Paths From Science Towards God : The End of all Our Exploring
Arthur. Peacocke
Bok Engelsk 2013 · Electronic books.
| Utgitt | New York : : Oneworld Publications, , 2013.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (303 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Epigraph; Contents; Acknowledgements; Preface; Prologue: Genesis for the third millennium; PART I: THE SPIRITUAL QUEST IN THE NEW WORLD OF SCIENCE; 1 The contemporary challenge of science to religious beliefs; The 'two cultures' and the dominance of science; The spiritual life of scientists; The rise of science; The forging of Christian belief through past challenges; The challenge of the scientific culture to religion today; 2 Science and the future of theology; The intellectual reputations of science and theology. - 'Chaotic' systems and divine actionQuantum events and divine action; Whole-part influence and God's interaction with the world; God as 'personal agent' in the world; 6 The sound of sheer silence; God, human experience and revelation; How does God communicate with humanity?; PART III: THE END OF ALL OUR EXPLORING; 7 An open theology; 8 'In him we live and move and have our being'; Immanence: a theistic naturalism Panentheism; 9 The world as sacrament; The instrumental and symbolic relation of God and humanity to the world; The world as an instrument of God's purposes. - Communication between persons in the world4 The world in process; The epic of evolution; The physical origin of the universe; The origin of life; The anthropic principle; The duration of evolution; The mechanism of biological evolution - natural selection; The process of chance and law (necessity); The emergence of humanity; Human behaviour; Trends and directions in evolution?; The ubiquity of pain, suffering and death; The evolution of life and our exploration towards God; Evolution: a risky process?; 5 God's interaction with the world; The problem; Predictability and causality. - Science withstands the postmodernist critiqueEvolution and human rationality; Reasonableness through inference to the best explanation; Theology at the crossroads; PART II: EXPLORING FROM SCIENCE TOWARDS GOD: NEW VISTAS, CHALLENGES AND QUESTIONS; 3 The world as it is; That the world is; God and time; The world: one and many; whole-part influences in the world; The flow of information in the world; The world-as-a-whole: a System-of-systems; A lawlike world - no intervention; A world containing inherently unpredictable events; Brains, minds and persons in the world. - The world as a symbol of God's purposesA congruence between the scientific and sacramental perspectives; 10 Arriving where we started; The Wisdom of God; The Word, the Logos, of God; The uncreated energies of God; 11 Knowing the place for the first time; Vistas of the end?; A global perspective; Epilogue; Appendix: A contemporary Christian understanding of sacrament; Notes; Glossary; Supplementary reading; Index. - <div>In this ground-breaking work, biochemist, priest and 2001 Templeton Prize winner Arthur Peacocke offers a uniquely balanced evaluation of the science-religion debate.</div>
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| ISBN | 1851682457
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