About the FellowshipProject Director Emeritus Russell Stannard Recommends:
These recommended books are drawn from a wide variety of sources and presented in two formats: grouped by subject and arranged by author. In drawing up the lists of books, I have tried to keep in mind the particular needs and interests of the Templeton-Cambridge fellows. The lists are not meant to be restrictive.
- Historical perspectives on the Relationships between Science and Religion
- , Rebuilding the Matrix, Lion Hudson
- Brooke, John Hedley, ed., Science and Religion: Some Historical Perspectives, Cambridge University Press
- , Protestant Thought and Natural Science: A Historical Interpretation, University of Notre Dame Press
- , Coming of Age in the Milky Way, HarperCollins
- General Overview (incorporating many of the topics that appear under other headings)
- , Rebuilding the Matrix, Lion Hudson
- , and , Beyond Belief, Lion Hudson
- , Creation Revisited, W.H. Freeman & Company
- , Nature, Human Nature, and God, Augsburg Fortress, The Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge
- , When Science Meets Religion: Enemies, Strangers, or Partners?, HarperCollins, The Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge
- , Religion and Science: Historical and Contemporary Issues, HarperCollins
- , Issues in Science and Religion, HarperCollins
- , God and Contemporary Science, Wm. B. Eerdmans
- , Science and Religion: From Conflict to Conversation, Paulist Press
- , and , Science, Life and Christian Belief: A Survey and Assessment, InterVarsity Press
- Lindberg, David C., and Ronald L. Numbers, eds., When Science and Christianity Meet, University of Chicago Press
- Matthews, Clifford N., and Roy Abraham Varghese, eds., Cosmic Beginnings and Human Ends: Where Science and Religion Meet, Carus Publishing Company
- , Science & Religion: An Introduction, Blackwells
- , Theology for a Scientific Age: Being and Becoming-Natural, Divine and Human, Augsburg Fortress Publishers
- , God and Science, SCM Press
- , Paths From Science Towards God, Oneworld Publication
- Peters, Ted, and Gaymon Bennett, eds., Bridging Science and Religion, Augsburg Fortress Publishers
- , Reason and Reality: The Relationship Between Science and Theology, Trinity Press International/ Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge
- , Science & Theology: An Introduction, Augsburg Fortress Publishers
- , The Faith of a Physicist: Reflections of a Bottom-Up Thinker, Augsburg Fortress Publishers
- , Belief in God in an Age of Science, Yale University Press
- , and , Faith in the Living God: A Dialogue, Augsburg Fortress Publishers
- , Variety in Religion and Science: Daily Reflections, iUniverse Inc.
- , and , Faith in Science: Scientists Search for Truth, Routledge
- , , , and , Science and the Spiritual Quest: New Essays by Leading Scientists, Routledge
- , Science And The Renewal Of Belief, Templeton Foundation Press
- , The God Experiment: Can Science Prove the Existence of God?, Paulist Press
- , Science and Wonders: Conversations About Science and Belief, Faber & Faber
- , God For The 21st Century, Templeton Foundation Press
- Templeton, John M., ed., How Large Is God? The Voices of Scientists and Theologians, Templeton Foundation Press
- , Duet or Duel: Theology and Science in a Postmodern World, Trinity Press International
- , The Fourth Day: What the Bible and the Heavens Are Telling Us About Creation, Wm. B. Eerdmans
- Watts, Fraser, ed., Science Meets Faith: Theology & Science in Conversation, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge
- , Reason Within the Bounds of Religion, Wm. B. Eerdmans
- The Nature of Science
- , Unweaving the Rainbow: Science, Delusion and the Appetite for Wonder, Mariner Books
- , Before the Beginning: Cosmology Explained, Marion Boyars
- Modern physics
- , The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality, Random House
- The Laws of nature, including the Anthropic Principle
- , Rebuilding the Matrix, Lion Hudson
- , and , The Anthropic Cosmological Principle, Oxford University Press
