| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
The problem of natural theology today -- Karl Barth and the legitimacy of natural theology -- Science and religion in the theology of Dietrich Bonhoeffer -- Creation and the sciences in the theology of Wolfhart Pannenberg -- Thomas Torrance: "retreat to commitment" or a new place for natural theology? -- Alister McGrath: natural theology from within -- Conclusion: the way forward for natural theology |
| Summary |
One of the central themes of inquiry for Karl Barth, the twentieth-century Protestant theologian, was the notion of revelation. Although he was suspicious of natural theology (i.e. the seeking of evidence for God's existence in the ordered structure of the world), recent scientific advances (notably in physics and cosmology) and the flourishing modern dialogue between science and religion offer compelling reasons to revisit Barth's thinking on the concept. We must again ask whether and how it might be possible to hold together the notion of revelation whilst employing reason and sc |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Natural theology.
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RELIGION -- Philosophy.
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Natural theology
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2011036870 |
| ISBN |
9781599474038 |
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1599474034 |
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1280129298 |
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9781280129292 |
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6613533173 |
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9786613533173 |
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