In Defence of Stillness: On Entropy, Heat Death, and Doxology

Recent theological interpretations of entropy are almost univocally negative. Entropy is used as a stand-in for disorder, corruption, and evil. Responding to three reasons to correlate entropy and evil, this paper will argue instead that entropy is a good-but-fallen creaturely reality with a role to...

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Main Author: Jowers, Nathan (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge 2024
In: Theology and science
Year: 2024, Volume: 22, Issue: 2, Pages: 378–392
IxTheo Classification:CF Christianity and Science
NBC Doctrine of God
Further subjects:B heat death
B Providence
B figural interpretation
B Entropy
B second law of thermodynamics
B Doxology
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