ISSR@AAR2024 - Climate, God and Uncertainty Book Panel w/ Arthur Petersen

Send us Fan MailWelcome back to the ISSR Podcast.For many years, ISSR has had a presence at the AAR/SBL annual conference. In November 2024, ISSR was again at the San Diego, California conference. ISSR is pleased to bring you our sessions from this massive conference for the first time. This panel was titled "Author Meets Critics Book Panel: Climate, God and Uncertainty by Arthur Petersen." Referring mainly to works by Latour, William James and Heinrich Rickert, Petersen develops ‘transcendental naturalism’ to reinterpret the interface between science and politics in the context of climate change. He highlights, for instance, issues such as the religious disenchantment of nature, the scientific disbelief in a plurality of value-laden perspectives, and the disregard for non-modern worldviews in politics. In developing its argument, the book makes a methodological intervention on the sort of naturalism that guides both Latour’s work and a large part of the academic field called ‘science and religion’. The panel consisted of:Dr Pete Jordan - https://www.theology.ox.ac.uk/people/dr-pete-jordanDr Josh A. Reeves - https://www.samford.edu/arts-and-sciences/directory/Reeves-JoshDr Bethany Sollereder - https://edwebprofiles.ed.ac.uk/profile/dr-bethany-sollerederProf Whitney Bauman - https://sipa.fiu.edu/people/faculty/religious-studies/bauman.whitney.htmlProf. Dr. Gijsbert van den Brink - https://vu.nl/en/research/scientists/gijsbert-van-den-brinkProf Lisa Sideris - https://es.ucsb.edu/people/lisa-siderisAnd the book's author, Prof Arthur Petersen - https://www.ucl.ac.uk/steapp/people/professor-arthur-petersen-0Each panellist critically evaluated themes in the book, with Petersen responding at the end. ISSR was established as an elite academic society to foster global and multi-faith perspectives on the intersection of science and religion. We invite you to learn more about us and consider becoming an Associate member by visiting our website: https://www.issr.org.uk.Thank you for joining us, and we’ll see you next time on the ISSR Podcast. Anthony K Nairnwww.anthonynairn.com  ISSR Executive Assistantwww.issr.org.ukSupport the show