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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Published in:Zygon
Main Author: Peterson, Gregory R. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell 2008
In: Zygon
Further subjects:B Philip Clayton
B Nancey Murphy
B Scientific Method
B Imre Lakatos
B Theological Method
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Summary: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
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Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9744.2008.00941.x