God and Cosmos : A Christian View of Time, Space, and the Universe,9780851518008

God and Cosmos : A Christian View of Time, Space, and the Universe

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ISBN13: 9780851518008
ISBN10: 0851518001
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Pub. Date: 2001-04-01
Publisher(s): Banner of Truth
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Summary

A Christian view of time, space and the universe, emphasizing the superiority of Scripture to all other sources of knowledge and dealing helpfully with the Big Bang theory of origins, extraterrestrial intelligence, the spiritual realm, and much else.

Author Biography

John Byl is Professor of Mathematics and Head of the Department of Mathematical Sciences at Trinity Western University, Langley, British Columbia, Canada.

Table of Contents

Preface xi
The Basic Questions
Reconcling Cosmology and the Bible
2(1)
Evaluating Cosmological Models
2(3)
The Role of Religious Commitments
5(1)
Epistemology and Revelation
6(3)
Interpreting the Bible
9(2)
The Scope of Biblical Authority
11(2)
Preview
13(2)
A Brief Histrical Sketch
Ancient Cosmology
15(1)
Origins of Greek Cosmology
16(1)
Classic Cosmology
17(2)
Saving the Phenomena
19(3)
Medieval Cosmology
22(5)
The Perfect Harmony
22(4)
The Demise of Medieval Cosmology
26(1)
Galileo versus the Church
27(8)
Theological Consequences
32(3)
Pre-Modern Cosmology
35(1)
Newtonian Cosmology
35(3)
The Dynamic Universe
38(1)
Heat Death
39(3)
Modern Cosmology
A Brief History of the Big Bang
42(6)
Explaining the Observations
48(11)
Red Shifts
49(4)
Abundances of Elements
53(2)
The Cosmic Microwave Background
55(4)
Further Big-Bang Problems
59(7)
Inflation
61(1)
Galaxy Formation
62(1)
Missing Mass
63(1)
Acceleration
64(1)
More Puzzles
65(1)
Basic Cosmological Assumptions
66(5)
The Problem of Verification
71(6)
Cosmology and God's Existence
The Cosmological Argument
77(19)
Philosophical Arguments
78(4)
The Big-Bang Singularity
82(10)
The Second Law of Thermodynamics
92(4)
The Argument from Design
96(12)
Alternatives to Design
99(9)
Design and Evolution
108(1)
Conclusions
108(5)
Cosmology, Life and the Future
Life in the Universe
113(12)
A Brief History of ETI
114(1)
The Scientific Case for ETI
115(4)
Motivation for Belief in ETI
119(1)
Theological Considerations
120(5)
The Future of Life in the Universe
125(8)
Future Life in a Closed Universe
127(1)
Future Life in an Open Universe
128(2)
Future Life in a Plasma Cosmology
130(3)
The Strange Gods of Modern Cosmology
The Evolving God of Natural Theology
133(11)
Natural Evolving Gods
134(5)
Self-Caused Gods
139(5)
An Evolving God and Christinaity
144(5)
The God of Teilhard de Chardin
144(2)
The God of Process Theology
146(3)
Life After Death
149(4)
The Bible on Cosmology
The Being and Nature of God
153(3)
The Doctrine of Creation
156(3)
The History of the Universe
Creation Events
159(4)
The Fall and Its Consequences
163(1)
Eschatology
164(1)
The Date of Creation
165(2)
The Spiritual Realm
167(5)
Further Cosmological Questions
The Stars as Signs
172(6)
The Size of the Universe
178(1)
An Expanded Universe?
179(1)
The Biblical Frame of Reference
180(1)
The Big Bang and the Bible
181(8)
Biblical Cosmologies
Young Universe
A Variable Speed of Light
189(3)
Time Dilation
192(1)
Curved-Space Models
193(1)
Mature Creation
194(8)
Geometric Models
202(7)
Limits of Biblical Cosmology
209(6)
Conclusions
Summary
215(6)
Final Concluding Remarks
221(5)
Bibliography 226(12)
Index of Names and Subjects 238

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