Pascal's fire : scientific faith and religious understanding / Keith Ward.
By: Ward, Keith
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BookPublisher: Oxford : Oneworld, repr. 207, c2006Description: xiv, 270 p. ; 20 cm.ISBN: 1851684468 (pbk.); 9781851684465 (pbk.).Subject(s): Religion and science | God -- Knowableness| Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due |
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General Shelf | English | BL 240.3 W260 (Browse shelf) | 2 | Available |
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| BL 85 O98 The Oxford handbook of religious diversity / | BL 85 R382 Religious pluralism in democratic societies : | BL 240.3 M892 Science and religion : | BL 240.3 W260 Pascal's fire : | BL 241 C178 The Cambridge companion to science and religion / | BL 410 A323 An Islamic perspective on the commitment to inter-religious dialogue / | BL 410 A323 An Islamic perspective on the commitment to inter-religious dialogue / |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-265) and indexes.
The end of the anthropocentric universe -- The intellectual beauty of being -- The life of the universe -- The evolution of life on earth -- Freedom, suffering and ommnipotence -- The veiled world -- The open future -- The implicate order -- The limits of science -- The explanation of everything -- The emergence of the soul -- The origins of culture -- Cosmic ontogenesis -- God's action in the universe -- Beyond the powers of nature? -- Immortal life -- The ultimate goal.
"Keith Ward's Pascal's Fire is guaranteed to reignite the timeless dispute of whether scientific advancement threatens religious belief. Turning the conventional debate on its head, Ward suggests that the existence of God is actually the best starting point for a number of the most famous scientific positions."--BOOK JACKET.
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