By appealing to Paul Ricoeur's view of interpretation as the dialectical process of understanding through explanation, Kenneth A. Reynhout contributes to the growing field of religion and science by developing an alternative understanding of interdisciplinary theology that is fundamentally hermeneutical.

Introduction
Chapter 1: Hermeneutics and the Interdisciplinary Question
Chapter 2: Ricoeur and the Expansion of Hermeneutics
Chapter 3: Interpretation as Understanding Through Explanation
Chapter 4: Interpretation and the Natural Sciences
Chapter 5: Interdisciplinary Interpretation
Conclusion