Abrahamic reflections on randomness and providence /

Abrahamic reflections on randomness and providence /

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Imprint:	Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, 2022.
Description:	1 online resource : illustrations
Language:	English
Subject:	Providence and government of God -- Christianity. Providence and government of God -- Islam. Providence and government of God -- Judaism. Chance. Chance Providence and government of God -- Christianity Providence and government of God -- Islam Providence and government of God -- Judaism
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13397738

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Other authors / contributors:	Clark, Kelly James, 1956- editor. Koperski, Jeffrey, editor.
ISBN:	9783030757977 3030757978 9783030757960 9783030757991 303075796X
Summary:	This open access book addresses the question of how God can providentially govern apparently ungovernable randomness. Medieval theologians confidently held that God is provident, that is, God is the ultimate cause of or is responsible for everything that happens. However, scientific advances since the 19th century pose serious challenges to traditional views of providence. From Darwinian evolution to quantum mechanics, randomness has become an essential part of the scientific worldview. An interdisciplinary team of Muslim, Christian and Jewish scholarsbiologists, physicists, philosophers and theologiansaddresses questions of randomness and providence. Kelly James Clark is author, co-author, or editor of more than 30 books including Religion and the Sciences of Origins, Strangers, Neighbors Friends: Muslim-Christian-Jewish Reflections on Compassion and Peace, and Abrahams Children: Liberty and Tolerance in an Age of Religious Conflict. Jeffrey Koperski is Professor of Philosophy at Saginaw Valley State University. He is the author of The Physics of Theism: God, Physics, and the Philosophy of Science, and Divine Action, Determinism, and the Laws of Nature.
Other form:	Print version : 9783030757960
Standard no.:	10.1007/978-3-030-75797-7

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Summary:	This open access book addresses the question of how God can providentially govern apparently ungovernable randomness. Medieval theologians confidently held that God is provident, that is, God is the ultimate cause of or is responsible for everything that happens. However, scientific advances since the 19th century pose serious challenges to traditional views of providence. From Darwinian evolution to quantum mechanics, randomness has become an essential part of the scientific worldview. An interdisciplinary team of Muslim, Christian and Jewish scholars--biologists, physicists, philosophers and theologians--addresses questions of randomness and providence.
Physical Description:	1 online resource : illustrations
ISBN:	9783030757977 3030757978 9783030757960 9783030757991 303075796X