- , The Constants of Nature: From Alpha to Omega—The Numbers that Encode the Deepest Secrets of the Universe, Pantheon Books
- , The Mind of God: The Scientific Basis for a Rational World, Simon & Schuster
- Cosmology
- , Creation Revisited, W.H. Freeman & Company
- , The Mind of God: The Scientific Basis for a Rational World, Simon & Schuster
- , Before the Beginning: Cosmology Explained, Marion Boyars
- , God & the Big Bang: Discovering Harmony Between Science & Spirituality, Jewish Lights Publishing
- , Soul: God, Self and New Cosmology, Random House
- , and , Thinking Clearly About God and Science, Monarch Publishing Associates
- Time
- , The Becoming of Time: Integrating Physical and Religious Time, Duke University Press
- Origins of Life and Evolution
- , Life's Solution: Inevitable Humans in a Lonely Universe, Cambridge University Press
- , The Fifth Miracle: The Search for the Origin and Meaning of Life, Simon & Schuster
- , Climbing Mount Improbable, W. W. Norton & Company
- , The Blind Watchmaker: Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe Without Design, W. W. Norton
- , Darwin's Dangerous Idea: Evolution and the Meanings of Life, Simon & Schuster
- Gregersen, Niels Henrik, ed., From Complexity to Life: On The Emergence of Life and Meaning, Oxford University Press
- , Deeper Than Darwin: The Prospect for Religion in the Age of Evolution, Perseus Books Group
- Matthews, Clifford N., Mary Evelyn Tucker, and Philip Hefner, eds., When Worlds Converge: What Science and Religion Tell Us About the Story of the Universe and Our Place in It, Carus Publishing Company
- , Chance and Necessity: An Essay on the Natural Philosophy of Modern Biology, Knopf
- , The Phenomenon of Man, HarperCollins
- , God, Chance & Necessity, Oneworld Publication
- Creationism and Evolution
- , Rebuilding the Matrix, Lion Hudson
- , and , Beyond Belief, Lion Hudson
- , God and the Biologist: Personal Exploration of Science and Faith, Apollos
- , Creationism on Trial: Evolution and God at Little Rock, University Press of Virginia
- , Can We Believe Genesis Today?, InterVarsity Press
- , Can a Darwinian be a Christian? The Relationship between Science and Religion, Cambridge University Press
- , Theology and the Justification of Faith: Constructing Theories in Systematic Theology, Wm. B. Eerdmans
- Life Elsewhere in the Universe
- , Life's Solution: Inevitable Humans in a Lonely Universe, Cambridge University Press
- , Life in the Solar System and Beyond, Springer
- Genetics and Bio-technology
- , and , Beyond Belief, Lion Hudson
- Cole-Turner, Ronald, ed., Beyond Cloning: Religion and the Remaking of Humanity, Trinity Press International
- , and , Pastoral Genetics: Theology and Care at the Beginning of Life, Pilgrim Press
- Cole-Turner, Ronald, ed., Human Cloning: Religious Responses, Westminster John Knox Press
- , The Selfish Gene, Oxford University Press
- Deane-Drummond, Celia, Bronislaw Szerszynski, and Robin Grove-White, eds., Reordering Nature: Theology, Society and the New Genetics, T. & T. Clark
- Holland, Suzanne, Laurie Zoloth, and Karen Lebacqz, eds., The Human Embryonic Stem Cell Debate: Science, Ethics, and Public Policy, MIT Press
- , Language of Genes: Solving the Mysteries of Our Genetic Past, Present, and Future, Random House
- , Playing God? Genetic Determinism and Human Freedom, Routledge
- , The Faith of Biology and the Biology of Faith, Columbia University Press
- , and , Improving Nature? The Science and Ethics of Genetic Engineering, Cambridge University Press
- , The Biotech Century: Harnessing the Gene and Remaking the World, Penguin Putnam
- Mind/Brain/ Soul
- , and , Where God Lives in the Human Brain, Sourcebooks
- , Creation Revisited, W.H. Freeman & Company
- Brown, Warren S., Nancey C. Murphy, and H. Newton Malony, eds., Whatever Happened to the Soul? Scientific and Theological Portraits of Human Nature, Augsburg Fortress
- , The Astonishing Hypothesis: The Scientific Search for the Soul, Simon & Schuster
- , Mind Fields: Reflections on the Science of Mind and Brain, Baker Publishing Group
- , Human Nature at the Millennium: Reflections on the Integration of Psychology and Christianity, Baker Publishing Group
