Must God Be Dead? Reinventing the Sacred

Newton became a death knell for a theistic God and for a non-epiphenominal mind. The culprit is the deterministic causal closure of classical physics. Two major revolutions are taking us beyond this closure. The first is Quantum Mechanics, which is non-deterministic. The second revolution may just b...

Full description

Saved in:  
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Theology and science
Subtitles:Issue Theme: Naturalism - Scientific? Religious? Theological?
Main Author: Kauffman, Stuart A. 1939- (Author)
Format: Electronic/Print Article
Language:English
Check availability: HBZ Gateway
Journals Online & Print:
Drawer...
Fernleihe:Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste
Published: Routledge [2017]
In: Theology and science
Year: 2017, Volume: 15, Issue: 3, Pages: 235-248
IxTheo Classification:CF Christianity and Science
NBC Doctrine of God
NBD Doctrine of Creation
Further subjects:B quantum mechanics
B res potentia and res extensa
B Mind
B no entailing laws
B God
B Creativity
Online Access: Volltext (doi)
Description
Summary:Newton became a death knell for a theistic God and for a non-epiphenominal mind. The culprit is the deterministic causal closure of classical physics. Two major revolutions are taking us beyond this closure. The first is Quantum Mechanics, which is non-deterministic. The second revolution may just be happening. The emergence and evolution of life in our or any biosphere is governed by no law at all. This freedom suggests one sense of God as the natural creativity of the Universe.
ISSN:1474-6700
Contains:Enthalten in: Theology and science
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/14746700.2017.1335070