Table of Contents
List of Contributors vii
Introducing Open Theology and Science 1
Part 1 Creation, Cosmology, and an Open God
Introduction to Part One 11
1 The Earth Is Not a Planet Karen Strand Winslow 113
2 An Open Theology Doctrine of Creation and Solution to the Problem of Evil Thomas Jay Oord 128
3 The (Brief) Openness Debate in Islamic Theology: And Why that Debate Should Be Different among Contemporary Christians Michael Lodahl 53
4 Rethinking Divine Presence and Activity in World Process Anna Case-Winters 69
5 Reality and the Primary Mind: Contemplating the Mind of God Brint Montgomery 88
Part 2 Evolution and the Open God
Introduction to Part Two 101
6 Evangelical Theology after Darwin Clark H. Pinnock 103
7 The Goodness of Creation and the Openness of God Craig A. Boyd 111
8 Evolution as Cosmic Warfare: A Biblical Perspective on Satan, and "Natural" Evil Gregory A. Boyd 125
Part 3 God's Knowledge and Scientific Theory
Introduction to Part Three 149
9 Beyond the Chess Master Analogy: Game Theory and Divine Providence Alan R. Rhoda 151
10 Does Heisenberg Uncertainty Apply to God? A Reliable Model of Divine Foreknowledge Alan G. Padgett 176
Part 4 Open God and Open Humanity
Introduction to Part Four 193
11 The Final Form of Love: The Science of Forgiveness and the Openness of God Richard Rice 195
12 Theological Muscle-Flexing: How Human Embodiment Shapes Discourse about God John Sanders 219
13 Emergence as Transformation: Exploring Personal Religious Experience as Promise in Open and Relational Theology Dean G. Blevins 237
Index 261