Taking rational trouble over the mysteries : reactions to atheism /

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Imprint:Eugene, Oregon : Pickwick Publications, [2013]
©2013
Description:xvii, 236 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9798304
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Other authors / contributors:Creegan, Nicola Hoggard, editor of compilation.
Shepherd, Andrew, editor of compilation.
ISBN:9781610978934
1610978935
Notes:"This collection of papers came out of a succession of conferences and seminars held under the auspices of TANSA (Theology and the Natural Sciences in Aotearoa) and in particular one seminar on God and the New Atheists, held at Vaughan Park Anglican Retreat Centre on May 29th, 2010"--Introduction, page xv.
Includes bibliographical references.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction / Nicola Hoggard Creegan
  • Christian responses to atheism in our time / Nicola Hoggard Creegan
  • Face to face with violence: Hitchens & religion, hospitality, and peace-building / Andrew Shepherd
  • Perspective on the history of atheism from Hammond to Dawkins and the Antipodes / Peter Lineham
  • Some thoughts on an alternative to "personal omnigod" theism / John Bishop
  • Recycling the soul: Nancey Murphy's physicalist anthropology / John Owens
  • Does nature suggest transcendence? / Neil Broom
  • Thinking about God and infinity: can mathematics contribute? / Wilf Malcolm
  • Scientific origins of God / Jeffery L. Tallon
  • Christian spirituality: informed by, and informing science / Graham O'Brien
  • Knowing with heart and mind / Irene Alexander
  • Is the God of the Old Testament a tyrant? / Tim Meadowcroft
  • Making meaning from Genesis / Yael Klangwisan
  • Tracing the way home: the kingdom of Heaven on Earth / Judith Brown
  • Epilogue / Andrew Shepherd.