The God of Nature: Incarnation and Contemporary Science (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780800662219)

Although Christians have professed the God of Israel, they have often assumed a naturalistic theism that harks back to the Greeks. Doing so, says Christopher Knight, has masked the explanatory potential of a basic Christian affirmation: the incarnation. Knight here forges a third way of thinking about divine engagement with the world, beyond deism and theism. He sees God's intimate involvement with creation and history as implied in the reality of the incarnation and essentially confirming divine purpose in a kind of sacramental character to all events as they unfold in the world. On this basis, he brings fresh insight to the questions of providence, miracles, personal prayer, the virgin birth, and the ascension of Jesus. Knight's work promises not to displace science, nor to plead for special exceptions on special occasions, but to see God as always active in the very warp and woof of the universe and its laws.

Author: Christopher C. Knight
ISBN-10: 0800662210
ISBN-13: 9780800662219
Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Publishing
Language: English
Published: 08/01/2007
Pages: 176
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 8.88h x 6.10w x 0.47d