Most of us believe everything happens for a reason. Whether it is
"God's will," "karma", or "fate," we want to believe that an
overarching purpose undergirds everything, and that nothing in the
world, especially a disaster or tragedy, is a random, meaningless
event. Abraham's Dice explores the interplay between chance and
randomness, as well as between providence and divine action in the
monotheistic religious traditions, looking at how their interaction
has been conceptualized as our understanding of the workings of
nature has changed. This lively historical conversation has
generated intense and engaging theological debates, and provocative
responses from science: what of the history of our universe, where
chance and law have played out in complex ways? Or the evolution of
life, where random mutations have challenged attempts to find
purpose within evolution and convinced many that human beings are a
"glorious accident." The enduring belief that everything happens
for a reason is examined through a conversation with major
scholars, among them holders of prestigious chairs at Oxford and
Cambridge universities and the University of Basel, as well as
several Gifford lecturers, and two Templeton prize winners. Now, as
never before, confident scientific assertions that the world
embodies a profound contingency are challenging theological claims
that God acts providentially in the world. The random and
meandering path of evolution is widely used as an argument that God
did not create life. Organized historically, Abraham's Dice
provides a wide-ranging scientific, theological, and biblical
foundation to address the question of divine action in a world shot
through with contingency.
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