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The heavens declare : natural theology and the legacy of Karl Barth / Rodney D. Holder.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: West Conshohocken, Pa. : Templeton Press, ©2012.Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781599474038
  • 1599474034
  • 1280129298
  • 9781280129292
  • 6613533173
  • 9786613533173
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Heavens declare.DDC classification:
  • 210 23
LOC classification:
  • BL183 .H65 2012eb
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
The problem of natural theology today -- Karl Barth and the legitimacy of natural theology -- Science and religion in the theology of Dietrich Bonhoeffer -- Creation and the sciences in the theology of Wolfhart Pannenberg -- Thomas Torrance: "retreat to commitment" or a new place for natural theology? -- Alister McGrath: natural theology from within -- Conclusion: the way forward for natural theology.
Summary: One of the central themes of inquiry for Karl Barth, the twentieth-century Protestant theologian, was the notion of revelation. Although he was suspicious of natural theology (i.e. the seeking of evidence for God's existence in the ordered structure of the world), recent scientific advances (notably in physics and cosmology) and the flourishing modern dialogue between science and religion offer compelling reasons to revisit Barth's thinking on the concept. We must again ask whether and how it might be possible to hold together the notion of revelation whilst employing reason and sc.
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Item type Current library Call number URL Status Notes Barcode
eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)438350

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The problem of natural theology today -- Karl Barth and the legitimacy of natural theology -- Science and religion in the theology of Dietrich Bonhoeffer -- Creation and the sciences in the theology of Wolfhart Pannenberg -- Thomas Torrance: "retreat to commitment" or a new place for natural theology? -- Alister McGrath: natural theology from within -- Conclusion: the way forward for natural theology.

Print version record.

One of the central themes of inquiry for Karl Barth, the twentieth-century Protestant theologian, was the notion of revelation. Although he was suspicious of natural theology (i.e. the seeking of evidence for God's existence in the ordered structure of the world), recent scientific advances (notably in physics and cosmology) and the flourishing modern dialogue between science and religion offer compelling reasons to revisit Barth's thinking on the concept. We must again ask whether and how it might be possible to hold together the notion of revelation whilst employing reason and sc.

English.