Abraham's dice [electronic resource] : chance and providence in the monotheistic traditions / edited by Karl W. Giberson.
Giberson, Karl, editor.
2016
BD595 .A27 2016eb
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Title
Abraham's dice [electronic resource] : chance and providence in the monotheistic traditions / edited by Karl W. Giberson.
ISBN
9780190277185 (electronic book)
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780190277154
Published
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2016.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xiv, 358 pages)
Item Number
10.1093/acprof:oso/9780190277154 doi
Call Number
BD595 .A27 2016eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
123
Summary
Do things happen for a reason? Is God watching over the course of events? Does the scientific discovery of widespread randomness in nature rule out any role for God? In Abraham's Dice, major scholars explore these questions from multiple perspectives.
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Do things happen for a reason? Is God watching over the course of events? Does the scientific discovery of widespread randomness in nature rule out any role for God? In Abraham's Dice, major scholars explore these questions from multiple perspectives.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on April 25, 2016).
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Giberson, Karl, editor.
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Ancient Hebraic voices of chance and choice over fate and justice / Jennifer Michael Hecht
Chance, uncertainty, and unknowability in the universe and beyond / John D. Barrow
Random numbers and God's nature / James Bradley
The natural science of Greek philosophy and the social science of Judaism become the super-providence of Paul / Sarah Ruden
Chance and providence in the Islamic tradition / Mustafa Ruzgar
Chance and providence in early Christianity / Richard W. Miller
Thomas Aquinas on natural contingency and providence / Ignacio Silva
Chance, sovereignty, and providence in the Calvinist tradition / Byung Soo (Paul) Han
Jonathan Edwards and occasionalism / Oliver D. Crisp
Divine providence in the clockwork universe / John Hedley Brooke
Chance and providence in the thought of William Paley / Alister E. McGrath
Evolution, providence, and the problem of chance / Peter Harrison
Throwing dice? Thoughts of God in a quantum world / Shaun Henson
Darwinian evolution and a providential God: the human problem / Michael Ruse
Abraham's dice in the flow of life: the experience of the tragic and its theological interpretation / Reinhold Bernhardt.

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