God and Nature: A Theologian and a Scientist Conversing on the Divine Promise of Possibility

God and Nature: A Theologian and a Scientist Conversing on the Divine Promise of Possibility

by Curtis L. Thompson, Joyce M. Cuff
God and Nature: A Theologian and a Scientist Conversing on the Divine Promise of Possibility

God and Nature: A Theologian and a Scientist Conversing on the Divine Promise of Possibility

by Curtis L. Thompson, Joyce M. Cuff

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Overview

Two scholars who embrace contemporary insights from science and religion give shape to a compelling account of God’s relation to nature.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781441139092
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date: 03/29/2012
Pages: 408
Product dimensions: 5.70(w) x 8.60(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

Curtis L. Thompson is Professor of Religion at Thiel College, PA, USA. He is co-author of Science and Our Global Heritage: Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Sustainable Development (New Horizons, 1996), Between Hegel and Kierkegaard (Oxford University Press, 1997), author of Expecting and Exposing God: Biblical Theology for a Late Modern Age (New Horizons, 1998), and co-editor of God, Suffering, and Evil (Fortress Press, 2000). He is past President of the Eastern-International Region of the American Academy of Religion (1996-2000).
Joyce M. Cuff is Professor of Biology and Paul M. Rike Professor of Life Sciences at Thiel College, PA, USA. She is the author of numerous articles in molecular biology and in science and religion. She has been the recipient of numerous awards and grants, including from the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation, and is past Fulbright Professor, Department of Botany, Applied Microbiology Unit, University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

Table of Contents

Commencements / Chapter 1. Chronology and Creation / Chapter 2. Contingency and Consilience / Chapter 3. Chaos and Connectivity / Chapter 4. Complexity and Coinherence / Chapter 5. Cooperation and Compassion / Chapter 6. Consciousness and Co-creation / Chapter 7. Creativity and Creator / Conclusions / Glossary / Bibliography / Index

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