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Zusatztext “The Big Bang and God: an Astro-Theology is a unique and enjoyable exploration of the relationship between science and theology, centered around a central theme: convergence. … The Big Bang and God is a genuinely interesting and approachable work, ably organizing and presenting a broad, interdisciplinary topic for the non-specialist.” (Corbin Boekhaus, RR readingreligion.org, September, 2016) Informationen zum Autor Chandra Wickramasinghe is a world-renowned astronomer-astrobiologist. He is also a long-time research collaborator with Sir Fred Hoyle. They discovered organic molecules in interstellar space and advanced 'cometary panspermia' (the idea that water and organic matter are circulated by comets). Theodore Walker Jr. is a liberty-oriented process theologian who serves on the advisory board for the journal Process Studies and as a guest editor for the astro-theology volumes of the Journal of Cosmology. Klappentext As advanced by astronomer-cosmologist Sir Fred Hoyle, astronomy, biology, astrobiology, astrophysics, and cosmology converge agreeably with natural theology. In The Big Bang and God, these interdisciplinary convergences are developed by an astronomer collaborating with a theologian. Zusammenfassung As advanced by astronomer-cosmologist Sir Fred Hoyle! astronomy! biology! astrobiology! astrophysics! and cosmology converge agreeably with natural theology. In The Big Bang and God! these interdisciplinary convergences are developed by an astronomer collaborating with a theologian. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements Abstract Summary Preview PART I: ASTRO-THEOLOGY AND COSMOLOGY 1.1. Modern Astro-Theology - William Derham 1.4. Postmodern Revisions 1.7. Cosmology - Fred Hoyle 1.8. Big Bang Cosmology - Georges Edouard Lemaître 1.11. Big Bang Cosmology - Edgar Allan Poe 1.20. Hoyle's Contributions to Big Bang, Steady State, Quasi-Steady-State, Inflationary, and Multiverse Cosmologies PART II: INTERDISCIPLINARY CONVERGENCES: FROM STARDUST TO DEITY 2.1. Astrochemistry 2.3. From Astrochemistry to Astrobiology 2.4. First Hoylean Argument Leading to Astrobiology 2.5. Anthropic Principle 2.10. Nuclear Astrophysics 2.11. Second Hoylean Argument Leading to Astrobiology 2.12. Astrobiology 2.16. Comets and Biology - Cometary Panspermia 2.19. Interstellar Bacteria 2.20. Astrobiology and Cosmology 2.21. From Astrobiology and Cosmology to Theology PART III: MICROBIOLOGY AND COMETARY PANSPERMIA 3.1. Origins of Microbial Life 3.14. Enter Fred Hoyle 3.22. From Elements to Organic Molecules and Life 3.24. Hoyle-Wickramasinghe Collaboration Begins 3.30. Cometary Panspermia verses Random Assembly 3.35. The Meteorite Microfossil Saga 3.39. Microorganisms in the Stratosphere 3.41. Cometary Panspermia Today 3.45. Concerning the Next Chapter PART IV: COSMOLOGY, REALITY, AND PANORAMIC THEOLOGY 4.1. Cosmic Variables 4.2. Variations in Reality-inclusiveness 4.4. Reality-inclusiveness and the Reality of God 4.6. Panentheism 4.11. Pantheism 4.12. Classical Theisms 4.14. Atheism 4.15. Reality-inclusiveness and Universe 4.16. Panentheism Affirms One God, One Universe PART V: COSMOLOGY, PANORAMIC BIOLOGY, AND PANORAMIC PSYCHOLOGY 5.1. Cosmology: Definitions and Scope 5.7. Cosmological Models 5.16. Cosmology: Where Biology and Psychology Meet Theology 5.20. Panspermia and Panpsychism: Dictionary Data 5.23. Panspermia 5.28. Panpsychism 5.30. Panpsychism and Brain Functions 5.36. Panpsychism as Neoclassical and Postmodern 5.39. Panpsychism / Universal Psychicalism 5.42. Universal Animism 5.43. Universal Creationism Entails Universal Evolution 5.47. Panpsychism and Obviously Inanimate Objects PART VI: ANALOGY, METAPHYSICS, FACT, MYTHICAL SYMBOLS,...
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"The Big Bang and God: an Astro-Theology is a unique and enjoyable exploration of the relationship between science and theology, centered around a central theme: convergence. ... The Big Bang and God is a genuinely interesting and approachable work, ably organizing and presenting a broad, interdisciplinary topic for the non-specialist." (Corbin Boekhaus, RR readingreligion.org, September, 2016)
