John F Haught
Articles and Book Chapters
“Darwin, Divine Providence and the Suffering of Sentient Life,” in Louis Caruana, ed., Darwin and Catholicism (London: T & T Clark, 2009), 207-22.
“Is Physics Fundamental? Robert Russell on Divine Action,” Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science (forthcoming).
“Information, Theology, and the Universe,” in Paul Davies and Niels Henrik Gregersen, Editors, Matter and Information from Physics to Metaphysics (forthcoming, 2009).
“Science, God and Cosmic Purpose,” in Peter Harrison, ed., Cambridge Companion to Science and Religion (Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, forthcoming).
“Tillich in Dialogue with Natural Science,” in Russell Manning, ed., Cambridge Companion to Paul Tillich (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009).
“In Praise of Imperfection,” Theology and Science 6, #2 (May 2008), pp.173-78.
“Evolution and the Suffering of Sentient Life,” in Gaymon Bennett, Martinez, Peters, and Russell, eds., The Evolution of Evil (Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2008), pp. 189-203.
“Darwinism, Design, and Cosmic Purpose,” in John B. Cobb. Jr., ed., Back to Darwin: A Richer Account of Evolution (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans 2008), pp. 319-29.
“Purpose in Nature: On the Possibility of a Theology of Evolution,” in Simon Conway Morris, ed, The Deep Structure of Biology: Is Convergence Sufficiently Ubiquitous to Give a Directional Signal? (West Conshohocken, Penn.: Templeton Foundation Press, 2008), pp. 218-32.
“Emergence, Scientific Naturalism, and Theology,” in Nancey Murphy and William Stoeger, SJ, editors, Evolution and Emergence, Systems, Organisms, Persons (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007), pp. 248-66.
“Darwin and Contemporary Theology,” Worldviews 11 (2007), 44-57.
“What’s Going on in the Universe? Teilhard de Chardin and Alfred North Whitehead,” Process Studies Vol. 35 (2006), pp. 41-67.
“Theology and Ecology in an Unfinished Universe,” in David M. Lodge and Christopher Hamlin, eds., Religion and the New Ecology: Environmental Responsibility in a World in Flux (Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press, 2006), pp. 226-45.
“Science and the Quest for Cosmic Purpose,” in Kurt Almqvist and Erik Wallrup, ed., The Future of Religion: Perspectives from the Engelsberg Seminar 2001 (Stockholm: Axel and Margaret Johnson Foundation, 2005), pp. 199-210.
“Die Theologie nach dem Kontakt,” in Tobias Daniel Wabbel, ed., Leben im All: Positionen aus Naturwissenschaft, Philosphie und Theologie (Düsseldorf: Patmos, 2006), pp. 205-22.
“God and Evolution,” in Philip Clayton, editor, Oxford Handbook of Science and Religion (New York: Oxford University Press, 2006), pp. 697-712.
“What If Theology Took Evolution Seriously,” New Theology Review, Vol. 18 (Nov. 2005), pp. 10-20.
“Teilhard, Science and the Basis of Obligation,” Grace and Truth: A Journal of Catholic Reflection for Southern Africa, Vol. 22 (August 2005), pp. 54-67.
“Is Fine-tuning Remarkable?” in Barrow et al., editors, Fitness of the Cosmos for Life: Biochemistry and Fine-Tuning (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 2008), pp. 31-48.
“Science and Scientism: The Importance of a Distinction,” Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science, Vol 40, No. 2, (June 2005), pp. 363-68.
“Darwin, Design and the Promise of Nature,” Science & Christian Belief, Vol 17, No 1, pp. 5-20.
“True Union Differentiates: A Response to My Critics,” Science & Christian Belief, Vol 17, No 1, 57-70.
“Behind the Veil: Evolutionary Naturalism and the Question of Immortality,” Joseph A. Bracken, S. J., editor, World Without End: Christian Eschatology from a Process Perspective (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2005), pp. 150-76.
“Buh po Darwinovi: Otazka Bozi prozretelnosti a evoucni veda,” in Farantisek Mikes, editor, Veda a Nabozenstvi 2000: Od Konfliktu K Dialogu (Olomouc: Univezita Paleckeho, 2004) pp. 24-34.
“Seeing the Universe: Ian Barbour and Teilhard de Chardin,” in Robert Russell, editor, Fifty Years in Science and Religion: Ian G. Barbour and his Legacy (London: Ashgate, 2005) pp. 301-11.
“Ist das Universum wirklich alles?” in Im Anfang war kein Gott: Naturwissenschaftliche und theologische Perspektiven, ed. Tobias Daniel Wabbel (Patmos Press, 2004), pp. 193-209.
“Neo-Darwinism in Theological Perspective,” in The Epic of Evolution: Science and Religion in Dialogue, ed. James B. Miller (Prentice Hall, 2004), 77-90.
