Cosmological fine-tuning: the view from 2025

In recent decades, it has become clear that if our universe had been born with slightly different physics, e.g. if the masses of fundamental particles were altered by a tiny fraction, it would be sterile and uninhabitable. We explore the current state of the evidence for this cosmological fine-tunin...

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Subtitles:Panpsychism and Pan(en)theism
Authors: Lewis, Geraint F. 1969- (Author) ; Barnes, Luke A. 1983- (Author) ; Goff, Philip 1978- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 2026
In: Religious studies
Year: 2026, Volume: 62, Pages: 100-110
Further subjects:B Theism
B inflationary cosmology
B Multiverse
B God
B Fine-tuning
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Summary:In recent decades, it has become clear that if our universe had been born with slightly different physics, e.g. if the masses of fundamental particles were altered by a tiny fraction, it would be sterile and uninhabitable. We explore the current state of the evidence for this cosmological fine-tuning. We then explore three possible explanations of fine-tuning: traditional theism, the multiverse hypothesis, and a pantheistic God of limited power.
ISSN:1469-901X
Contains:Enthalten in: Religious studies
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1017/S0034412525101170