| Description |
438 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Note |
Behold, I will create new heavens and a new earth. The former shall not be remembered, nor come to mind. Is. 65:17. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page 423) and index. |
| Contents |
Pt. I. Background for Theodynamics -- Ch. 1. Toward a Modern Theology -- The Need for a Modern Theology -- Faulty Formulations -- Some Comments on Tillich's Systematic Theology -- Some Criteria For a Modern Theology -- The Nature of Theodynamics -- Ch. 2. The Nature of Religion in Human Experience -- What is Religion? -- The Nature of Religious Experience -- Revelation -- Comparative Religion -- The Existential Theologians -- Some Critical Comments -- The Meaning of Faith and The Distortions of Religion -- Ch. 3. Some Epistemic Background for Theodynamics -- The Need for Some Epistemic Background -- The Nature of Reflective Doubt -- The Appeal to Consciousness -- Naive realism -- The Basis of Critical realism -- Consciousness Regained -- The Aesthetic Continuum -- Feeling and Perception in Meaning -- Self-awareness -- Nature, Induction, and Interpretation of States of Consciousness -- Symbolism, Reason, and Religious Experience -- From Rite to Religious Practice -- From Myth to Philosophy and Theology -- The Rise of Art -- "The Fabric of Meaning" -- The Function of Symbols in Religion and Theology -- Symbols for God in Western Religion -- Ch. 4. Physical Science and the Ontological Realm -- The Need for Some Scientific Background -- The Nature of Science -- Three Scientific Revolutions of the Twentieth Century -- Atomism -- Hierarchy in The Scientific View of the World -- The Nature and Relevance of Field Theory -- Ontology Emerging From Science -- The Grand Unification of Forces, Fields, and Basic Particles -- Strings and the Music of the Spheres -- Toward a Modern Creation Myth -- Chaos and Ontology -- Ch. 5. A Biological View of Humanity -- Organic Hierarchies -- The Origin of Life -- Organic Evolution -- A Modern Theory of Mind -- Ch. 6. Time, History, and Geography -- Essentials for Dynamics: Time and Space -- Subjective and Objective Time -- The "Arrows" of Objective Time -- Time and Relativity -- Time in the Arts -- The Study of History -- History and the Ontological Realm -- Cosmic History -- The Acceleration of History -- Geography: Spaces and Places in Earth's Dynamics -- Pt. II. Elementary Theodynamics -- Ch. 7. God and The Universe -- The Ground of Being -- Logos: The Ground of Meaning -- The Content of the Logos -- Functions of the Logos -- The Differentiations of the Ground -- A Modern Creation Myth -- The Basis of Emergent Evolution -- From the Primordial D-set to the Inorganic Cosmos -- Levels of Organic Evolution -- The Metaphorical Model and the Structure of Reality -- Ch. 8. God and Humanity -- A Concept of the Human Being -- The Dynamics of Faith and the Nature of Religion -- Religious Symbols and Their Risks -- The Great Stumbling Block -- Ch. 9. The Elaboration of Theodynamics as Doctrine -- General Channels of Revelation -- Channels of Revelation for Christianity -- Jesus, The Man and His Message -- The Christ Symbol -- The Power of Paul -- The Theology of Paul -- Soteriology -- Ch. 10. Theodynamics of Value and Value Judgment -- God as The Ground of Value -- A Definition of Value -- Hedonistic Value -- Aesthetic Value -- Moral and Ethical Values -- The Nexus of Values and the Good Life -- Ch. 11. The Problem of Obedience: Free Will and Natural Law -- A Review of Determinism -- A Review of "Free Will" -- Self-Determination -- The Interplay of Chance and Destiny -- Natural Law and Ethics -- Ch. 12. The Elaboration of Theodynamics as Religious Life -- Theodynamics and the Dimensions of Religion -- Worship -- Good Works -- Personal and Family Life -- The Challenge of Creative Religion -- The Challenge of Creative Insight -- The Challenge of Creative Education -- Religious Education -- The Challenge of Creative Governance -- Ch. 13. Theodynamics and the Future -- Some Further Reflections -- Theodynamics and the Religions -- Religious Origins and History: Prologue to the Present -- Religion and Life. |
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Theology, Doctrinal.
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Religions (Proposed, universal, etc.)
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Religions (Proposed, universal, etc.) (OCoLC)fst01093922
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Theology, Doctrinal. (OCoLC)fst01149617
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Theologie.
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| ISBN |
0819193631 (alk. paper) |
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9780819193636 (alk. paper) |
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