Cosmology

by Russell, Robert John

• ISBN13: 9780800662738
• ISBN10: 0800662733
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-01-01
• Publisher: Fortress Pr

Summary

Rare is the theologian or philosopher so versed in contemporary science as to offer original insights with credibility for both fields. Robert John Russell, Professor of Theology and Science in Residence, Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, Calif., and founding director of the Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences there, is such a thinker. Among his many important publications are six influential volumes that he edited for the joint Vatican Observatory/Notre Dame University Press series on scientific and theological perspectives on divine action. Russell's contributions to the field, says Ian Barbour, are "extraordinary and enduring." This volume gathers much of his most important work.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. iii
Preface	p. vi
Dedication	p. viii
Acknowledgments	p. x
Introduction	p. 1
God and Creation Ex Nihilo in Light of Scientific Cosmology
The Contingency of Creation and Big Bang Cosmology	p. 33
The God Who Infinitely Transcends Infinity: Insights from Cosmology and Mathematics	p. 56
Finite Creation without a Beginning: The Doctrine of Creation in Relation to Big Bang and Quantum Cosmologies	p. 77
Continuous Creation, Non-Interventionist Divine Action, and the Problem of Natural Evil in Physics and Biology
Does "The God Who Acts" Really Act? New Approaches to Divine Action in Light of Contemporary Science	p. 110
Special Divine Action and Quantum Mechanics: A Case for Non-Interventionist Divine Action	p. 151
Special Providence and Genetic Mutation: A New Defense of Theistic Evolution	p. 212
Entropy and Evil: The Role of Thermodynamics in the Ambiguity of Good and Evil in Nature	p. 226
Natural Theodicy in an Evolutionary Context: The Need for an Eschatology of New Creation	p. 249
The Future of the Cosmos and the Eschaton
The Transfiguration of the Cosmos: A Fresh Exploration of the Symbol of the Cosmic Christ	p. 273
Resurrection of the Body, Eschatology and Cosmology: Theology and Science in Mutual Creative Interaction	p. 298
A Complete listing of Robert J. Russell's Publications	p. 328
Index of Names	p. 337
Index of Subjects	p. 340
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