“Theology and Ecology in an Unfinished Universe,” in Franciscans and Creation: What Is Our Responsibility?, ed. Elise Saggau, OSF (The Franciscan Institute, 2003), pp. 1-20.
“Is Nature Enough? No.,” Zygon (Dec. 2003).
“Darwin, Design, and Divine Providence,” in Debating Design, edited by Michael Ruse and William Dembski (Cambridge University Press, 2004), pp. 229-45.
“In Search of a God for Evolution: Paul Tillich and Teilhard de Chardin,” Zygon: The Journal of Science and Religion (Sept. 2002).
“Science, Religion and the Sacred Depths of Nature,” Quarterly Review (Winter, 2002 pp. 333- 48.
“Why Do Gods Persist? A Polanyian Reflection,” Tradition and Discovery (Journal of the Polanyi Society), Fall 2001.
“Cosmic Purpose and Human Existence Today, in Life and the Environment (Tokyo, Japan: L. H. Yoko, 2001), pp. 37-65.
“Theology after Contact: Religion and Extra-Terrestrial Intelligent Life,” in Cosmic Questions (New York: New York Academy of Sciences Press, 2001).
“Science, Theology, and the Origin of Life,” Theology Digest Vol 49:4, 2002 (Eighth Annual Henri De Lubac Lecture, St. Louis University), 334-46.
“Information and Cosmic Purpose,” in John F. Haught, ed., Science and Religion in Quest of Cosmic Purpose (Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2000), pp. 105-20.
“Does Evolution Rule Out God’s Existence,” in James B. Miller, ed., An Evolving Dialogue: Scientific, Historical, Philosophical and Theological Perspectives on Evolution (Washington: American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1998), pp. 341-54.
“Darwin’s Gift to Theology,” in Robert John Russell, William R. Stoeger, S. J. and Francisco J. Ayala, ed., Evolutionary and Molecular Biology: Scientific Perspectives on Divine Action (Vatican City State: Vatican Observatory Publications, 1998), pp. 393-418.
“Evolution in Nature and Catholic Thought,” in Maureen Fiedler and Linda Rabben, Editors, Rome Has Spoken (New York: Crossroad, 1998), pp. 178-85.
“Evolution, Information and Cosmic Purpose,” CTNS Bulletin (Summer, 1998), pp. 1-9.
“Science, Religion and the Role of Metaphysics,” CTNS Bulletin (Summer, 1998), pp. 22-37.
“Evolution, Tragedy and Hope,” in Ted Peters, ed., Science and Religion: The New Consonance (Westview Press, 1998).
“Polanyi’s Finalism,” (coauthored with Diane Yeager), Zygon: The Journal of Science and Religion (December, 1997), pp. 543-66.
“Ecology and Eschatology,” in Drew Christiansen and Walter Grazer, ed., And God Saw That It Was Good. Washington, D.C.: United States Catholic Conference, 1996, pp. 47-64.
“Christianity and Ecology,” in Roger S. Gottlieb, ed., This Sacred Earth: Religion, Nature, Environment. New York: Routledge, 1996, pp. 270-85.
“Chaos, Complexity and Theology.” Teilhard Studies, No. 30, 1994, pp. 1-22 (republished in Teilhard in the 21st Century, edited by Arthur Fabel and Donald St. John (Maryknoll: Orbis Books, 2003), pp. 181-94.
“Theology and the Environmental Crisis,” in W. O’Brien, ed., Minding the Time. Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press, 1992), pp. 37-58.
“Religion and the Origins of the Environmental Crisis,” in Michael Barnes, ed., An Ecology of the Spirit. Lanham: University Press of America, 1994.
“Religious and Cosmic Homelessness,” in Charles Birch et. al., ed., Liberating Life. Maryknoll: Orbis Press, 1990, pp. 159-81.
“Science Education and the Importance of Story,” in William McFadden, S.J. ed., Georgetown at Two Hundred. Washington, D. C.: Georgetown University Press, 1990, pp. 169-84.
“Is Human Life Only Chemistry?” Current (July/August, 1987), pp. 4-7. (Reprinted from an article in the Washington Post, March, 1987, “There’s more to Adam than Atoms.” Reprinted again in James E. Huchingson, ed. Religion and the Natural Sciences. New York: Harcourt, Brace, Jovonavich, 1992, pp. 337-42.
“The Informed Universe and the Existence of God,” in John R. Jacobson and Robert L. Mitchell, ed., The Existence of God. Lewiston, Queenston, Lampeter: Edwin Mellen Press, 1988, pp. 223-44.
“Reading Theology,” in Phyllis O’Callaghan, ed., A Clashing of Symbols. Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press, 1988, pp. 23-29.
