Subjects:
Religion & science
Christian theology
Christian spirituality & religious experience
Theology
Popular science
The task given to the authors of these essays-three scholars from three different continents-was to examine the phenomenon of intelligence. We understand both human and animal intelligence. Extraterrestrial intelligence and artificial intelligence are now serious topics for debate and discussion. The possibilities of extraterrestrial intelligence and yet-to-be-developed forms of artificial intelligence pose questions about how intelligent animals are and what the implications are for our concept of God and the salvific work of Christ. God, Life, Intelligence and the Universe is the first in the ATF's new Science and Theology Series.
Terrence J Kelly SJ is an Australian Jesuit, born in Bunbury, Western Australia and who has spent over forty years teaching science, physics and science and religion courses at senior levels n Jesuit secondary schools in, Perth Melbourne and Adelaide. His academic background is in chemistry and physics. He is editor of God, Life Intelligence and the Universe, 2002, author of Reason and Religion in an Age of Science, 2007, and Stars, Life and Intelligence: Being a Darwinian and a Believer, 2009.