Divine Action and Modern Science |
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| Author:
| Saunders, Nicholas |
| ISBN: | 978-0-521-52416-2 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2002 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $59.99 |
Book Description:
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Divine Action and Modern Science considers the relationship between the natural sciences and the concept of God acting in the world. It examines the Biblical motivations for asserting a continuing notion of divine action and identifies several different theological approaches to the problem. The book offers a radical critique of current attempts to reconcile special divine action with quantum theory, chaos theory and quantum chaos. It concludes that we are still far from a satisfactory...
More DescriptionDivine Action and Modern Science considers the relationship between the natural sciences and the concept of God acting in the world. It examines the Biblical motivations for asserting a continuing notion of divine action and identifies several different theological approaches to the problem. The book offers a radical critique of current attempts to reconcile special divine action with quantum theory, chaos theory and quantum chaos. It concludes that we are still far from a satisfactory account of how God might act in a manner that is consonant with modern science.