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A fine-tuned universe : the quest for God in science and theology : the 2009 Gifford lectures / Alister E. McGrath.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Louisville, Ky. : Westminster John Knox Press, c2009.Edition: 1st edDescription: xv, 262 p. : 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780664233105 (alk. paper)
  • 0664233104 (alk. paper)
  • 9780664234416 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0664234410 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BL183 .M34 2009
Online resources:
Contents:
Yearning to make sense of things -- The crisis of confidence in modern natural theology -- Renewing the vision for natural theology -- Challenges to a renewed natural theology -- Natural theology and the explanation of reality -- The dynamics of a trinitarian natural theology -- Surprising facts: conterfactuals and natural theology -- Augustine of Hippo on creation: a theological lens -- In the beginning: the constants of universe -- Can these bones live? The origins of life -- The matrix of life: the curious chemistry of water -- Chemical catalysts and the constraints of evolution -- The origins of complexity: the mechanism of evolution -- The outcomes of evolution: the directionality of evolution -- An emergent creation and natural theology.
Item type: Books
Holdings
Current library Collection Call number Vol info Status Date due Barcode
Judith Thomas Library General Stacks Books BL 183 .M34 2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) AUA27388 Available AUA27388

Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-258) and index.

Yearning to make sense of things -- The crisis of confidence in modern natural theology -- Renewing the vision for natural theology -- Challenges to a renewed natural theology -- Natural theology and the explanation of reality -- The dynamics of a trinitarian natural theology -- Surprising facts: conterfactuals and natural theology -- Augustine of Hippo on creation: a theological lens -- In the beginning: the constants of universe -- Can these bones live? The origins of life -- The matrix of life: the curious chemistry of water -- Chemical catalysts and the constraints of evolution -- The origins of complexity: the mechanism of evolution -- The outcomes of evolution: the directionality of evolution -- An emergent creation and natural theology.