Metaphors for God's Time in Science and Religion

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-viii

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2. Introduction: Can Transcendence be Found in Things?

   • Stephen Happel

   Pages 1-7

3. Metaphors and Multiple Meanings

   • Stephen Happel

   Pages 8-28

4. The Story of the Universe: Metaphors for Time in Astrophysical Cosmology

   • Stephen Happel

   Pages 29-52

5. Does Chaos Tell a Story?

   • Stephen Happel

   Pages 53-76

6. The Politics of Evolution: Metaphors for Competition

   • Stephen Happel

   Pages 77-106

7. Neural Networks, Human Time, and the Soul

   • Stephen Happel

   Pages 107-132

8. Time as Gift: God’s Journey

   • Stephen Happel

   Pages 133-154

9. Back Matter

   Pages 155-218

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Metaphors for God's Time in Science and Religion examines the exploratory work of metaphors for time in astrophysical cosmology, chaos theory, evolutionary biology and neuroscience. Happel claims that the Christian God is intimately involved at every level of physical and biological science. He compares how scientists and theologians both generate stories, metaphors and symbols about the universe and asks 'who is the God who invents me?

• god
• religion
• time

• School of Religious Studies,, The Catholic University of America, Washington, USA

  Stephen Happel

STEPHEN HAPPEL is Dean of the School of Religious Studies at the Catholic University in America. He is author of many articles and several books including Coleridge's Religious Imagination: A Catholic Vision (with David Tracy), and Conversion and Discipleship (with James J.Walter.)

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