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Record Nr.

UNINA9910962253503321

Autore

Torrance Thomas F (Thomas Forsyth), <1913-2007, >

Titolo

The ground and grammar of theology : consonance between theology and science / / Thomas F. Torrance

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London [England] : , : T & T Clark, , c2001

London [England] : , : Bloomsbury Publishing (UK), , 2019

ISBN

9786613200945

9780567690821

0567690822

9781283200943

1283200945

9780567589934

0567589935

Edizione

[New ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (193 p.)

Disciplina

261.5/5

Soggetti

Creation

Natural theology

Religion and science

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"First published 1980 by University Press of Virginia and Christian Journals Limited, Belfast"--T.p. verso.

Four of the lectures were given in an earlier form at the Seminary's Summer Institute in July 1977.

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface to the New Edition; Preface; 1. Man, the Priest of Creation; 2. Emerging from the Cultural Split; 3. Creation and Science; 4. The Transformation of Natural Theology; 5. Theological Science; 6. The Basic Grammar of Theology; Index of Names

Sommario/riassunto

The futures seems to be full of promise and excitement. Certainly at no time for nearly a millenium and a half has the opportunity for genuine theology been greater, since the ground has been cleared in the remarkable way of the old dualist and atomistic modes of thought that have plagued theology for centuries. It is, therefore, up to us as



theologians to develop theology on its own proper ground in this scientific context, if only because this is the kind of life and culture, and the kind of theology that can support the message of the Gospel to mankind, as, in touch with the advances of nat