Taking Rational Trouble Over the Mysteries
eBook - ePub

Taking Rational Trouble Over the Mysteries

Reactions to Atheism

  1. 256 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Taking Rational Trouble Over the Mysteries

Reactions to Atheism

About this book

How can one believe in an age of doubt? How can we name the mystery of God in human words? Does nature speak of the glory of God? Does science undermine faith? Is the problem of evil unanswerable? In this volume scientists, theologians, philosophers, as well as a historian and social scientist, take seriously the challenge of knowing and speaking about God in an age of doubt and challenge. All New Zealand writers, the authors reflect a variety of styles, inputs, and assumptions from down under. Some look to answer new atheists directly, others point out links between belief and unbelief in any age. There are essays that show us new ways of reading old texts. Scientists reflect on nature, its signs, and its obscurity. We are confronted also with the mixed picture of belief and unbelief that the last few hundred years reveals to us. Most of these essays have come out of seminars and conferences put on by TANSA (Theology and the Natural Sciences in Aotearoa), a forum for discussion and interpretation amongst scientists and theologians in New Zealand.

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Information

Publisher
Pickwick Publications
Year
2013
eBook ISBN
9781621898054
Topic
Theology & Religion
Subtopic
Religion

Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Illustrations and Tables
  3. Contributors
  4. Acknowledgments
  5. Introduction
  6. Part 1: Introduction: Facing Atheism and New Atheism
  7. Chapter 1: Christian Responses to Atheism in Our Time
  8. Chapter 2: Face to Face with Violence
  9. Part 2: History: Atheism in Aotearoa
  10. Chapter 3: Perspective on the History of Atheism from Hammond to Dawkins and the Antipodes
  11. Part 3: Philosophical Approaches
  12. Chapter 4: Some Thoughts on an Alternative to “Personal OmniGod” Theism146
  13. Chapter 5: Recycling the Soul
  14. Part 4: Scientists Envision Transcendence
  15. Chapter 6: Does Nature Suggest Transcendence?
  16. Chapter 7: Thinking about God and Infinity
  17. Chapter 8: Scientific Origins of God
  18. Part 5: Spirituality
  19. Chapter 9: Christian Spirituality
  20. Chapter 10: Knowing with Heart and Mind
  21. Part 6: The Scriptures
  22. Chapter 11: Is the God of the Old Testament a Tyrant?362
  23. Chapter 12: Making Meaning from Genesis
  24. Part 7: The Ending
  25. Chapter 13: Tracing the Way Home
  26. Epilogue