Cosmology and creation : the spiritual significance of contemporary cosmology / Paul Brockelman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brockelman, Paul T., author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Creation.

Cosmology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (207 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This text argues that the new scientific cosmology also functions as a religious creation story, or ""cosmogony"". Traditional creation mythologies offer a vision of an ultimately meaningful sacred reality; they show precisely how all of creation emerges from and is situated within that reality.

Contents:

Contents; Preface; Introduction: The Unfurnished Eye; 1 This Side of Paradise: Creation Mythology; 2 The New Cosmology; 3 Wonder and the Miracle of Being; 4 The Transcendence of God in Nature; 5 But Does God Exist?; 6 La Vita Nuova (Life Transformed); 7 Here's the Story; 8 Within Sight of the Promised Land; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 1999.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [179]-186) and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-773873-7

1-280-52984-9

0-19-535315-3

1-4294-0452-3

OCLC:

239885612