Quantum Cosmology Laws of Nature: Philosophy

by Robert John Russell

Book Overview

This collection of seventeen essays explores the implications of quantum cosmology regarding God's action in the world. The result is a profound contribution to constructive theology, engaging current research in the natural sciences and investigating the philosophical and theological elements in future natural science research.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0268039763
• ISBN13: 9780268039769
• Release Date: December 1993
• Publisher: Vatican Observatory
• Length: 472 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.7" x 9.4"

Customer Reviews

getting religion and cosmology together

Finding intersections between religion and science is tricky business, given that they haven't been on serious speaking terms for a couple of hundred years. I thought this book, in the area of cosmology, did an excellent job of making connections between quantum cosmology and orthodox christianity. While it does not propose pat answers, and refuses to sign up to anyone's dogma, it offers some fascinating ideas. Who would have thought, for example, that the no-boundaries condition that Hawking proposed for his explanation of the early universe, far from denying the existence of God (as Hawking and Sagan say) actually provide an interesting model for the operation of the timeless Trinity in a temporal world? The religion here is perfectly orthodox, though it does not kowtow to fundamentalism, and is perhaps a little too reverent to process theology ideas. There are some excellent and (as far as I can tell) accurate summaries of some very tough and interesting scientific ideas. Excellent reading if your mind isn't already made up on science/religion issues. And if you are willing to work at it some.