Not Meddling with Divinity: Theological Worldviews and Contemporary Physics
The history of the relationship between theology and physics shows moods varying between détente and dalliance. Important theological issues cannot be articulated without implicit reference to a physical worldview. Modern physics challenges us to revise the classical Newtonian way of looking at the...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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1988
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Pacifica
Year: 1988, Volume: 1, Issue: 3, Pages: 251-272 |
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| Summary: | The history of the relationship between theology and physics shows moods varying between détente and dalliance. Important theological issues cannot be articulated without implicit reference to a physical worldview. Modern physics challenges us to revise the classical Newtonian way of looking at the world as a stable, causal mechanism of isolated objects. And physics today is possibly offering a worldview in which a synthesis of physics and metaphysics is again feasible. |
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| ISSN: | 1839-2598 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Pacifica
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/1030570X8800100302 |