Beschreibung:
Too often the doctrine of creation has been made to serve limited or pointless ends, like the well-worn arguments between science and faith over the question of human and cosmic origins. Given this history, some might be tempted to ignore the theology of creation, thinking it has nothing new or substantive to say. They would be wrong.
1. Introduction 2. God - God as Transcendent, God as Living, God as Productive, God as Present 3. Creates - The Basic Characteristics of Creatures, The Diversity of Creatures, The Unity of Creatures4 From Nothing - Nothing but God, Nothing apart from God, Nothing Limits God5. Evil - Is Evil Nothing?, Is God Evil?, Is Evil a Creature?, In Place of a Theodicy 6. Providence - Conservatio and the Problem of Occasionalism, Concursus and the Problem of Determinism, Gubernatio and the Problem of Meliorism7. Glory - The Glory of Heaven, Icons: Seeing Heaven's Glory, The Eucharist: Tasting Heaven's Glory 8. Conclusion