| The God of Nature: Incarnation and Contemporary Science Contributor(s): Knight, Christopher C. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0800662210 ISBN-13: 9780800662219 Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Publishing OUR PRICE: $22.80 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2007 Annotation: Although Christians have professed the God of Israel, they have often assumed a naturalistic theism that harks back to the Greeks. Doing so, says Christopher Knight, has masked the explanatory potential of a basic Christian affirmation: the incarnation. Knight here forges a third way of thinking about divine engagement with the world, beyond deism and theism. He sees God's intimate involvement with creation and history as implied in the reality of the incarnation and essentially confirming divine purpose in a kind of sacramental character to all events as they unfold in the world. On this basis, he brings fresh insight to the questions of providence, miracles, personal prayer, the virgin birth, and the ascension of Jesus. Knight's work promises not to displace science, nor to plead for special exceptions on special occasions, but to see God as always active in the very warp and woof of the universe and its laws. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christian Theology - General - Religion | Theology - Science | Natural History |
| Dewey: 231.7 |
| LCCN: 2007020817 |
| Series: Theology & the Sciences |
| Physical Information: 0.47" H x 6.1" W x 8.88" (0.55 lbs) 176 pages |
| Themes: - Theometrics - Academic |