The God of Chance and Purpose: Divine Involvement in a Secular Evolutionary World - Couverture souple

McCall, Bradford

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1725283832 ISBN 13 : 9781725283831

Editeur : Wipf and Stock, 2022

Synopsis

This brief title will pursue a triangulation of chance, divine involvement, and theology through a fundamentally Peircean lens—at least epistemologically and semiotically. The argument proceeds over five distinct chapters, and a conclusion that constitutes a sixth chapter. In Part I, I discuss the Modern Synthetic theory in evolutionary biology. In particular, I refer to what I have labeled the secular evolutionary worldview (SEW). Also in Part I, I dismiss the French physicist Pierre-Simon de Laplace’s claim that a sufficiently informed intelligence could forecast everything that is going to happen in the whole universe—and, working backwards, tell you everything that did happen, not by direct citation and rebuke, but rather by implicit argumentation and demonstration of the God of Chance. In Part II of this book, I explore the God of chance and purpose, with theological assists provided by Philip Clayton and Alister McGrath over two chapters. So then, we live in a world of both chance and purpose. One may even go so far as to state that this world is designed for both chance and purpose.

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À propos des auteurs

Bradford L. McCall completed his master's of divinity in 2005 from Asbury Theological Seminary, a master's in church history and doctrine from Regent University in 2011, a master's in systematic philosophy from Holy Apostles College and Seminary in 2017, and both a master's in religious studies and a PhD in comparative theology from Claremont College in 2020 and 2022, respectively. Bradford is the author and/or editor of eight books and dozens of peer-reviewed journal articles.

John F. Haught (Ph.D., Catholic University of America) is Thomas Healey Professor of Theology at Georgetown University. He served as chair of the Georgetown Department of Theology from 1990-1995. His teaching and research interests focus especially on issues in science and religion, cosmology and theology, and religion and ecology. Also the founding director of Georgetown's Center for the Study of Science and Religion, Dr. Haught has authored more than fifty articles and book chapters and has published several books including Science and Religion: From Conflict to Conversation (1995) and God After Darwin: A Theology of Evolution (1999). He is also the editor of Science and Religion in Search of Cosmic Purpose.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Wipf and Stock
• Date d'édition: 2022
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1725283832
• ISBN 13: 9781725283831
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 156
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• Personne responsable: non disponible