Readership: Scholars and readers interested in the field of `religion and science', theologians, metaphysicians, philosophers of science, scientists.
Edited by Philip Clayton, Ingraham Professor, Claremont School of Theology; Professor of Philosophy and Religion, Claremont Graduate University, and Paul Davies, Professor of Natural Philosophy, Australian Centre for Astrobiology, Macquarie University, Sydney
"The book edited by Clayton and Davies gathers fourteen contributions of great scientific and philosophical quality, signed by the best scholars working in that field." - Lluis Oviedo, European Society for the Study of Science and Theology (ESSAT)
1: Philip Clayton: Conceptual Foundations of Emergence Theory I. The Physical Sciences 2: Paul Davies: The Physics of Downward Causation 3: Erich Joos: The Emergence of Classicality from Quantum Theory 4: George F. R. Ellis: On the Nature of Emergent Reality II. The Biological Sciences 5: Terrence Deacon: Emergence: The Hole at the Wheel's Hub 6: Lynn Rothschild: The Role of Emergence in Biology 7: Barbara Smuts: Emergence in Social Evolution: A Great Ape Example III. Consciousness and Emergence 8: Jaegwon Kim: Being Realistic about Emergence 9: Michael Silberstein: In Defence of Ontological Emergence and Mental Causation 10: Nancey Murphy: Emergence and Mental Causation 11: David Chalmers: Varieties of Emergence IV. Religion and Emergence 12: Arthur Peacocke: Emergence, Mind, and Divine Action: The Hierarchy of the Sciences in Relation to the Human Mind-Brain-Body 13: Niels Henrik Gregersen: Emergence: What is at Stake for Religious Reflection? 14: Philip Clayton: Emergence from Quantum Physics to Religion: A Critical Appraisal
