Theology as Interdisciplinary Inquiry

Can a neuroscientist help a theologian interpret a medieval mystical text? Can a historian of religion help an anthropologist understand the effects of social cooperation on human evolution? Can a legal scholar and a theologian help each other think about how fear of God relates to respect for the law? In this volume leading scholars in ethics, theology, and social science sum up three years of study and conversation regarding the value of interdisciplinary theological inquiry. This is an essential and challenging collection for all who set out to think, write, teach, and preach theologically in the contemporary world. CONTRIBUTORS: John P. Burgess

Peter Danchin

Celia Deane-Drummond

Agustín Fuentes

Andrea Hollingsworth

Robin W. Lovin

Joshua Mauldin

Friederike Nüssel

Mary Ellen O'Connell

Douglas F. Ottati

Stephen Pope

Colleen Shantz

Michael Spezio