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This open access book addresses the question of how God can providentially govern apparently ungovernable randomness. Medieval theologians confidently held that God is provident, that is, God is the ultimate cause of or is responsible for everything that happens. However, scientific advances since the 19th century pose serious challenges to traditional views of providence. From Darwinian evolution to quantum mechanics, randomness has become an essential part of the scientific worldview. An interdisciplinary team of Muslim, Christian and Jewish scholars—biologists, physicists, philosophers and theologians—addresses questions of randomness and providence.

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Author:   Kelly James Clark ,  Jeffrey Koperski
Publisher:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Imprint:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Edition:   1st ed. 2022
Weight:   0.647kg
ISBN:  

9783030757960

ISBN 10:   303075796
Pages:   384
Publication Date:   28 September 2021
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Part I Introduction1. Randomness and Providence: Is God a Bowler or a Curler?Part II The Problem(s) Stated2. The Many Faces of Randomness3. Randomness and Providence: Defining the Problem(s)Part III Science4. Randomness in the Cosmos5. Randomness, Providence, and the Multiverse6. Can a Muslim be an Evolutionist?7. Chance, Evolution, and the Metaphysical Implications of Paleontological PracticePart IV The Abrahamic Faiths8. Judaism and Providence9. Randomness and Providence in Christian Thought10. God, Cosmos, and Humanity: Muslim Perspectives on Divine ProvidencePart V Providence and Chance11. Reconciling Meticulous Divine Providence with Objective Chance12. Creatio Continua and Quantum Randomness13. Causality, Indeterminacy, and Providence: Contemporary Islamic Perspectives from Said Nursi and Basil Altaie14. Divine Action and the Emergence of Four Kinds of Randomness15. God et al.— World-Making as Collaborative Improvisation: New Metaphors for Open Theists16. Saadia on “what is in the hearts of people when they reach the limits of endurance in a trial”17. Randomness, Causation, and Divine Responsibility

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Kelly James Clark is author, co-author, or editor of more than 30 books including Religion and the Sciences of Origins, Strangers, Neighbors Friends: Muslim-Christian-Jewish Reflections on Compassion and Peace, and Abraham’s Children: Liberty and Tolerance in an Age of Religious Conflict. Jeffrey Koperski is Professor of Philosophy at Saginaw Valley State University. He is the author of The Physics of Theism: God, Physics, and the Philosophy of Science, and Divine Action, Determinism, and the Laws of Nature.

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