DOES SCIENCE CLARIFY GOD'S RELATION TO THE WORLD?

James S. Nelson; James S. Nelson

doi:10.1111/j.1467-9744.1991.tb00905.x

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DOES SCIENCE CLARIFY GOD'S RELATION TO THE WORLD?

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Abstract. Central to the work of Arthur Peacocke on science and religion is the intention to develop a reasonable faith within an intelligible framework of meaning. Showing the inadequacy of reductionism is necessary for this purpose. Knowledge of God is related to what science can tell us about creation. From an evolutionary framework, characterized as a delicate balance that issued in humans, and manifested through contingency and chance, God's actions are expressed as exploring the potentialities of creation. The creation is understood to be in God, but God is more than the world, as in panentheism. God suffers with the creation in love, and the focus of human meaning is expressed in Jesus Christ, the Incarnation, the sacrament of God.

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evolutionary framework, Incarnation, sacrament, panentheism, contingency and chance, anthropic principle, reductionism

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Nelson, J., (1991) “DOES SCIENCE CLARIFY GOD'S RELATION TO THE WORLD?”, Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science 26(4), 519–525. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9744.1991.tb00905.x

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Volume 26 • Issue 4 • December 1991

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Pages	519–525
Published on	1991-12-02

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