Creation

by Oliver, Simon

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Title Statements

Full title :Creation.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2016.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Place of Publication:London
Language:eng
Publication Date:2016.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (225 pages)

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780567656100, 0567656101
oclc:ocn987692671
LC Classification:BS651
Dewey Decimal:202.4

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 ProvidenceSpeaking 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.