Our Common Cosmos : Exploring the Future of Theology, Human Culture and Space Sciences (Paperback)

List of Contributors Foreword - Carl Pilcher, NASA Astrobiology Institute, USA Introduction, Andreas Losch, University of Bern, Switzerland, Zoe Lehmann Imfeld, Centre for Space and Habitability, Switzerland Part 1: Approaches 1. Conversations Along the Way: How and Why Science and Theology Need to Interact - Markus Muhling, Protestant University Wuppertal/Bethel, Germany 2. Good Fences Make Good Neighbours': Why the Differences of Science, Religion and Theology Must Not Be Blurred - Dirk Evers, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany 3. Modelling the Relation between Theology and Science - Andreas Losch, University of Bern, Switzerland 4. Who's Afraid of Reductionism's Wolf? The Return of Scientia - Connor Cunningham, University of Nottingham, UK Part 2: Interactions 5. Sustainability: Interaction Between Science, Ethics and Theology - Robert S. White, University of Cambridge, UK 6. About Continuous Creation, and Some Ethical Principles for Ecology - Fabien Revol, Catholic University of Lyon, France 7. Aesthetics at the Intersection of Science and Theology - Knut-Willy Sæther, Volda University College, Norway 8. Imagination as Co-Creation: Science and Theology Through the Lens of Science-Fiction Literature - Zoe Lehmann Imfeld, Centre for Space and Habitability , Switzerland 9. A Philosophical Outlook on Potential Conflicts Between Planetary Protection, Astrobiology and Commercial Use of Space - Erik Persson, Uppsala University, Sweden 10. The End of Copernican Mediocrity: How Modern Astrophysics Has Reinvigorated the Spiritual Dimension - Howard A. Smith, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, USA Afterword: Our Place in the Universe - Tom McLeish, York University, UK Index