Table of
Contents
Chapter 1: The
Beginning of the Universe
Experiment 1
Scientific Cosmology
Quantum Cosmology and Inflating Universes
A Philosophical Evaluation of Quantum Cosmologies
Philosophical Issues
The Question of a Philosophical Cosmology or Something from Nothing
A Christian Cosmology
Christian Spirituality and the New Cosmology
Notes
Bibliography
Chapter 2:
Evolution and Human Origins
Experiment 2
The Anthropic Principle
Biological Evolution
Darwinian Philosophy
Biological Information
Towards a Philosophy of Biology
Intelligent Design
The Rediscovery of Formal Causality
Forms and Existence
Efficient Causality
Emergence
Human Origins
Human Consciousness
Maritain’s Philosophy of Evolution
Notes
Bibliography
Chapter
3: Original Sin
Experiment 3
Original Sin after Darwin
The Post-Conciliar Theologies of Original Sin
Karl Rahner
Elements for a Theology of Original Sin
Monogenism and Polygenism
The Effects of Original Sin
Adam and Eve
Notes
Bibliography
Chapter
4: The Jesus of History and the Jesus of Faith
Experiment 4
Catholic Biblical Scholarship
The Jesus of History
The Methods of History
The Jesus of Faith
The Nature of Faith
Faith and Theology
Christologies in Dialogue
Notes
Bibliography
Epilogue: Faith and the Future of Catholic Theology |
