Creation

Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Genesis: In the Beginning -- The ancient Near Eastern background to Genesis -- The genesis of Genesis -- Creation and worship -- The Yahwist writer: The intimacy of God -- Tragedy: The expulsion from Eden -- Interpreting Genesis -- Conclusion -- Chapter 2 God and Creation ex nihilo -- The origins of creation ex nihilo8 -- Creation ex nihilo: Divine simplicity -- Creation ex nihilo: The relation between God and creation -- Creation ex nihilo: Motion and time -- Creation ex nihilo: Contemporary science -- Conclusion -- Chapter 3 God and Creation: Participation and Providence -- Speaking of God and creation: Participation and the analogy of being -- Providence: Primary and secondary causation -- Providence and creation's ends -- Providence: Suffering and evil -- Conclusion -- Chapter 4 Creation, the Rise of Science and the Design of the Universe -- What is 'science'? -- A scientific revolution? -- The two books: Scripture and nature -- The Reformation: Literal readings -- The theological purpose of natural philosophy -- Physico-theology, teleology and the designer God -- The legacy of physico-theology and the relation of science and theology -- Conclusion -- Chapter 5 The Environment and the Gift of Creation: Beyond Nature and Culture -- The environmental crisis, the Reformation and natural science -- Nature and culture -- Creation and gift -- Gift, the Eucharist and the meaning of food -- Conclusion: Creation, gift and thanksgiving -- Notes -- Preface -- Chapter 1 -- Chapter 2 -- Chapter 3 -- Chapter 4 -- Chapter 5 -- Bibliography -- Internet sources -- Appendix: Reading Aquinas -- Index.