Creation.
Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Genesis: In the Beginning -- The ancient Near Eastern background to Genesis -- The genesis of Genesis -- Creation and worship -- The Yahwist writer: The intimacy of God -- Tragedy: The expulsion from...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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London
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
2017
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| In: | Year: 2017 |
| Reviews: | Creation: A Guide for the Perplexed, Simon Oliver, Bloomsbury T&T Clark, 2017 (ISBN 978-0-567-65608-7), xiv + 210 pp., pb £14.99 (2018) (Shaeffer, Adam B.)
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Creation theology
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| IxTheo Classification: | CF Christianity and Science |
| Further subjects: | B
Creation
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Volltext (Verlag) |
| Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
Erscheint auch als: Oliver, Simon: Creation: a Guide for the Perplexed. - London : Bloomsbury Publishing PLC,c2016. - 9780567656087 |
| Summary: | Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Genesis: In the Beginning -- The ancient Near Eastern background to Genesis -- The genesis of Genesis -- Creation and worship -- The Yahwist writer: The intimacy of God -- Tragedy: The expulsion from Eden -- Interpreting Genesis -- Conclusion -- Chapter 2 God and Creation ex nihilo -- The origins of creation ex nihilo8 -- Creation ex nihilo: Divine simplicity -- Creation ex nihilo: The relation between God and creation -- Creation ex nihilo: Motion and time -- Creation ex nihilo: Contemporary science -- Conclusion -- Chapter 3 God and Creation: Participation and Providence -- Speaking of God and creation: Participation and the analogy of being -- Providence: Primary and secondary causation -- Providence and creation's ends -- Providence: Suffering and evil -- Conclusion -- Chapter 4 Creation, the Rise of Science and the Design of the Universe -- What is 'science'? -- A scientific revolution? -- The two books: Scripture and nature -- The Reformation: Literal readings -- The theological purpose of natural philosophy -- Physico-theology, teleology and the designer God -- The legacy of physico-theology and the relation of science and theology -- Conclusion -- Chapter 5 The Environment and the Gift of Creation: Beyond Nature and Culture -- The environmental crisis, the Reformation and natural science -- Nature and culture -- Creation and gift -- Gift, the Eucharist and the meaning of food -- Conclusion: Creation, gift and thanksgiving -- Notes -- Preface -- Chapter 1 -- Chapter 2 -- Chapter 3 -- Chapter 4 -- Chapter 5 -- Bibliography -- Internet sources -- Appendix: Reading Aquinas -- Index. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (225 pages) |
| ISBN: | 0567656101 |