Abstract

The Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences and the Vatican Observatory have jointly sponsored a series of conferences exploring the overarching question: How can we conceive a personal God creating and active within the universe described by the natural sciences? The volumes include significant contributions to the field, although I highlight two important weaknesses: (1) theology is not adequately respected as an active conversation partner capable of advancing the agenda under discussion; and (2) insufficient attention is paid to the many scientific and philosophical uncertainties that plague the overall project.

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philosophy, cosmology, natural science, critical realism, Christianity, Ian Barbour, metaphysics, Mary Hesse, complexity, theology, divine action, Big‐Bang cosmology, laws of nature, quatum cosmology, creation, time, God, integration, epistemology, dialogue, chaos theory

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