Keith Ward

Pascal's Fire (eBook, ePUB)

Scientific Faith and Religious Understanding

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Groundbreaking, ingenious and devastatingly clear, Keith Ward's Pascal's Fire is guaranteed to reignite the timeless dispute of whether scientific advancement threatens religious belief. Turning the conventional debate on its head, Ward suggests that the existence of God is actually the best starting-point for a number of the most famous scientific positions. From quantum physics to evolution, the suggestion of an 'ultimate mind' adds a new dimension to scientific thought, enhancing rather than detracting from its greatest achievements. Also responding to potential criticisms that his ultimate mind is unrecognisable as the God of Abraham, Ward examines our most fundamental beliefs in a new light. Emerging with a conception of God that is consistent with both science and the world's major faiths, this ambitious project will fascinate believers and sceptics alike.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Simon + Schuster LLC
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781780744582
• Artikelnr.: 41006003

Autorenporträt

Keith Ward is a Fellow of the British Academy, and Professorial Research Fellow at Heythrop College, London. He was formerly Regius Professor of Divinity at the University of Oxford, and is one of Britain's foremost writers on comparative theology and Christian issues.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Introduction
PART ONE: THE FORMATION OF THE SCIENTIFIC WORLDVIEW
Chapter One: The End of the Anthropocentric Universe
Chapter Two: The Intellectual Beauty of Being
Chapter Three: The Life of the Universe
Chapter Four: The Evolution of Life on Earth
Chapter Five: Freedom, Suffering and Omnipotence
Chapter Six: The Veiled World
Chapter Seven: The Open Future
Chapter Eight: The Implicate Order
PART TWO: THE SEARCH FOR ULTIMATE EXPLANATION - THE GOD OF THE SCIENTISTS
Chapter Nine: The Limits of Science.
Chapter Ten: The Explanation of Everything
Chapter Eleven: The Emergence of the Soul
Chapter Twelve: The Origins of Culture
Chapter Thirteen: Cosmic Ontogenesis
PART THREE: THE GOD OF RELIGION
Chapter Fourteen: God's Action in the Universe
Chapter Fifteen: Beyond the Powers of Nature?
Chapter Sixteen: Immortal Life
Chapter Seventeen: The Ultimate Goal