11. Divine Action Topic: Drees, Willem B. A Case Against Temporal Critical...
? Consequences of Quantum Cosmology for Theology."
It is Wim Drees argument
that, unlike other topics in science, Big Bang and quantum cosmology are
equally compatible with a timeless, static view of the universe and a
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12. Divine Action Topic: Quantum Cosmology and the Laws of Nature
the implications of quantum cosmology and the status of the laws of
nature for theological and philosophical issues regarding Gods action in the
world. After an introduction to the Big
Bang , inflation and quantum cosmology, these essays
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13. Intro Topic: Cosmology
religious believers see the
Big Bang as providing confirmation for the Christian notion of creation ex
nihilo (creation out of nothing). Interestingly, when evidence of the Big Bang
was first discovered in the late 1920's (with Edwin Hubble
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14. Maddox Bibliography Topic: 5. Contemporary Cosmology and Creatio ex Nihilo
Theism , Atheism,
and Big Bang Cosmology . New York: Oxford University Press, 1995.
Drees , Willem B. Beyond the Big Bang, Quantum
Cosmologies and God . La Salle, IL: Open Court, 1990.
Gonzalez, Guillermo & Jay W. Richards.
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15. Resources: Bibliography for Russell on Cosmology
Theism , Atheism and
Big Bang Cosmology (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1993).
Ernan McMullin,
"How should cosmology relate to theology?" in Peacocke , The Sciences and Theology in the Twentieth
Century (Notre Dame:
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16. Physics Topic: Physics and Cosmology in the 20th Century
universe led to inflationary
Big Bang cosmology (1970's-present). Current research areas include
attempts a superunification of all of physics, including gravity,
in terms of quantum gravity and its application to cosmology.
Meanwhile, classical
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17. Physics Topic: Physics and Cosmology: Topic Index
key issues
in physics and cosmology. Ill also cover the theologies
of creation and providence, and suggest ways in which they can
be put into dialogue and interaction with aspects of Big Bang
cosmology and quantum mechanics . Ill
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18. God, Humanity and the Cosmos Topic: Stephen Hawking and the Growth of Quantu...
of the universe after the big bang , but we should not
inquire into the big bang itself because that was the moment of Creation and
therefore the work of God. I was glad then that he did not know the subject of
the talk I had just given at the
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19. Science and Religion Topic: Stephen Meyer: The New Cosmology
Big Bang
Steady-State
Oscillation
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20. God, Humanity and the Cosmos Topic: Theological Responses to Quantum Cosmology
theory (see is the Big Bang a
moment of creation? ) .
Stephen Hawking posed the question:
So long as the universe had a
beginning, we could suppose that it had a creator. But if the universe is
really completely
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