NATURAL THEOLOGY IN A PLURALIST SOCIETY

The meanings and aims of natural theology in its historical and contemporary phases are discussed.  As ‘the search for God through the exercise of reason and the observation of the world’, it complements the theology of revelation and constitutes the arena for the escalating dialogue between science...

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Autor principal: Barrett, Peter (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Artículo
Lenguaje:Inglés
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Publicado: 1997
En: Scriptura
Año: 1997, Volumen: 61, Páginas: 167-178
Otras palabras clave:B cosmic history
B Natural Sciences
B Natural Theology
B the cosmos
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Sumario:The meanings and aims of natural theology in its historical and contemporary phases are discussed.  As ‘the search for God through the exercise of reason and the observation of the world’, it complements the theology of revelation and constitutes the arena for the escalating dialogue between science and theology.  Such dialogue is prompted by the unfolding scientific picture of cosmic history - of an expanding and evolving universe, intelligible to the human mind, remarkably fine-tuned as though designed to allow the emergence and evolution of life into its hierarchy of complexity.
ISSN:2305-445X
Obras secundarias:Enthalten in: Scriptura
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.7833/61-0-1517