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From Big Bang to heat death? Theological considerations concerning modern cosmological issues

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dc.contributor.authorDeman, Isaak
dc.date.accessioned2018-08-23T14:35:20Z
dc.date.available2018-08-23T14:35:20Z
dc.date.issued2018-07-31
dc.identifier.citationDeman, I. (2018). From Big Bang to heat death? Theological considerations concerning modern cosmological issues. Theology in Scotland, 25(1), 6-17en_US
dc.identifier.issn1465-2862en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://ojs.st-andrews.ac.uk/index.php/TIS/article/view/1636en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10023/15865
dc.description.abstractThis essay sets out to challenge the widespread assumption that scientific explanations for the creation and destiny of the universe are directly opposed to religious or theological explanations of the cosmos. It begins by exploring the cosmic geography of the peoples of the Ancient Near East and examining linguistic elements of the biblical creation stories in order to demonstrate that our modern concerns about understanding the cosmos are not necessarily the same as those of the biblical authors. It goes on to discuss current areas of debate – such as the existence of intelligent life elsewhere in the universe, the concept of a multiverse, and the idea of ‘heat death’ as a potential end of the cosmos – and considers how far such concepts are compatible with Christian teaching. (This paper was selected as the winning entry in the 2017 Fraser Essay Prize competition.)en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherSt Mary's College, University of St Andrewsen_US
dc.relation.ispartofTheology in Scotlanden_US
dc.rightsCopyright (c) 2018 Isaak Deman.en_US
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/*
dc.subject.lccBR1.S3T5en_US
dc.subject.lcshTheology--Study and teaching--Scotlanden_US
dc.subject.lcshTheology, Doctrinal--Scotlanden_US
dc.titleFrom Big Bang to heat death? Theological considerations concerning modern cosmological issuesen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.description.versionhttps://doi.org/Publisher PDFen_US
dc.publicationstatusPublisheden_US
dc.statusPeer revieweden_US


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