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Informationen zum Autor Andrew Davison is the Starbridge Associate Professor of Theology and Natural Sciences at the University of Cambridge, where his work has inspired the arts and humanities programme at the ground-breaking Leverhulme Centre for Life in the Universe. One of the foremost scholars working between theology, philosophy, and the natural sciences, he is fellow in theology and Dean of Chapel at Corpus Christi College, University of Cambridge. His work on life elsewhere in the universe has been covered by news outlets around the world, in more than twenty languages. Davison is the author of Participation in God: A Study in Christian Doctrine and Metaphysics, Blessing, The Love of Wisdom: An Introduction to Philosophy for Theologians, and Why Sacraments? Klappentext The universe turns out to be full of habitable planets. In this book, both the theological expert and the general reader (with theological bearings) are taken on the journey of thinking about how Christian theology should respond. Returning to Earth at the end, we find our understanding of existing themes stretched and enriched. Zusammenfassung The universe turns out to be full of habitable planets. In this book, both the theological expert and the general reader (with theological bearings) are taken on the journey of thinking about how Christian theology should respond. Returning to Earth at the end, we find our understanding of existing themes stretched and enriched. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; Part I. Creation: 1. Many worlds; 2. Angels; 3. Life; 4. Emptiness and plenitude; Part II. Revelation and Theological Knowledge: 5. Revelation; 6. Knowledge of God and the language of the trinity; Part III. Imago Dei and Uniqueness: 7. A Copernican demotion? 8. Uniqueness and sharing the imago dei; 9. Uniqueness, convergence and embodied cognition; Part IV. Christology, Salvation and Grace: 10. Sin and fall; 11. Responses to sin: one incarnation; 12. Multiple incarnations: introduction; 13. Distinct incarnations: possibility and christological detail; 14. The word unchanging and unchanged; 15. Person assuming and natures assumed; 16. Multiple incarnations: necessity and suitability; 17. The dealings of God with unfallen creatures; Part V. Eschatology: 18. The final state; 19. The arrival of the end....
