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Her first book, ''Theology in the Age of Scientific Reasoning'', won prizes from both the [[American Academy of Religion]] and the [[Templeton Foundation]] awarded the 1999 Prize for Outstanding Books in Theology. <ref>http://www.meta-library.net/bio/murph-body.html</ref><ref>http://www.wie.org/unbound/media.asp?id=63</ref> She is the author of "Anglo-American Postmodernity: Philosophical Perspectives on Science, Religion, and Ethics," and also the co-author with [[George Ellis]] of ''On the Moral Nature of the Universe: [[Theology]], [[Cosmology]], and [[Ethics]]''. <ref>http://www.pbs.org/faithandreason/bio/murph-frame.html</ref> |
Her first book, ''Theology in the Age of Scientific Reasoning'', won prizes from both the [[American Academy of Religion]] and the [[Templeton Foundation]] awarded the 1999 Prize for Outstanding Books in Theology. <ref>http://www.meta-library.net/bio/murph-body.html</ref><ref>http://www.wie.org/unbound/media.asp?id=63</ref> She is the author of "Anglo-American Postmodernity: Philosophical Perspectives on Science, Religion, and Ethics," and also the co-author with [[George Ellis]] of ''On the Moral Nature of the Universe: [[Theology]], [[Cosmology]], and [[Ethics]]''. <ref>http://www.pbs.org/faithandreason/bio/murph-frame.html</ref> |
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In 2006 Murphy claimed she faced a campaign to get her fired after she expressed her view that [[intelligent design]] was not only poor theology, but "so stupid, I don't want to give them my time."<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/03/AR2006020300822_pf.html| title=Eden and Evolution | publisher=[[Washington Post]] |date=February 5, 2006 | first= | last= | accessdate =2008-05-17}}</ref> Murphy, who believes in evolution, said that one of the founding members of the intelligent design movement, [[Phillip E. Johnson]], called a trustee in an attempt to get her fired.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/03/AR2006020300822_pf.html| title=Eden and Evolution | publisher=[[Washington Post]] |date=February 5, 2006 | first= | last= | accessdate =2008-05-17}}</ref> Johnson admits calling the trustee, but denies being for any action taken against her.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/03/AR2006020300822_pf.html| title=Eden and Evolution | publisher=[[Washington Post]] |date=February 5, 2006 | first= | last= | accessdate =2008-05-17}}</ref> |
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Murphy is a member of the [[Board of Directors]] of the [[Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences]] and an [[ordain]]ed [[minister of religion|minister]] in the [[Church of the Brethren]]. |
Murphy is a member of the [[Board of Directors]] of the [[Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences]] and an [[ordain]]ed [[minister of religion|minister]] in the [[Church of the Brethren]]. |
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Nancey Murphy is a Christian theologian and philosopher known for her works on theology and science. She is currently Professor of Christian Philosophy at Fuller Theological Seminary. [1] She received a B.A. in psychology and philosophy at Creighton University in 1973, a Ph.D in Philosophy of Science at the University of California, Berkeley in 1980- where she studied under the famed philosopher of science Paul Feyerabend, and a Doctorate of Theology at the Graduate Theological Union in 1987. Her late husband James William McClendon Jr. was a theologian with baptist roots who wrote a three volume series titled Ethics, Doctrine and Witness, as well as co-authored Convictions: Defusing Religious Relativism with James M. Smith.
Her first book, Theology in the Age of Scientific Reasoning, won prizes from both the American Academy of Religion and the Templeton Foundation awarded the 1999 Prize for Outstanding Books in Theology. [2][3] She is the author of "Anglo-American Postmodernity: Philosophical Perspectives on Science, Religion, and Ethics," and also the co-author with George Ellis of On the Moral Nature of the Universe: Theology, Cosmology, and Ethics. [4]
In 2006 Murphy claimed she faced a campaign to get her fired after she expressed her view that intelligent design was not only poor theology, but "so stupid, I don't want to give them my time."[5] Murphy, who believes in evolution, said that one of the founding members of the intelligent design movement, Phillip E. Johnson, called a trustee in an attempt to get her fired.[6] Johnson admits calling the trustee, but denies being for any action taken against her.[7]
Murphy is a member of the Board of Directors of the Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences and an ordained minister in the Church of the Brethren.
Murphy serves as an editorial advisor for Theology and Science, Theology Today, and Christianity Today.
Notes
- ^ http://www.closertotruth.com/participants/nmurphy/index.html
- ^ http://www.meta-library.net/bio/murph-body.html
- ^ http://www.wie.org/unbound/media.asp?id=63
- ^ http://www.pbs.org/faithandreason/bio/murph-frame.html
- ^ "Eden and Evolution". Washington Post. February 5, 2006. Retrieved 2008-05-17.
- ^ "Eden and Evolution". Washington Post. February 5, 2006. Retrieved 2008-05-17.
- ^ "Eden and Evolution". Washington Post. February 5, 2006. Retrieved 2008-05-17.
External links
- List of publications by Nancey Murphy
- Church of the Brethren website
- Templeton website
- Pepperdine University Dean's Lecture Series
- Radio interview on Philosophy Talk
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