Cosmology in theological perspective : understanding our place in the universe /

Vainio, Olli-Pekka,

Cosmology in theological perspective : understanding our place in the universe / [print] Olli-Pekka Vainio. - Grand Rapids, Michigan : Baker Academic, a division of Baker Publishing Group, (c)2018. - xi, 212 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm



Introduction: Close encounters -- Every saga has a beginning: philosophical cosmologies in the ancient world -- The voyage home: cosmos in early Christian thought -- Resistance is futile: Galileo, Newton, and Darwin -- All these worlds: on the multiverse -- If it's just us, it seems like an awful waste of space: on human uniqueness -- Infinite space, infinite terror: our cosmic (in)significance -- In space no one can hear you scream? God and being -- There is no gene for the human spirit: images of God -- Come with me if you want to live: incarnations -- To boldly go: beings in search of greater understanding.



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Biblical cosmology.
Cosmology.
Religion and science.

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