The beginning of all things : science and religion
Hans Küng
Bok · Engelsk · 2007
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| Utgitt | Grand Rapids, Mich. : Eerdmans , 2007
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| Omfang | XIV, 220 s.
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| Opplysninger | Originally published 2005 in German as Der Anfang aller Dinge: Naturwissenschaft und Religion, ©2005 Piper Verlag GmbH, Munich.. - Let there be light! -- I: A unified theory of everything? The riddle of reality ; A physical description of the beginning ; What holds the world together in its innermost being? ; The dispute about the foundations of mathematics ; The inadequacies of positivism ; The questionability of reality ; Science and theology : different perspectives -- II: God as beginning? The question of the beginning of beginnings ; Science blocked by the critique of religion? ; Where do the constants in nature come from? ; Reactions to the cosmic fine-tuning ; Why isn't there nothing? -- III: Creation of the world or evolution? The beginning as the beginning of a becoming ; Theological defense -- Evolution with or without God? ; How are we to think of God? ; Bible and creation ; The testimony of faith to the ultimate origin. IV: Life in the cosmos? How long has there been life? ; How did life arise? ; Chance or necessity? ; Why a universe that is friendly to life? ; Miracle ; How are we to think of God's activity? -- V: The beginning of humankind. The physical development of human beings ; The psychological development of human beings ; Brain and mind ; The limits of brain research ; The beginnings of the human ethic -- Epilogue : The end of all things.. - In an age when faith and science seem constantly to clash, can theologians and scientists come to a meeting of minds? Yes, maintains the intrepid Hans Küng, as he brilliantly argues here that religion and science are not mutually exclusive but complementary.Focusing on beginnings -- beginnings of time, of the world, of man, of human will -- Küng deals with an array of scientific precepts and teachings. From a unified field theory to quantum physics to the Big Bang to the theory of relativity -- even superstring and chaos theories -- he examines all of the theories regarding the beginning of the universe and life (of all kinds) in that universe.Küng seeks to reconcile theology with the latest scientific insights, holding that "a confrontational model for the relationship between science and theology is out of date, whether put forward by fundamentalist believers and theologians or by rationalistic scientists and philosophers." While accepting evolution as scientists generally describe it, he still maintains a role for God in founding the laws of nature by which life evolved and in facilitating the adventure of creation.Exhibiting little patience for scientists who do not see beyond the limits of their discipline or for believers who try to tell experts how things must have been, Küng challenges readers to think more deeply about the beginnings in order to facilitate a new beginning in dialogue and understanding.
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| ISBN | 9780802807632
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