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Wonder, Value and God (Hardcover)
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Wonder, Value and God (Hardcover)
Series: Transcending Boundaries in Philosophy and Theology
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This book relates the value present in the natural world and in
human creativity to an underlying purpose which it traces in
creation. It opens by invoking the wonder aroused by nature's value
and celebrated by poets, and moves to a cosmic purpose as the best
explanation of this value. Natural evils are considered and set in
their evolutionary context. Human creativity is later related to
inspiration, and to traditional theistic teaching about the purpose
of human life. Criticisms of "the value approach" are considered,
together with the quest for meaning, and fears that Darwinism
undermines it, which are found to be illusory. New ground is broken
through this response to the spectre of bleakness. The author's
previous studies of meaningful work are applied to the question of
the nature of a worthwhile life and life's meaning. While the
world's value is argued to point to creation by a transcendent
lover of value, human beings are shown to be capable of augmenting
that value through their creativity (not least through activities
such as craftsmanship and gardening). In integrating the themes of
value, creativity and purpose, the book contributes a new synthesis
to the literature of philosophy, environmental studies and
theology.
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