Creative Tension - Essays On Science & Religion

A collection essays on the interplay of science and religion from a prominent Polish philosopher and Roman Catholic priest with a special emphasis on physics, cosmology, and astronomy.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword / vii
Preface / xi
PART ONE. FROM THE METHODOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE
1. THE ABUSE OF COSMOLOGY / 3
2. ON THEOLOGICAL INTERPRETATIONS OF PHYSICAL CREATION THEORIES / 10
3. THE SCIENTIFIC IMAGE OF THE WORLD / 22
4. A PROGRAM FOR THEOLOGY OF SCIENCE / 29
PART TWO. FROM THE HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE / 33
5. FROM THE PRIVILEGED MARGIN TO AN AVERAGE CENTER / 35
6. SCIENTIFIC RATIONALITY AND CHRISTIAN LOGOS / 47
7. TEILHARD’S VISION OF THE WORLD AND MODERN COSMOLOGY / 58
8. LEMAÎTRE—PRIEST AND SCIENTIST / 70
PART THREE. THE WORK OF CREATION / 75
9. COSMOLOGICAL SINGULARITY AND THE CREATION OF
THE UNIVERSE / 79
10. GENERALIZATIONS: FROM QUANTUM MECHANICS TO GOD / 100
11. CHAOS, PROBABILITY, AND THE COMPREHENSIBILITY
OF THE WORLD / 127

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Michael Heller is professor of philosophy at the Pontifical Academy of Theology in Cracow, Poland, and an adjunct member of the Vatican Observatory staff. He is an ordained Roman Catholic priest, and has earned a master's degree in philosophy and a PhD in cosmology. His current research is in relativistic cosmology and the application of noncommutative geometry to physics and cosmology.

Zusammenfassung

The voice of a renowned professor of philosophy in Poland, who is also a Roman Catholic priest, is introduced in this collection of his provocative essays on the interplay of science and religion. Michael Heller progressively outlines systematic steps that might lead to a peaceful coexistence of these traditionally separate fields of study.

Produktdetails

Autoren	Michael Heller
Verlag	Templeton Foundation Press,U.S.
Sprache	Englisch
Produktform	Taschenbuch
Erschienen	01.09.2003
EAN	9781932031348
ISBN	978-1-932031-34-8
Seiten	176
Abmessung	152 mm x 229 mm x 15 mm
Gewicht	313 g
Themen	Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik > Naturwissenschaften allgemein; Sachbuch > Philosophie, Religion > Religion: Allgemeines, Nachschlagewerke

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Michael Heller
• Verlag: Templeton Foundation Press,U.S.
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 01.09.2003
• EAN: 9781932031348
• ISBN: 978-1-932031-34-8
• Seiten: 176
• Abmessung: 152 mm x 229 mm x 15 mm
• Gewicht: 313 g
• Themen: Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik > Naturwissenschaften allgemein; Sachbuch > Philosophie, Religion > Religion: Allgemeines, Nachschlagewerke