“The Emergent Environment and the Problem of Cosmic Purpose,” Environmental Ethics, VIII (1986), 139-50.
“Narrative, Truth and Illusion,” Religious Studies and Theology, V (May, 1985), 68-78.
“Dipolar Theism: Psychological Considerations,” Process Studies, VI (Spring, 1976), 43-50.
“Eschatological Encounter with God,” The Thomist, XXXVII (April, 1973), 271-287.
“The Significance of Job for Christology,” The American Ecclesiastical Review CLXVI (November, 1972), 579-86.
“What is Logocentric Theology?,” Theological Studies XXXIII (March, 1972), 120-132.
Major Encyclopedia Articles:
“Evolutionary Theology,” Encyclopedia of Science and Religion (New York: Macmillan)
“Revelation,” The New Dictionary of Theology. Wilmington: Michael Glazier Press, pp. 884-99
“God in Modern Science,” The New Catholic Encyclopedia Supplement, Vol. 18, 1989.
“Ecology and Theology,” New Catholic Encyclopedia Supplement (Vol. 19, 1996).
Brief Encyclopedia Articles:
“Charles Darwin,” The New Catholic Encyclopedia
“Anthropic Principle,” The New Catholic Encyclopedia
“Kenosis,” Encyclopedia of Science and Religion (New York: Macmillan)
“Atheism,” Encyclopedia of Science and Religion (New York: Macmillan)
“Incarnation,” Encyclopedia of Science and Religion (New York: Macmillan)
“Evolution,” The HarperCollins Encyclopedia of Catholicism, pp. 497-499.
“Ecology,” The HarperCollins Encyclopedia of Catholicism, pp. 449-50.
“Materialism,” Modern Catholic Encyclopedia, Liturgical Press, 1995.
“Existentialism,” Modern Catholic Encyclopedia, Liturgical Press, 1995.
“Catholicism,” Encyclopedia of Environmental History, 2004.
“Christianity and Ecology,” Encyclopedia of Environmental History, 2004.
Popular Articles and Articles in Journals of Opinion:
“True Believers: Have the New Atheists Adopted a Faith of Their Own?” America Vol. 198, No. 15 (May 5, 2008), 16-18
“Amateur Atheists: Why the New Atheism Isn’t Serious,” The Christian Century (Feb. 26, 2008)
“Don’t Assign these Books,” Commonweal, CXXXV (2008), 38
“Darwin and the Cardinal,” Commonweal, CXXXII (2005), 39
“God, Evolution and the Redemptive Future,” Scripture from Scratch (October 2004)
“The Unfinished Universe,” Commonweal CXXX, 2003), 12-14
“Darwin and the Question of Truth, Commonweal CXXVIII (2002).
“Evolution and God’s Humility,” Commonweal CXXVII (Jan. 28, 2000), 14-16
“The Darwinian Struggle,” Commonweal CXXVI (Sept. 24, 1999), pp. 14-16
“A Way of Viewing Evolution Through a Christian Lens, “ Catholic News Service May, 2000)
“Darwin and God,” HMS Beagle (Online Science and Medical Journal)
“What’s in Church History for Me?” (Catholic New Service, 1998)
“Theology and Evolution,” Origins (Feb. 12, 1998)
“How Can Evolution Be?” (Catholic New Service, 1998)
“This New Acquaintance with Our Genes” (Catholic New Service, 1998)
“Christian Faith and Unbelief” (Catholic New Service, 1998)
“Dilemmas of Discipleship” (Catholic New Service, 1997)
“At Home in My Pilgrim Cosmos” (Catholic New Service, 1997)
“Creation and Divine Power,” Catholic News Service, (Fall, 1996)
“The Breath of the Spirit: Courage,” Catholic News Service, (Spring, 1996)
“Three Views of Ecological Theology,” Pax Christi Vol. XIX (Summer, 1994), pp.
5-7
“Boldness of the Sacramental Vision,” Catholic News Service, (Fall, 1994)
“Can God Compete With Science,” Catholic News Service (Summer, 1995)
“Good News for the Entire Universe, Not Just Humans,” Praying No. 61 (July-August, 1994), pp. 11-15
“The Promise of an Ultimate Beauty,” Praying No. 60 ( May-June, 1994), pp. 11-15
“Not Just Cheering from the Sidelines,” Praying No. 59, (March-April, 1994), pp. 11-15
“You, the Thinker: Thoughtful Openings onto Wonder,” Catholic News Service (Summer 1994)
“The Significance of Sacramentalism,” Catholic News Service, (Fall, 1994).
“Ethnic Cleansing and Contemporary Ethics,” Catholic News Service, (Summer, 1993)
“What if Earthlings are not Alone in the Universe,” Catholic News Service, (Winter, 1993)
