Mikael Stenmark, born 1962, is Dean of the Faculty of Theology since 2008 and Professor of Philosophy of Religion at the Department of Theology, Uppsala University

Uppsala University

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, Sweden

Sweden

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. He has published papers in the philosophy of religion

Philosophy of religion

Philosophy of religion is a branch of philosophy concerned with questions regarding religion, including the nature and existence of God, the examination of religious experience, analysis of religious language and texts, and the relationship of religion and science...

, the philosophy of science

Philosophy of science

The philosophy of science is concerned with the assumptions, foundations, methods and implications of science. It is also concerned with the use and merit of science and sometimes overlaps metaphysics and epistemology by exploring whether scientific results are actually a study of truth...

, and environmental ethics

Environmental ethics

Environmental ethics is the part of environmental philosophy which considers extending the traditional boundaries of ethics from solely including humans to including the non-human world...

 and on science-religion issues

Relationship between religion and science

The relationship between religion and science has been a focus of the demarcation problem. Somewhat related is the claim that science and religion may pursue knowledge using different methodologies. Whereas the scientific method basically relies on reason and empiricism, religion also seeks to...

. Stenmark is the author of "Rationality in Science, Religion and Everyday Life" (1995), for which he was awarded The John Templeton Foundation

John Templeton Foundation

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Prize for Outstanding Books in Theology and the Natural Sciences in 1996.

Selected bibliography

• Rationality in Science, Religion and Everyday Life: Four Models of Rationaliy (1995) ISBN 978-0-2680-1651-7
• Scientism: Science, Ethics and Religion (2001) ISBN 978-0-7546-0446-4
• Environmental Ethics and Policy-Making (2002) ISBN 978-0-7546-0563-8
• How To Relate Science And Religion: A Multidimensional Model (2004) ISBN 978-0-8028-2823-1

Lectures

• The Fallacy of Scientism as a Worldview - available at http://www.st-edmunds.cam.ac.uk/faraday/Multimedia.php (Download MP3 Streaming Video Download Video)
• Models for Relating Science and Religion - available at http://www.st-edmunds.cam.ac.uk/faraday/Multimedia.php (Download MP3 Streaming Video Download Video)