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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456784903321

Autore

Shoham S. Giora <1929->

Titolo

The word of light [[electronic resource] ] : piercing the veil of chaos / / Shlomo Giora Shoham

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle, : Cambridge Scholars, 2009

ISBN

1-282-18969-7

9786612189692

1-4438-0296-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (288 p.)

Disciplina

202.4

Soggetti

Creation

Philosophical anthropology

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

TABLE OF CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; EDITOR'S NOTE; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; GLOSSARY

Sommario/riassunto

One of the fundamental enigmas of our existence, and for that matter, God's existence, is the act of creation. Has the cosmos been created ex nihilo or was it an intelligent design by God? Does God, having created the world, let it evolve and develop on its own, subject to the rules of evolution and chance; or does God intervene in every step of evolution in a deus ex machina manner? What is the role of man in creation? Is it as central as existentialism and quantum mechanics assure us: that ...