Papers by Mikael Stenmark
International Journal of Systematic Theology, Apr 1, 2006
Introduction eople throughout the ages have tried to understand the universe and JL their own pla... more Introduction eople throughout the ages have tried to understand the universe and JL their own place within it. They have developed a big picture, a worldview. Religions have traditionally played a very important role in shaping individuals' worldviews, but ever since ...
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Sanoma utbildning, 2019
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Det verkar bli allt vanligare i Sverige idag, men ocksa pa andra stallen i varlden, att manniskor... more Det verkar bli allt vanligare i Sverige idag, men ocksa pa andra stallen i varlden, att manniskor tycker att det ar nagot markligt med att tro pa Gud eller att vara religios. Gudstron utgor inte langre en reell mojlighet utan framstar for manga som nagot ofornuftigt, irrationellt och ovetenskapligt. Vissa uppfattar till och med religion som ett direkt hot mot ett civiliserat och demokratiskt samhalle. Detta utgor en utmaning for verksamma och blivande larare i religionskunskap, som ar den huvudsakliga malgruppen for denna bok. I Att undervisa om manniskosyner och gudsuppfattningar finns bidrag som diskuterar mindre kanda omraden i och utanfor "varldsreligionernas" landskap, men det finns ocksa kapitel som fordjupar och breddar perspektiven pa till exempel hinduism, kristendom och islam. Boken behandlar fragan om manniskosyn och gudsuppfattningar inom religionens omrade ur ett mer generellt perspektiv, men tar aven upp dessa fragor relaterat till sekulara livsaskadningar, a...
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Det verkar bli allt vanligare i Sverige idag, men ocksa pa andra stallen i varlden, att manniskor... more Det verkar bli allt vanligare i Sverige idag, men ocksa pa andra stallen i varlden, att manniskor tycker att det ar nagot markligt med att tro pa Gud eller att vara religios. Gudstron utgor inte langre en reell mojlighet utan framstar for manga som nagot ofornuftigt, irrationellt och ovetenskapligt. Vissa uppfattar till och med religion som ett direkt hot mot ett civiliserat och demokratiskt samhalle. Detta utgor en utmaning for verksamma och blivande larare i religionskunskap, som ar den huvudsakliga malgruppen for denna bok. I Att undervisa om manniskosyner och gudsuppfattningar finns bidrag som diskuterar mindre kanda omraden i och utanfor "varldsreligionernas" landskap, men det finns ocksa kapitel som fordjupar och breddar perspektiven pa till exempel hinduism, kristendom och islam. Boken behandlar fragan om manniskosyn och gudsuppfattningar inom religionens omrade ur ett mer generellt perspektiv, men tar aven upp dessa fragor relaterat till sekulara livsaskadningar, a...
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Svensk Teologisk Kvartalskrift, 2012
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Svensk Teologisk Kvartalskrift, 2013
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Religions
To have the right and possibility to criticize religions in public life is crucial for developing... more To have the right and possibility to criticize religions in public life is crucial for developing a healthy liberal democratic society. However, this criticism could take many different forms with respect to who offers the criticism, on what grounds it is based, its aim, what the target of the criticism is, and whom the critics try to convince. In this article, I develop a theoretical framework we can use to distinguish and assess different forms of criticism, focusing primarily on secular criticism of religion. Furthermore, I argue that in performing such a meta-study of criticism, it is vital that we reflect more carefully on how to develop plausible ethics of criticism. Finally, by comparing public criticism and academic criticism, I show that such ethics must be developed in a way that is sensitive to discourse.
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1. The Customization of Science: An Introduction to the Debate Mikael Stenmark PART I: WORLDVIEWS... more 1. The Customization of Science: An Introduction to the Debate Mikael Stenmark PART I: WORLDVIEWS AND CUSTOMIZED SCIENCE 2. Islam and Science Nidhal Guessoum 3. Feminism and Science Lynn Hankinson Nelson 4. Christianity and Science Rene van Woudenberg 5. Atheism and Science Michael Ruse SCIENCE AND SCIENTISTS ON CUSTOMIZED SCIENCE 6. Implicit and Explicit Customized Science: The Case of Evolutionary Biology Ullica Segerstrale 7. On Religious and Anti-Religious Customization of Contemporary Physics Bengt Gustafsson 8. Theology and the Origins of Customized Science Carl Reinhold Brakenhielm SOCIETY AND THE CUSTOMIZATION OF SCIENCE 9. Customised Science as a Reflection of Protscience Steve Fuller 10. Science as Customized and Customizing Ulf Zackariasson 11. Bioconservatism as Customized Science Adam Briggle POSTSCRIPT 12. The Future of the Customized Science-Debate Ulf Zackariasson and Mikael Stenmark
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The Customization of Science
It is time to take stock. As should be clear by now, the concept of “customized science” has no f... more It is time to take stock. As should be clear by now, the concept of “customized science” has no fixed and uncontroversial meaning. It can be taken to refer to a number of different phenomena by means of which society “speaks back” to science or, better, by which scientific research receives impulses from the societies that surround it. Among such forces, we find commercial and political interests, but also, we have suggested, various impulses from the world views of individual scientists and/or the prevalent world views in the societies of which science and scientists are (unavoidably) part. A first thing to note with regard to “customized science” is, then, that the concept suggests a conception of science according to which science is inherently situated.
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American Journal of Theology & Philosophy, 2017
This book offers a critical analysis of the varieties of contemporary naturalism - from scientifi... more This book offers a critical analysis of the varieties of contemporary naturalism - from scientific naturalism to religious naturalism. What are the claims of naturalism apart from its denial of 'the supernatural'? What are the distinctive modes of thought within contemporary religious naturalism? Some argue for a science-based worldview, others for a cosmic view of reality that includes human engagement and religious commitment - with or without God-talk.The book shows how an appeal to what is beyond empirically validated facts resurfaces within most varieties of naturalism. But it also points to the fact that immanentist frameworks are widely presupposed among contemporary theologians who do not describe themselves as 'naturalists'. Rival positions and conflicts of interpretations emerge as to the question of transcendence and the Beyond, and different philosophical theologies are at work - from the strict denial of theism to ground-of-being-theisms to classic and alternative views of the divine.
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Faith and Philosophy, 2004
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Religious Studies, 2021
I argue that philosophers of religion should not merely focus on religions but should pay much mo... more I argue that philosophers of religion should not merely focus on religions but should pay much more attention to the secular outlooks on life emerging in contemporary society. To compare these outlooks, I suggest that we use the notion of worldview, and contrast religious worldviews with secular worldviews − rather than contrasting religions with nonreligions, which scholars of religion have recently tended to do. Accordingly, religious people should be contrasted with secular people and not with religious ‘nones’. I also explore the specific contribution of philosophy of religion to worldviews studies, and discuss why such a contribution is considered controversial within religious studies circles. I contend that it should instead be a legitimate and essential part of the academic study of worldviews.
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Zygon(r), 2009
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