COSMOLOGY, ECOLOGY, AND THE ENERGY OF GOD by Donna Bowman (Editor), Clayton Crockett (Editor) ( 9780823238965 )

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Title:

COSMOLOGY, ECOLOGY, AND THE ENERGY OF GOD

By:

Donna Bowman (Editor), Clayton Crockett (Editor)

Format:

Paperback

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ISBN 10:

0823238962

ISBN 13:

9780823238965

Publisher:

FORDHAM UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

2 December, 2011

Pages:

192

Description:

Cosmology, Ecology, and the Energy of God brings together process and postmodern theologians who reflect on the topic of energy. Approaches include dark energy in terms of physics; social and ecological aspects of the current energy use crisis; and connections between human conceptions of energy and divine spiritual energy in theological terms.

Synopsis:

This book brings together process and postmodern theologians to reflect on the crucial topic of energy, asking: What are some of the connections between energy and theology? How do ideas about humanity and divinity interrelate with how we live our lives?Its contributors address energy in at least three distinct ways. First, in terms of physics, the discovery of dark energy in 1998 uncovered a mysterious force that seems to be driving the expansion of the universe. Here cosmology converges with theological reflection about the nature and origin of the universe.Second, the social and ecological contexts of energy use and the current energy crisis have theological implications insofar as they are caught up with ultimate human meanings and values. Finally, in more traditional theological terms of divine spiritual energy, we can ask how human conceptions of energy relate to divine energy in terms of creative power.

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Fordham University Press

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