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Divine and Contingent Order (Paperback, New edition)
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Divine and Contingent Order (Paperback, New edition)
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This book examines the implications of the Judaeo-Christian claim
for our understanding of the universe that it is contingent: freely
created by God out of nothing, and having an existence, freedom,
and rational order of it's own while still dependent on him.
Professor Torrent argues that this claim made possible the
development of western empirical science, but that Newtonian
phsyics obscured the connection between the rational order of
nature and the Christian doctrine of creation. He shows how modern
relativity and quantum theories have once again drawn attention to
the significance of contingence, and imply that the universe is
found to be consistently rational only if it is dependent on a
creative rationality behind it. He considers finally the disorderly
elements in the universe, both physical and moral, and argues that
the doctrine of incarnation as well as of creation is ncessary to
deal with the intellectual problems which they raise. The Very
Reverend Thomas F. Torrance is Emeritus Professor of Christian
Dogmatics, University of Edinburgh.
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