- , and , Phantoms in the Brain: Probing the Mysteries of the Human Mind, William Morrow and Company
- , God, Faith, and the New Millennium: Christian Belief in an Age of Science, Oneworld Publication
- , In Defence of The Soul, Oneworld Publication
- Spirituality and Health
- , and , Realized Religion: Research on the Relationship between Religion and Health, Templeton Foundation Press
- , , and , Handbook of Religion and Health, Oxford University Press
- , and , The Healing Power of Faith: How Belief and Prayer Can Help You Triumph Over Disease, Simon & Schuster
- , Is Religion Good for Your Health: The Effects of Religion on Physical and Mental Health, Haworth Press
- , and , The Faith Factor: Proof of the Healing Power of Prayer, Penguin Putnam Putnam
- , and , The Healing Power Of Prayer: The Surprising Connection Between Prayer And Your Health, Baker Publishing Group
- Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Science
- , The Creative Mind: Myths and Mechanisms, Routledge
- Boden, Margaret A., ed., The Philosophy of Artificial Life, Oxford University Press
- , Theology and Psychology, Ashgate Publishing
- Neuroscience
- , and , Where God Lives in the Human Brain, Sourcebooks
- , and , Phantoms in the Brain: Probing the Mysteries of the Human Mind, William Morrow and Company
- Environment and Ethics
- , Ethics in an Age of Technology, HarperCollins
- Berry, R. J., ed., The Care of Creation: Focusing Concern and Action, InterVarsity Press
- , The Human Factor: Evolution, Culture, and Religion, Augsburg Fortress Publishers
- , Global Warming: The Complete Briefing, Cambridge University Press
- , and , Environmental Ethics: An Anthology, Blackwell
- Matthews, Clifford N., Mary Evelyn Tucker, and Philip Hefner, eds., When Worlds Converge: What Science and Religion Tell Us About the Story of the Universe and Our Place in It, Carus Publishing Company
- , The Body of God: An Ecological Theology, Augsburg Fortress Publishers
- , The Travail of Nature: The Ambiguous Ecological Promise of Christian Theology, Augsburg Fortress Publishers
- , The Turn of the Millennium: An Agenda for Christian Religion in an Age of Science, The Pilgrim Press
- God’s Action in the World
- Tracy, Thomas F., ed., The God Who Acts: Philosophical and Theological Explorations, Pennsylvania State University Press
- Psychology
- , Human Nature at the Millennium: Reflections on the Integration of Psychology and Christianity, Baker Publishing Group
- , Psychology of Religion, Oneworld Publication
- , and , Psychology Through the Eyes of Faith, HarperCollins
- , Pythagoras' Trousers: God, Physics, and the Gender Wars, W. W. Norton & Company
- Philosophy and Theology
- , Biblical Faith and Natural Theology, Oxford University Press
- , The Human Factor: Evolution, Culture, and Religion, Augsburg Fortress Publishers
- , Metaphor and Religious Language, Oxford University Press
- , Rationality and Science: Can Science Explain Everything?, Blackwell
- , Rationality and Religion: Does Faith Need Reason?, Blackwell
- , God, Creation, and Contemporary Physics, Augsburg Fortress Publishers
- Eschatology (End Times)
- Peters, Ted, Robert John Russell, and Michael Welker, eds., Resurrection: Theological and Scientific Assessments, Wm. B. Eerdmans
- , and , The End of the World and the Ends of God: Science and Theology on Eschatology, Trinity Press International
- Feminist Theology
- , Metaphorical Theology: Models of God in Religious Language, Augsburg Fortress Publishers
- , The Body of God: An Ecological Theology, Augsburg Fortress Publishers
- , God, the Big Bang, and Stephen Hawking, Monarch Publishing Associates
- New Age Philosophy
- , Science and the New Age Challenge, InterVarsity Press
- Islam
- , Western Muslims and the Future of Islam, Oxford University Press
- Atheistic viewpoints
- , Creation Revisited, W.H. Freeman & Company
- , Unweaving the Rainbow: Science, Delusion and the Appetite for Wonder, Mariner Books
- , Darwin's Dangerous Idea: Evolution and the Meanings of Life, Simon & Schuster
- , Chance and Necessity: An Essay on the Natural Philosophy of Modern Biology, Knopf