Astrobiology and Christian Doctrine

ISBN-13: 9781009303156 / Twarda / 2023

Andrew (University of Cambridge) Davison

Opis

So much now points to life beyond Earth. This book addresses the impact that would make on Christian belief.

Recenzje

'… a very readable, informative, and, indeed, theologically exciting book … a magnificently fair, informative, trustworthy, and mind-expanding work of theology, surely a modern classic in the field.' Canon Kevin Ward, Church Times

Spis treści

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.