Do things happen for a reason? Is God watching over the course of events? Does the scientific discovery of widespread randomness in nature rule out any role for God? In Abraham's Dice, major scholars explore these questions from multiple perspectives.
Do things happen for a reason? Is God watching over the course of events? Does the scientific discovery of widespread randomness in nature rule out any role for God? In Abraham's Dice, major scholars explore these questions from multiple perspectives.
Karl Giberson is Professor of Writing, Science & Religion in the Cornerstone General Education Program at Stonehill College.
Inhaltsangabe
* The Challenge of Chance * Chance, Divine Action, and the Natural Order of Things - Karl Giberson * Ancient Hebraic Voices of Chance and Choice over Fate and Justice - Jennifer Michael Hecht * Chance, Uncertainty and Unknowability in the Universe and Beyond - John Barrow * Random Numbers and God's Nature - James Bradley * The Natural Science of Greek Philosophy and the Social Science of Judaism Become the Super-Providence of Paul - Sarah Ruden * Theological Conversations * Chance and Providence in the Islamic Tradition - Mustafa Ruzgar * Chance and Providence in Early Christianity - Richard Miller * Thomas Aquinas on Natural Contingency and Providence - Ignacio Silva * Chance, Sovereignty, and Providence in the Calvinist Tradition - Byung Soo Han * Jonathan Edwards and Occasionalism - Oliver Crisp * The Complications of Science * Divine Providence in the Clockwork Universe - John Hedley Brooke * Chance and Providence in the Thought of William Paley - Alister McGrath * Evolution, Providence, and The Problem Of Chance - Peter Harrison * Throwing Dice? Thoughts of God in a Quantum World - Shaun Hensen * Darwinian Evolution and a Providential God: The Human Problem - Michael Ruse * Closing Reflection * Abraham's Dice in the Flow of Life: The experience of the Tragic and Its Theological Interpretation - Reinhold Bernhardt * Contributors * Index
* The Challenge of Chance * Chance, Divine Action, and the Natural Order of Things - Karl Giberson * Ancient Hebraic Voices of Chance and Choice over Fate and Justice - Jennifer Michael Hecht * Chance, Uncertainty and Unknowability in the Universe and Beyond - John Barrow * Random Numbers and God's Nature - James Bradley * The Natural Science of Greek Philosophy and the Social Science of Judaism Become the Super-Providence of Paul - Sarah Ruden * Theological Conversations * Chance and Providence in the Islamic Tradition - Mustafa Ruzgar * Chance and Providence in Early Christianity - Richard Miller * Thomas Aquinas on Natural Contingency and Providence - Ignacio Silva * Chance, Sovereignty, and Providence in the Calvinist Tradition - Byung Soo Han * Jonathan Edwards and Occasionalism - Oliver Crisp * The Complications of Science * Divine Providence in the Clockwork Universe - John Hedley Brooke * Chance and Providence in the Thought of William Paley - Alister McGrath * Evolution, Providence, and The Problem Of Chance - Peter Harrison * Throwing Dice? Thoughts of God in a Quantum World - Shaun Hensen * Darwinian Evolution and a Providential God: The Human Problem - Michael Ruse * Closing Reflection * Abraham's Dice in the Flow of Life: The experience of the Tragic and Its Theological Interpretation - Reinhold Bernhardt * Contributors * Index
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