User:RyH11

My name is Ryan and I am a senior at Bucknell University majoring in Sociology. I am currently in a History of Ecology course which I find to be very interesting so far. I want to gain the background knowledge of Ecology and find out what the purposes are of ecologists. I am interested in using Wikipedia because I never used the source often.

Natural Theology

I am interested in studying Natural Theology because it has become such a important ideology of the world. The study of God has been challenged, changed, and solidified considering from many different perspectives. Natural Theology will continue to be prevalent in society and I want to understand exactly how the historical findings lead thinkers to their conclusions. I also want to understand why there are scholars who deny these arguments.

Potential Sources

1. Paley, William. Natural Theology(2010) 2. http://www.theopedia.com/Natural_theology 3. An Analysis of Thomas Aquinas and his Natural Theology. (2012.) 4. Paley, William. Natural Theology; Or, Evidences of the Existence and Attributes of the Deity. (12th Edition) (2006.) 5. White, David E. The Elimination of Natural Theology.http://www.bu.edu/wcp/Papers/Reli/ReliWhit.htm 6. Cobb Jr, John B. A Christian Natural Theology Based on the Thought of Alfred North Whitehead. (1965.) 7. Moore, Andrew. Should Christians do Natural Theology? (Scottish Journal of Theology. 2010.) 8. Taliaferro, Charles. The Project of Natural Theology.(Blackwell Publishing. 2009.) 9. http://edge.org/conversation/does-the-empirical-nature-of-science-contradict-the-revelatory-nature-of-faith 10. Hedley Brooke, John. Science and Religion. Cambridge University Press. 1991

There are various ways to analyze the theories of natural theology. According to many people who study this field, the existence of God is based on religious activity and experiences that have taken place in the universe. There is another understanding to theology that is proposed by some scientists which tends to debate the existence of a God. John Hedley Brooke understood the thinking of natural theology much differently than any other religious leader, academic, or scientist. His contributions to the controversy over natural theology was important. He claimed that the use of science could be incorporated into the way in which people think about religion. Brooke used Charles Darwin as evidence to provide his argument. Darwin's theories of evolution and view of science influenced the work of Brooke when he released his book Science and Religion. The controversy over natural theology cause individuals to question the existing God religious people acknowledge and worship. Brooke states, "Instead of treating science and religion as discrete definable entities, his approach is sensitive to shifting boundaries and willing to consider the contexts in which particular forms of science could be used both for religious and secular ends." Jerry Coyne believes that it is hard for people to believe in both religion and science being compatible which as been a common way of thinking about this relationship for a long time.