A fine-tuned universe : [manuscript] : the quest for God in science and theology : the 2009 Gifford lectures /
McGrath, Alister E., 1953-
A fine-tuned universe : the quest for God in science and theology : the 2009 Gifford lectures / [manuscript] : Alister E. McGrath. - 1st ed. - Louisville, Ky. : Westminster John Knox Press, c2009. - xv, 262 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-258) and index.
Yearning to make sense of things -- The crisis of confidence in modern natural theology -- Renewing the vision for natural theology -- Challenges to a renewed natural theology -- Natural theology and the explanation of reality -- The dynamics of a trinitarian natural theology -- Surprising facts: conterfactuals and natural theology -- Augustine of Hippo on creation: a theological lens -- In the beginning: the constants of universe -- Can these bones live? The origins of life -- The matrix of life: the curious chemistry of water -- Chemical catalysts and the constraints of evolution -- The origins of complexity: the mechanism of evolution -- The outcomes of evolution: the directionality of evolution -- An emergent creation and natural theology.
9780664233105 (paperback) 0664233104 (alk. paper) 9780664234416 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0664234410 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2008028006
Natural theology.
Religion and science.
God.
Religion.
Theology.
Science.
BL183 / .M34 2009
A fine-tuned universe : the quest for God in science and theology : the 2009 Gifford lectures / [manuscript] : Alister E. McGrath. - 1st ed. - Louisville, Ky. : Westminster John Knox Press, c2009. - xv, 262 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-258) and index.
Yearning to make sense of things -- The crisis of confidence in modern natural theology -- Renewing the vision for natural theology -- Challenges to a renewed natural theology -- Natural theology and the explanation of reality -- The dynamics of a trinitarian natural theology -- Surprising facts: conterfactuals and natural theology -- Augustine of Hippo on creation: a theological lens -- In the beginning: the constants of universe -- Can these bones live? The origins of life -- The matrix of life: the curious chemistry of water -- Chemical catalysts and the constraints of evolution -- The origins of complexity: the mechanism of evolution -- The outcomes of evolution: the directionality of evolution -- An emergent creation and natural theology.
9780664233105 (paperback) 0664233104 (alk. paper) 9780664234416 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0664234410 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2008028006
Natural theology.
Religion and science.
God.
Religion.
Theology.
Science.
BL183 / .M34 2009