The Church and Contemporary Cosmology: Proceedings of a Consultation of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)

actual Anthropic Principle anthropocentric argued Arthur Peacocke atoms Barth believe Bell's theorem Biblical Birch causality century Christ Christian faith Church concept context cosmic cosmos creation critical culture Darwin Descartes discussion divine doctrine dualism earth Einstein empirical epistemological especially ethics evolution evolutionary biology existence experience fact finite fundamental G. E. M. Anscombe galaxies genetic God's heaven Heisenberg human Ian Barbour Ibid images interpretation issues Kant Karl Barth knowledge Kuhn language logical matter meaning metaphysical mind modern science motion naive realism natural selection object observation ontological paradigm particles Peacocke perspective philosophy Polanyi possible post-modern Presbyterian Church U.S.A. Press principle problem Puritans quantum mechanics quantum physics question rational reality relation religious science and religion scientific scientists sense significant structure Teilhard Testament theologians theory things thought tion Toulmin tradition transcendent truth understanding universe Whitehead Wittgenstein word world view