Creation (Problems in Theology)
1st Edition
Published on 1. November 2003
128 pages
978-0-567-24678-3 (ISBN)
Description
This reader brings together modern material from a wide range of Christian theologians on the meaning and status of the doctrine of creation; its relation to scientific theories, our understanding of God and the theology of redemption; and its implications for our proper attitude to the world of Nature.
Process theology, the Gaia hypothesis, New Age spirituality, and pantheism are among the range of topics that are introduced and critiqued.
Contributors include Carol Adams, Karl Barth, Teilhard de Chardin, Celia Deane-Drummond, Colin Gunton, Jurgen Moltmann, Schubert Ogden, John Polkinghorne.
Process theology, the Gaia hypothesis, New Age spirituality, and pantheism are among the range of topics that are introduced and critiqued.
Contributors include Carol Adams, Karl Barth, Teilhard de Chardin, Celia Deane-Drummond, Colin Gunton, Jurgen Moltmann, Schubert Ogden, John Polkinghorne.
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Series
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN-13
978-0-567-24678-3 (9780567246783)
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Content
- Intro
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction: Reading the readings
- 1 Creation: What does it mean?
- 1.1 Creation in the Old Testament
- 1.2 Making and emanation
- 1.3 On beginnings
- 1.4 Continuous creation
- 1.5 First and final causes
- 1.6 Origins and ends, space and completion
- 1.7 Evolution, chance and direction
- 1.8 Determinism, openness and the spirit
- 1.9 Creation, myth and theology
- Topics for discussion
- 2 Process theology: A more engaging God?
- 2.1 Overview: a dynamic God
- 2.2 The metaphysics of God
- 2.3 Tensions and criticisms
- Topics for discussion
- 3 God or Gaia? The environmental challenge
- 3.1 Earthy spirituality
- 3.2 Gaia and theology
- 3.3 Attitudes to Nature
- 3.4 Cosmic relationships
- 3.5 Against pantheism and naturism
- Topics for discussion
- 4 Christian creation?
- 4.1 Creation in the New Testament
- 4.2 Creation in Barth
- 4.3 Redemptive, directive creation
- 4.4 Creation after Barth
- 4.5 The goal of creation
- 4.6 Creation, sacrament and symbol
- 4.7 A Christian meditation on creation
- Topics for discussion
- Acknowledgements
- Further reading
- Index of subjects
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- Index of names
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