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9780521518680

Creation and the God of Abraham

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  • ISBN13:

    9780521518680

  • ISBN10:

    0521518687

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2010-10-18
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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Summary

Develops perspectives of the foundational doctrine of creation from Judaism, Christianity and Islam, exploring their relevance in the modern world.

Table of Contents

List of contributorsp. vii
Prefacep. xi
Introductionp. 1
Creation ex nihilo: early historyp. 11
Creatio ex nihilo: its Jewish and Christian foundationsp. 24
The act of creation with its theological consequencesp. 40
Scotistic metaphysics and creation ex nihilop. 53
Creation and the context of theology and science in Maimonides and Crescasp. 65
Creation: Avicenna's metaphysical accountp. 77
Four conceptions of creatio ex nihilo and the compatibility questionsp. 91
Will, necessity and creation as monistic theophany in the Islamic philosophical traditionp. 107
Trinity, motion and creation ex nihilop. 133
The Big Bang, quantum cosmology and creatio ex nihilop. 152
What is written into creation?p. 176
Creatio ex nihilo and dual causalityp. 192
God and creatures acting: the idea of double agencyp. 221
Thomas Aquinas on knowing and coming to know: the beatific vision and learning from contingencyp. 238
Indexp. 259
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