Imagining the creator God : from antiquity to astrophysics /
Schrijver, Georges de,
Imagining the creator God : from antiquity to astrophysics / Georges de Schrijver, S.J. - Manila, Philippines : Ateneo de Manila University Press, c2015. - xiii, 234 pages. 23 cm.
Intro; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: The Creation Narrative in Genesis; The Creating God Brings About Order; Genesis and Exodus; Gods Transcendence vis-Ã -vis the World; The Question of Secondary Causes; Chapter 2: Platos Creation Narrative in the Dialogue Timaeus; Cosmology and Theology; The Good Creator and the Beauty of the World; The World as a Living Organism: The Role of the World Soul; The Musical Construction of the World Soul; Intermezzo. The World Soul and the Self ;activation of the Universe: Whitehead Appreciation of Plato; Cosmic Ballet and the Music of the Spheres. The Creation of Animals and Humans Chapter 3: Aristotle; Physics instead of Mathematics; Nature in Motion; Cosmic Movers ;Up There ; and the Quest for a Prime Mover; Cosmic Orchestration: Growing Complexity; The Concept of God in Metaphysics. The Highest God and His Auxiliary Movers: The 55 Cosmic Intelligences; Chapter 4: Christianity Assimilation of Greek Cosmology; Patristic Period; The Nicene Creed; New Testament Sources; Chapter 5: Medieval Times; Saint Bonaventure; Thomas Aquinas; Chapter 6: The Copernican Turn and its Confirmation by Kepler and Galileo. End of the Religiosity of the Cosmic Spheres? Copernicus; Tycho Brahe and Kepler; Galileo Condemnation; Chapter 7: Newton; The Laws of Motion; The Universal Law of Gravitation; Newt Doctrine of God; Chapter 8: Einstein; Special Theory of Relativity; General Theory of Relativity; Chapter 9: Quantum Physics; Exploration of the Atom; The Copenhagen Interpretation; Probability Calculus: The SchrÃœdinger Equation; The EPR Paradox; Pauli Exclusion Principle; The Discovery of Antiparticles; Quantum Field Theories; Further Prospects: Grand Unified Theories. Chapter 10: The Origin of the Universe The Expanding Universe; The Emergence of the Universe; The Formation of Galaxies and Stars; Chapter 11: The Place of Humans in the Universe; Anthropic Principle; Intelligent Design Revisited; Evolution of the Cosmos; Lessons from the Past; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
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Cosmology--History.
Imagining the creator God : from antiquity to astrophysics / Georges de Schrijver, S.J. - Manila, Philippines : Ateneo de Manila University Press, c2015. - xiii, 234 pages. 23 cm.
Intro; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: The Creation Narrative in Genesis; The Creating God Brings About Order; Genesis and Exodus; Gods Transcendence vis-Ã -vis the World; The Question of Secondary Causes; Chapter 2: Platos Creation Narrative in the Dialogue Timaeus; Cosmology and Theology; The Good Creator and the Beauty of the World; The World as a Living Organism: The Role of the World Soul; The Musical Construction of the World Soul; Intermezzo. The World Soul and the Self ;activation of the Universe: Whitehead Appreciation of Plato; Cosmic Ballet and the Music of the Spheres. The Creation of Animals and Humans Chapter 3: Aristotle; Physics instead of Mathematics; Nature in Motion; Cosmic Movers ;Up There ; and the Quest for a Prime Mover; Cosmic Orchestration: Growing Complexity; The Concept of God in Metaphysics. The Highest God and His Auxiliary Movers: The 55 Cosmic Intelligences; Chapter 4: Christianity Assimilation of Greek Cosmology; Patristic Period; The Nicene Creed; New Testament Sources; Chapter 5: Medieval Times; Saint Bonaventure; Thomas Aquinas; Chapter 6: The Copernican Turn and its Confirmation by Kepler and Galileo. End of the Religiosity of the Cosmic Spheres? Copernicus; Tycho Brahe and Kepler; Galileo Condemnation; Chapter 7: Newton; The Laws of Motion; The Universal Law of Gravitation; Newt Doctrine of God; Chapter 8: Einstein; Special Theory of Relativity; General Theory of Relativity; Chapter 9: Quantum Physics; Exploration of the Atom; The Copenhagen Interpretation; Probability Calculus: The SchrÃœdinger Equation; The EPR Paradox; Pauli Exclusion Principle; The Discovery of Antiparticles; Quantum Field Theories; Further Prospects: Grand Unified Theories. Chapter 10: The Origin of the Universe The Expanding Universe; The Emergence of the Universe; The Formation of Galaxies and Stars; Chapter 11: The Place of Humans in the Universe; Anthropic Principle; Intelligent Design Revisited; Evolution of the Cosmos; Lessons from the Past; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
9789715507097 9715507093
Cosmology--History.
