Chaos and Complexity: Scientific Perspectives On Divine Action - Paperback

by Robert John Russell (Author), Nancey Murphy (Editor), Arthur R. Peacocke (Author)

A collection of 15 research papers exploring the implications of chaos and complexity in physical, chemical and biological systems for philosophical and theological issues regarding God's action in the world.

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This collection of fifteen research papers explores the implications of chaos and complexity in physical, chemical, and biological systems for philosophical and theological issues regarding God's action in the world. It resulted from the second of five international research conferences being co-sponsored by the Vatican Observatory, Rome, and the Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences, Berkeley. The overarching goal is to contribute to constructive theology as it engages current research in the natural sciences and to investigate the philosophical and theological elements in ongoing theoretical research in the natural sciences.

Author Biography

Robert John Russell (General Editor) is Professor of Theology and Science in Residence, Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, California, and Founder and Director of the Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences.

Nancy Murphy is Associate Professor of Christian Philosophy, Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, California.

Arthur R. Peacocke is currently Director of the Ian Ramsey Centre, Oxford, England, Warden Emeritus of the Society of Ordained Scientists, and formerly Dean of Clare College, Cambridge, England.