new and rich opportunities avenues for research.

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Anne L.C. Runehov is an associate Professor EM., Dr. Theology, Philosophy of Religion, Uppsala University. Her main research interest is interdisciplinary, combining Philosophy of Religion, Philosophy of Mind and Neuroscience. She has worked as a freelance writer for the section of Philosophy, National Encyclopedia (NE), Malmö, since 2019, and is an independent researcher, editor and writer. Besides having edited several books, amongst others the Encyclopedia of Sciences and Religions (Springer 2013), she published two monographs, Sacred or Neural? The potential of Neuroscience to Explain Religious Experience (VandenHoeck & Ruprecht 2006), and The Human Being, the World and God (Springer 2016). She was a guest-researcher at the Dept. Systematic Theology, Faculty of Theology, Copenhagen University, Nov. 1, 2010 - Oct. 2014. There she also was director of the Copenhagen University Network of Science and Religion (CUNCR) 2008-2013. She was a Post-doctoral fellow: Centre for Naturalism and Christian Semantics, Faculty of Theology, Copenhagen University, Sept. 1, 2008 to October 30, 2010, and at the Dept. Systematic Theology, Copenhagen University, Faculty of Theology, June 2006 - August 2008. She received the ESSSAT Research price 2006. Besides being a member of the Council of the ESSSAT (since 2018) she is a member of the organization committee for the project of Credition, organized by the University of Graz, Austria. Michael Fuller has taught science and theology at the University of Edinburgh since 1998. He is the author of a monograph and numerous articles dealing with the interface of science and religion, and he has edited numerous books relating to this subject. He has also published papers on theology and literature, and theology and music. He is a former Chair of the UK Science and Religion Forum, Vice-President for Publications of the European Society for the Study of Science and Theology, and a Fellow of the International Society for Science and Religion. He is an Honorary Canon of St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh. His research interests include ethical issues raised by new and emerging sciences.