Creation and Double Chaos: Science and Theology in Discussion

by Sjoerd L. Bonting

Overview

Scientist and theologian Sjoerd Bonting offers a new overarching framework for thinking about issues in religion and science. He looks at the creation controversy itself, including biblical perspectives, tradtional doctrines, and the particular potential contribution of chaos theory. Finally, Bonting extends this perspective, a combination of chaos theory and chaos theology he calls "double-chaos," into a framework that addresses traditional questions about evil, divine agency, soteriology, the understanding of disease, possible extraterrestrial life, and the future.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780800637590
Publisher:	1517 Media
Publication date:	08/15/2005
Series:	Theology and the Sciences
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	260
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.08(d)

About the Author

Sjoerd L. Bonting taught and researched biochemistry for thirty years at universities in the United States and the Netherlands and also worked at the National Institutes of Health (Bethesda) and later for NASA. He is author of Chaos Theology: A Revised Creation Theology (Novalis, 2002).

Table of Contents

The science-theology dialogue : how?

The scientific worldview

The theological worldview: creation stories

Creation out of nothing: origin and problems

Contemporary creation theologies

Chaos theology: an alternative creation theology

Chaos theory and chaos events

The problem of evil

God's action in the world

The cosmic Christ: person and work

Human ambivalence: genetic modification

Disease: punishment for sin or chaos event?

Are we alone?: theological implications of possible extraterrestrial intelligent life

Future and destiny: eschatology and chaos theology