Re: [asa] "Inteventions" Book Series

David O. asks:
----------
This series from the Radical Orthodoxy perspective looks interesting:
_http://theologyphilosophycentre.co.uk/Interventions/_
(http://theologyphilosophycentre.co.uk/Interventions/) Does anyone know of
Connor Cunningham (planned volume on "Evolution") or Charles Taliaferro
(planned volume on "Naturalism")?
----------
 
Poking around that website, one finds a page on Cunningham, saying:
------
He was born in Belfast and only left that idyll to study Law at the
University of Kent. There, he came under the influence of the Catholic Marxist,
David Mclellan who, despite holding the Chair in Political Theory, decided to
also read for a Law degree. Following graduation, Conor moved to the University
of Dundee to study for an M. Phil., in Philosophy under the supervision of
the Jean-François Lyotard and Giles Deleuze scholar, James Williams. On
completing his M. Phil. with distinction, Conor went to the University of Cambridge
to read for the Diploma in Theology. Upon completion of this, he was awarded
a British Academy Studentship to study for a Ph.D. Initially doing so under
the supervision of John Milbank, but when he took up a Chair at the
University of Virginia, Professor Graham Ward took over the mantle. After writing a
book on nihilism (Genealogy of Nihilism), which is being translated into
Spanish, Conor is now finishing a book entitled Evolution, to be published in a new
 series, by Eerdmans, called Interventions. This book offers a critique of
Ultra-Darwinism, and ontological naturalism, whilst at the same providing a
positive reading of Darwin’s theory of evolution. After the project on
evolution, he is developing some previous work into a book on the philosopher Alain
Badiou, which bears the polemical title: Badiou: A Very Critical Introduction.
In addition to being series editor of Interventions, along with Peter
Candler, he is also the editor of the series Veritas, published by SCM. Conor’s
research interests include metaphysics, philosophical theology, philosophy of
religion, and phenomenology. As well as lecturing in the Department of Theology
and Religious Studies, he is also assistant-director of the Centre of
Theology and Philosophy, University of Nottingham.
-----------
 
The description of his book, "a critique of Ultra-Darwinism, and ontological
naturalism, whilst at the same providing a positive reading of Darwin’s
theory of evolution", sounds like a perspective that would be in accord with many
in the ASA. And it sounds like yet another counterexample to the
increasingly indefensible charge made by some that defenders of evolutionary creation
perspectives fail to actively oppose atheistic naturalism.
 
Allan, ASA Member
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Dr. Allan H. Harvey, Boulder, Colorado | SteamDoc@aol.com
"Any opinions expressed here are mine, and should not be
attributed to my employer, my wife, or my cat"

**************Vote for your city's best dining and nightlife. City's Best
2008. (http://citysbest.aol.com?ncid=aolacg00050000000102)

To unsubscribe, send a message to majordomo@calvin.edu with
"unsubscribe asa" (no quotes) as the body of the message.
Received on Sat Jun 14 22:53:24 2008