Articles
Editorial
Keith Fox
Pages: 2-2
Animal suffering, the hard problem of consciousness and a reflection on why we should treat animals well
MERIC SROKOSZ
SIMON KOLSTOE
Pages: 3-19
Abstract
Considerable effort and ingenuity is expended on developing theodicies in response to the problem caused by evolution in terms of pain and suffering in creation and the fact that God is good and his creation is good. From a physiological and neurological perspective, it is clear that many creatures experience pain. However, pain is an essential part of the evolutionary process being clearly adaptive, potentially preventing a worse outcome for a creature, namely death. A more difficult question is that of suffering. It will be shown that the question of animal suffering is identical to the issue of sentience and the ‘hard problem’ of consciousness. After reviewing the evidence for animal consciousness and then suffering, we conclude with a brief reflection on why Christians should treat animals well.
Correspondence
Presuppositionalism revisited: the necessity of a transcendent God for the intelligibility of science
Jonathan M. Hanes
Pages: 20-22
A response to Jonathan Hanes
Andrew Pinsent
Pages: 22-23
Book reviews
Time in Eternity: Pannenberg, Physics, and Eschatology in Creative Mutual Interaction
Robert John Russell
(Amos Yong)
Pages: 25-26
Light from Light: Scientists and theologians in dialogue
Gerald O’Collins
Mary Ann Meyers, (eds.)
(Andrew Davison)
Pages: 27-29
Slaying the Dragons: Destroying Myths in the History of Science and Faith
Allan Chapman
(Paul Marston)
Pages: 29-30
The Biblical Cosmos: A Pilgrim’s Guide to the Weird and Wonderful World of the Bible
Robin A. Parry
(Denis O. Lamoureux)
Pages: 30-32
Mathematical Theologies: Nicholas of Cusa and the Legacy of Thierry of Chartres
David Albertson
(Jamie Boulding)
Pages: 32-33
The Depth of the Human Person: A Multidisciplinary Approach
Michael Welker (ed.)
(John Wyatt)
Pages: 33-35
When I Pray, What Does God Do?
David Wilkinson
(Rodney Holder)
Pages: 35-36
The Physics of Theism: God, Physics, and the Philosophy of Science
Jeffrey Koperski
(Paul Wraight)
Pages: 36-37
Science and Religion: 5 Questions
Gregg D. Caruso (ed.)
(Patrick Richmond)
Pages: 37-38
State of Affairs: The Science-Theology Controversy
Richard J. Coleman
(Steve Bishop)
Pages: 38-40
The Territories of Science and Religion
Peter Harrison
(Ernest Lucas)
Pages: 40-41
Boyle Studies: Aspects of the Life and Thought of Robert Boyle (1627-91)
Michael Hunter
(Allan Chapman)
Pages: 42-43
Mathematicians & Their Gods: Interactions between mathematics and religious beliefs
Snezana Lawrence
Mark McCartney (eds.)
(P. Douglas Kindschi)
Pages: 43-45
Latin American Perspectives on Science and Religion
Ignacio Silva (ed.)
(César Navarro)
Pages: 45-47
Jesuit Science and the End of Nature’s Secrets
Mark A. Waddell
(Fintan Lyons)
Pages: 47-48
The Lost World of Adam and Eve: Genesis 2-3 and the Human Origins Debate
John Walton
(Andrea L. Robinson)
Pages: 48-50