ZYGO Zygon® 0591-2385 1467-9744 10.1111/j.1467-9744.2006.00782.x THEOLOGY AND THE SCIENCE WARS: WHO OWNS HUMAN NATURE? Peterson Gregory R. 02 12 2006 41 4 10.1111/zygo.2006.41.issue-4 853 862

Lluís Oviedo examines in his article the current conflict over human nature and the role of the sciences in the debate, suggesting that there may be a role for theology to play as well. In this essay I examine and respond to some aspects of Oviedo's article and suggest that the nature of the conflict needs to be nuanced to understand it as a conflict not between scientific and philosophical/social‐scientific views of human nature but among scientists, social scientists, and philosophers over the role of science in thinking about human nature. I analyze some of the obstacles for theology's becoming involved and propose that thinking about what are distinctively theological questions as opposed to scientific ones may be an appropriate starting point.

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