A sketch of how God and nature and humanity interrelate. This book provides a way forward in the religion and science discussion. Contributors vii Acknowledgments ix Editor's Introduction xi Philip Clayton Preface 3 Chapter 1. Prologue: Naturalism, Theism, and Religion 5 Part One: Philosophical and Theological Consequences of the Scientific Perspective Chapter 2. Emergentist Monism 12 Chapter 3. Theistic Naturalism 17 Chapter 4. Panentheism 21 Part Two: The Consequences for Theology of the Reappraisal of the Natural Chapter 5. The Application of an "Emergentist-Naturalistic-Panentheistic" Perspective 26 Chapter 6. Jesus of Nazareth A Naturalistic Interpretation 29 Chapter 7. Jesus the Christ A Naturalistic "Incarnation"? 36 Chapter 8. The Eucharist A Natural Enactment 42 Chapter 9. God's Interaction with the World 45 Chapter 10. Transforming Grace 48 Chapter 11. Conclusion 55 Responses 1. Arthur Peacocke's Theology of Possibilities Philip Hefner 59 2. Some Words in Favor of Reductionism, Pantheism, Theism, and More Willem B. Drees 70 3. Emergence, Naturalism, and Panentheism: An Eastern Christian Perspective Christopher C. Knight 81 4. Empirical Theology and a "Naturalistic Christian Faith" Karl E. Peters 93 5. Sacrament and Sacrifice: The Feedback Loops of Religious Community Donald M. Braxton 104 6. The Juxtaposition of Naturalistic and Christian Faith: Reappraising the Natural from within a Different Theological Lens Ann Pederson 119 7. Arthur Peacocke: Postmodern Prophet Nancey Murphy 130 8. Arthur Peacocke on Method in Theology and Science and His Model of the Divine/World Interaction: An Appreciative Assessment Robert John Russell 140 9. Personhood, Spirit, and the Supernatural Keith Ward 152 10. On Divine and Human Agency: Reflections of a Co-Laborer Philip Clayton 163 Reflections on the Responses Arthur Peacocke 176 Nunc Dimittis Arthur Peacocke 191 Appendix A: "God" 195 Appendix B: A Short Life of Jesus 196 Appendix C: God's Interaction with the World 199 Notes 201