TY  - BOOK
AU  - Torrance,Thomas F.
TI  - Divine and contingent order
SN  - 0567086089
AV  - BT695 .T67 1998
PY  - 1998///
CY  - Edinburgh, Scotland
PB  - T & T Clark
KW  - Creation
KW  - Providence and government of God
KW  - Christianity
KW  - Religion and science
KW  - Free will and determinism
N1  - Originally published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1981; Includes bibliographical references and index; Determinism and creation --; God and the contingent universe --; Theological and scientific world-views --; Contingence and disorder --
N2  - "This book examines the implications of the Judaeo-Christian claim for our understanding of the universe that it is contingent: freely created by God out of nothing, and having an existence, freedom, and rational order of its own while still dependent on him. Professor Torrance argues that this claim made possible the development of western empirical science, but that Newtonian physics obscured the connection between the rational order of nature and the Christian doctrine of creation. He shows how modern relativity and quantum theories have once again drawn attention to the significance of contingence, and imply that the universe is found to be consistently rational only if it is dependent on a creative rationality beyond it. He considers finally the disorderly elements in the universe, both physical and moral, and argues that the doctrine of incarnation as well as of creation is necessary to deal with the intellectual problems which they raise"--Bloomsbury Publishing
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