Foreword
Lisa Stenmark and Whitney Bauman
Preface: Post-truth, Fake News, and Alternative Facts . . . Oh,
My!
Jennifer Baldwin
Introduction: The Reformation and Our Common Responsibility for the
World Today
Antje Jackelén
Part I: Finding Truth
1. Modern Political Lying: Science and Religion as Critical
Discourse in a Post-Truth World
Lisa Stenmark
2. The Power of Lies and the Lies of Power
Ted Peters
3. The Golden Mean in a Political Darwinism: Science, Religion, and
Authenticity
Paul Allen
4. Making America Humble Again: Humility and Magnanimity as
Greatness in a Post-veridical World
Craig Boyd
Part II: Affect and the Public Trust
5. Rationality in Play?: A Philosophical Journey in the Current
Landscape of Facts and Truth
Knut-Willy Sæther
6. The Anxiety of Alternative Facts: Considering the Role of
Religion and Science in Forming Public Values Spanning Political
Divisiveness
Adam Pryor
7. Knowledge, Power, and Fear: The Role of Religion and Science in
Populism and Our Shared Public Life
Jennifer Baldwin
Part III: Politics, Religion, and the Environment
8. Confessions of a Recovering Objectivist: Religion/Science as
Engaged Theology and Environmental Strategy
Philip Clayton
9. Religion and Science as Critical Discourse: Postmodern as
Contextual Thinking, not Post-truth
Whitney Bauman
10. The Puppet, the Dwarf, and Political Theologies of Science
Graham Walker
Jennifer Baldwin is director of Grounding Flight Wellness Center.
Now that ‘post-truth’ has dictionary status, Pontius Pilate’s
cynically rhetorical ‘What is truth?’ arises as a disturbingly
real, and really political, question. No longer can academics
afford our habitual relativism. What better venue for curating the
multiform width of truth-talk than within the dialogue of religion
and science? What may seem like a rather esoteric set of
transdisciplinary essays bristles from the first page on with vivid
and timely examples, communicative clarity, and stunning
politico-eco-religio-cultural relevance.
*Catherine Keller, Drew University*
Finally! A critical look at the politically charged discussion of
religion and science. But, rather than pitting both sides against
each other, as many texts do, Navigating Post-Truth and Alternative
Facts brings the two together in an unapologetic manner that is
rooted in both religion and science. This is an excellent edited
volume by Jennifer Baldwin and one that promises to give facts, not
just opinion. In this age of post-truth and attacks on science,
this book is truly needed. Well worth the read!
*Daniel White Hodge, North Park University*
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