Ebook: Creative Tension: Essays On Science & Religion

Cover; Half Title Page ; Title Page ; Copyright ; Contents ; Foreword ; Preface ; Part One: From The Methodological Perspective ; 1: The Abuse of Cosmology ; 2: On Theological Interpretations of physical Creation Theories ; 3: The Scientific Image of the World ; 4: A Program for Theology of Science ; Part Two: From the Historical Perspective ; 5: From the Privileged Margin to an Average Center ; 6: Scientific Rationality and Christian Logos ; 7: Teilhard's Vision of the World and Modern Cosmology ; 8: Lemaître-priest and Scientist ; Part Three: The Work of Creation.;The voice of a renowned professor of philosophy in Poland, who is also a Roman Catholic priest, is introduced to the United States in this collection of his provocative essays on the interplay of science and religion. Michael Heller progressively outlines systematic steps that might lead to a peaceful coexistence of these traditionally separate fields of study. Some essays have their roots in the author's work in physics and cosmology, while others present his theories on the language of God, creation, and transcendence, inspired by his work in the applications of so-called noncommutat.