01470nam a2200157Ia 4500008004100000020002700041041000800068050002200076100002600098245011900124260004400243300003300287490003000320505092600350650003601276230822s9999    xx            000 0 und d  a9780800662738800662733  aeng  aBL241 b.R88 2008  aRussell, Robert John  0aCosmology : bfrom alpha to omega : the creative mutual interaction of theology and science /cRobert John Russell  aMinneapolis : bFortress Press,  c2008  axi, 344 p. :bill. ;c23 cm.  aTheology and the sciences  aThe contingency of creation and big bang cosmology -- The God who infinitely transcends infinity : insights from cosmology and mathematics -- Finite creation without a beginning : the doctrine of creation in relation to big bang and quantum cosmologies -- Does "The God Who Acts" really act? New approaches to divine action in light of contemporary science -- Special divine action and quantum mechanics : a case for non-interventionist divine action -- Special providence and genetic mutation : a new defense of theistic evolution -- Entropy and evil : the role of thermodynamics in the ambiguity of good and evil in nature -- Natural theodicy in an evolutionary context : the need for an eschatology of new creation -- The transfiguration of the cosmos : a fresh exploration of the symbol of the cosmic Christ -- Resurrection of the body, eschatology and cosmology : theology and science in mutual creative interaction.  aReligion and science.Cosmology.