Does God Roll Dice?

Divine Providence for a World in the Making

Häftad, Engelska, 2012

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Beskrivning

Albert Einstein is often quoted as saying that "God does not play dice," claiming an orderly and predictable structure to the universe. Today, advances and presumptions in the field of quantum mechanics pose a serious challenge to such a position. It's a challenge not only for nuclear physicists, but also for Christian theologians who work to explain God's providence for the world.In Does God Roll Dice? noted Jesuit scholar Joseph Bracken claims that something like "directed chance" (Teilhard de Chardin) is God's normal mode of operation in a world always perilously poised between order and chaos. Bracken adopts the relatively new concept of self-organizing or self-correcting systems out of the natural and social sciences to deal with controversial issues in the ongoing religion and science debate. At the same time he deliberately keeps the language and context of the book suitable for the intelligent non-professional reader.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2012-04-01
Mått:152 x 229 x 13 mm
Vikt:312 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:216
Förlag:Liturgical Press
ISBN:9780814680520

Utforska kategorier

Religion: allmänt inom Filosofi och religion
Kristendom inom Filosofi och religion

Mer om författaren

Joseph Bracken, SJ, (1930-2024) was professor emeritus of theology at Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio. He has published ten books and more than ninety articles in academic journals in the general area of philosophical theology/philosophy of religion. His most recent books include Christianity and Process Thought: Spirituality for a Changing World (Templeton Foundation Press, 2006), God: Three Who Are One (Liturgical Press, 2008), and Subjectivity, Objectivity and Intersubjectivity: A New Paradigm for Religion and Science (Templeton Foundation Press, 2009).

Recensioner i media

This is a bold and innovative attempt to re-frame Catholic theology in process terms. It leads to tolerant, humane and inclusive interpretations of many Christian doctrines, and Bracken mentions many scientific findings that give support to process insights. In my opinion, it is well worth studying as an alternative approach to classical theism and neo-Thomism.Keith Ward, Modern Believing

Innehållsförteckning

ContentsAcknowledgments viiIntroduction ixPart One: Philosophical Cosmology / Natural Theology from an Evolutionary PerspectiveChapter One: Is There a Reason for Everything, or Do Some Things Just Happen? 3Chapter Two: Value and Creativity 15Chapter Three: Intelligent Design and the Self-Organization of Nature 13Chapter Four: Rethinking Primary and Secondary Causality 47Part Two: Systems Thinking in the Social SciencesChapter Five: From Platonic Forms to Open-Ended Systems: The Search for Truth and Objectivity 61Chapter Six: Whiteheadian Societies as Self-Unifying Systems 75Chapter Seven: Subjectivity and Objectivity within Open-Ended Systems 91Chapter Eight: The Democratic Process as an Open-Ended System in Political Life 111Part Three: Christian Doctrinal QuestionsChapter Nine: Incarnation and Redemption within the Cosmic Process 127Chapter Ten: A New Look at the Resurrection of the Body 139Chapter Eleven: Church and Sacraments from a Process Perspective 155Chapter Twelve: Inclusivity and Exclusivity in a Religious Context 167Conclusion 177Selected Bibliography 185Index 191