Abraham's dice : chance and providence in the monotheistic traditions /
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| Imprint: | New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2016] |
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| Description: | xiv, 358 pages ; 24 cm |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10772673 |
Table of Contents:
- List of Contributors
- Part 1. The Challenge of Chance
- 1. Chance, Divine Action, and the Natural Order of Things
- 2. Ancient Hebraic Voices of Chance and Choice over Fate and Justice
- 3. Chance, Uncertainty, and Unknowability in the Universe and Beyond
- 4. Random Numbers and God's Nature
- 5. The Natural Science of Greek Philosophy and the Social Science of Judaism Become the Super-Providence of Paul
- Part 2. Theological Conversations
- 6. Chance and Providence in the Islamic Tradition
- 7. Chance and Providence in Early Christianity
- 8. Thomas Aquinas on Natural Contingency and Providence|vIgnacio Silva
- 9. Chance, Sovereignty, and Providence in the Calvinist Tradition
- 10. Jonathan Edwards and Occasionalism
- Part 3. The Complications of Science
- 11. Divine Providence in the Clockwork Universe
- 12. Chance and Providence in the Thought of William Paley
- 13. Evolution, Providence, and the Problem of Chance
- 14. Throwing Dice? Thoughts of God in a Quantum World
- 15. Darwinian Evolution and a Providential God: The Human Problem
- Part 4. Closing Reflection
- 16. Abraham's Dice in the Flow of Life: The Experience of the Tragic and Its Theological Interpretation
- Index