Abstract
The demand that epistemic support be explicated as rational compulsion has consistently undermined the dialogue between theology and science. Rational compulsion entails too restrictive a form of epistemic support for most scientific theorizing, let alone interdisciplinary dialogue. This essay presents a less restrictive form of epistemic support, explicated not as rational compulsion but as explanatory power. Once this notion of epistemic support is developed, a genuinely productive interdisciplinary dialogue between theology and science becomes possible. This essay closes by sketching how the Big Bang model from cosmology and the Christian doctrine of Creation can be viewed as supporting each other.
Keywords
science, theology, explanatory power, interdisciplinary dialogue, epistemic support, rational compulsion
How to Cite
Dembski, W. & Meyer, S., (1998) “Fruitful Interchange or Polite Chitchat? The Dialogue Between Science and Theology”, Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science 33(3), 415–430. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/0591-2385.00158
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