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The God who would be known : revelations of the divine in contemporary science /
Until recently, science's ability to describe and define our universe threatened to make religion obsolete. But the well-received hardcover edition of this book demonstrated that, increasingly, God is being revealed through science. Now available in paperback, this positive work is for all who...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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San Francisco :
Harper & Row,
©1989.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Half Title Page; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; 1. The God Who Would Be Known; Science and Divinity; Phases of Human Development; Changing Patterns of Understanding of Creation; Recent Scientific Developments and Revelation of God; The Journey of Spirituality and the Magnitude of God; Notes; 2. Science Expands Our Understanding of Nature and Reality; A Succession of Worldviews; Models of Nature and Reality; From Science to Spirit; Notes; 3. Recent Scientific Contributions to Meaning and Purpose in the Universe; Current Scientific Worldview.
- Modern Physics Reveals an Intelligible Transcendent RealityQuantum Mechanics Ends Determinism in Physics; Comparison of the Scientific Disciplines Reveals Distinct Levels of Explanation; Processes Depend upon the Interplay of Chance and Necessity; Evolution as Interplay of Chance and Necessity; Notes; 4. God Reveals Himself in the Astronomical and in the Infinitesimal; Modern Cosmogony Often Resembles Biblical Cosmogony; Design in the Universe; The Possible Uniqueness of Our Biosphere; Understanding More about Our Origins; Notes; 5. The Vast Unseen and Genetic Revolution; On Seeing the Unseen.
- Genetic RevolutionScience in Historical Perspective; Notes; 6. Deep and Powerful Ordering Forces in the Universe; The Ordering Principle; Historical, Cultural, and Theological Views of Order; Concepts of Order; Contingence and Contingent Order; Newtonian Order; Modern Science and Revival of Contingent Order; Recent Developments Pointing to Deep and Powerful Ordering Forces; Theological Correlates to New Concepts of Order; Notes; 7. The Vast Arena of Worship; The Pervasive Search for Higher Laws of Conduct; Worldwide Laws of Llfe; Breadth of Religious Experience in Modern Culture.
- Science Opens a Vast Framework of Additional Spiritual InformationNotes; 8. Remarkable Evolution of Humankind; Evidences of Divine Plan for Humankind; Recent Scientific Discoveries on Human Evolution; The Force Behind Human Evolution; Notes; 9. Mysteries Multiplied; Historical Perspective; Examples of Deepening Mysteries; The Mystery of Human Consciousness; Notes; 10. God and the Future; Accelerating Creativity and Meaning; Scientific Future Possibilities; Notes; Acknowledgments.