Cosmology in Theological Perspective - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Cosmology in Theological Perspective write by Olli-Pekka Vainio. This book was released on 2018-07-17. Cosmology in Theological Perspective available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Olli-Pekka Vainio, a leading expert in science and theology, explores questions concerning the place and significance of humans in the cosmos. Vainio introduces cosmology from a "state of the question" perspective, examining the history of the idea in dialogue with C. S. Lewis. This work, which is related to a NASA-funded project on astrobiology, ties into the ongoing debate on the relationship between Christian theism and scientific worldview and shows what the stakes are for religion and theology in the rise of modern science.
Understanding Scientific Theories of Origins
Understanding Scientific Theories of Origins - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Understanding Scientific Theories of Origins write by Robert C. Bishop. This book was released on 2018-12-04. Understanding Scientific Theories of Origins available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. From five authors with over two decades of experience teaching origins together in the classroom, this is the first textbook to offer a full-fledged discussion of the scientific narrative of origins from the Big Bang through humankind, from biblical and theological perspectives. This work gives the reader a detailed picture of mainstream scientific theories of origins along with how they fit into the story of God's creative and redemptive action.
The Biblical Cosmos
The Biblical Cosmos - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Biblical Cosmos write by Robin A. Parry. This book was released on 2014-10-08. The Biblical Cosmos available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Welcome to the weird and wonderful world of the Bible. When we read Scripture we often imagine that the world inhabited by the Bible's characters was much the same as our own. We would be wrong. The biblical world is an ancient world with a flat earth that stands at the center of the cosmos, and with a vast ocean in the sky, chaos dragons, mystical mountains, demonic deserts, an underground zone for the dead, stars that are sentient beings, and, if you travel upwards and through the doors in the solid dome of the sky, God's heaven--the heart of the universe. This book takes readers on a guided tour of the biblical cosmos with the goal of opening up the Bible in its ancient world. It then goes further and seeks to show how this very ancient biblical way of seeing the world is still revelatory and can speak God's word afresh into our own modern worlds.
Cosmology and New Testament Theology
Cosmology and New Testament Theology - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Cosmology and New Testament Theology write by Jonathan T. Pennington. This book was released on 2008-05-22. Cosmology and New Testament Theology available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. For first-century people, cosmology was a fundamental part of their worldview. Whether it was the philosopher contemplating the perfection of the heavenly orbits, the farmer searching the sky for signs of when to plant his crops, or the desert-dwelling sectarian looking for the end of the world, the cosmos held an endless fascination and occupied a prominent place in their understanding of life. For most ancient peoples, cosmology and theology were inseparable. Thus, when the Jewish and Christian Scriptural traditions begin with the bold claim, "In the beginning God created the heavens and earth," these words make statements which are at once cosmogonic, cosmological, and theological. Scholarship has begun only recently to investigate more fully the various cosmological and cosmogonic traditions that were current in the time of the Old and New Testaments. Much of this work, however, has focused on how OT conceptions of the world compared to other Ancient Near Eastern traditions. Much less has been done on the cosmological traditions which stand behind the views of the NT writers. Even fewer works have sought to connect cosmological views with NT theology. In light of the great importance that cosmology had in ancient peoples' worldviews and theological understanding, a thorough investigation of this neglected topic is in order. Cosmology and New Testament Theology systematically examines the NT documents to show how cosmological language and concepts inform, interact with, and contribute to the specific theological emphases of the various NT books. In some NT books, the importance of cosmology can be easily discerned, while in others what is required is a new and close examination of key cosmological terms (e.g., heaven, earth, world, creation) with an eye to the themes and theology of the book.
Physics and Cosmology
Physics and Cosmology - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Physics and Cosmology write by Nancey C. Murphy. This book was released on 2007. Physics and Cosmology available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The contributors to this volume examine the problem of natural evil--on reconciling suffering caused by natural processes with God's goodness.
