God and the Cosmos

by Poe, Harry Lee; Davis, Jimmy H.

• ISBN13: 9780830839544
• ISBN10: 0830839542
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-04-30
• Publisher: Ivp Academic

Summary

Theologian Harry Lee Poe and chemist Jimmy H. Davis together explore the question, How do the God of the Bible and the physical universe interact? They begin unfolding the particular character and identity of the Creator God of the Bible. This is followed by a fascinating survey of the relationship of God with the physical universe as understood in other philosophical and religious systems. This illuminating discussion highlights the uniqueness of the Christian view of how God interacts with time, space and human history.In the second part of the book Poe and Davis explore the question, What kind of universe do we live in? Looking at the knowledge we have of the physical world as disclosed by scientific research, they identify many ways that the universe, including human history itself, is constituted to allow for divine interaction with it. Rather than confirming that the cosmos is closed to the actions of the divine, advancing scientific knowledge seems to indicate that there is a profound match between the nature of the universe and the God of the Bible that actually enables deep levels of interaction between them.

Author Biography

Harry Lee Poe serves as Charles Colson Professor of Faith and Culture at Union University in Jackson in Tennessee. He has written several books and numerous articles on how the gospel intersects with culture. Jimmy H. Davis is the vice president for regional campuses and University Professor of Chemistry at Union University in Jackson, Tennessee. The author of two books and more than sixty articles, chapters and presentations, he lectures and presents at conferences in the United States and internationally.

Table of Contents

Illustrations	p. 7
Acknowledgments	p. 9
Introduction: Where is God?	p. 13
What Kind of God Interacts with the World?	p. 31
Religious Views of God and Nature	p. 33
Traditional Christianity	p. 69
The Process Theology Option	p. 101
Beyond the God of the Gaps	p. 122
What Kind of World Allows God to Interact?	p. 146
Cosmology and the Emergence of Everything	p. 148
God, Uncertainty and Openness	p. 179
God and Life	p. 208
God and History	p. 249
Conclusion	p. 284
Name and Subject Index	p. 293
	p. 304
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