Virginia Stem Owens

And the Trees Clap Their Hands

Faith, Perception, and the New Physics

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Ever since Newton, people - including Christians - have considered matter to be strictly mechanical, uninformed by any spirit and without sentience. Such a view, says Virginia Owens, demotes to mere metaphor all the natural imagery of Scripture that calls for creation to participate in the praise of its maker. Now, however, contemporary physical theory offers us an expanded view of the cosmos, which suggests that it is indeed sentient and informed with knowledge. For Christians, Virginia Owens argues in this book, the cosmos bears witness to the Incarnation itself. Owens offers a brief history and exploration of physics, interwoven with viv… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-1-72521-325-8
EAN: 9781725213258
Produktnummer: 34669636
Verlag: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2005
Seitenangabe: 162 S.
Plattform: PDF
Masse: 24'138 KB

Über den Autor

Virginia Stem Owens has written over fifteen books that include three mysteries and nonfiction on a wide range of topics from media to metaphysics. Her memoir of her grandfather's last years won the Texas Institute of Letters prize for best nonfiction book in 1990. Living Next Door to the Death House, written with her husband, David, takes readers inside the prison culture that pervades her hometown, Huntsville, Texas.She is on the editorial board of Books & Culture. She also served for seven years as Director of the Milton Center, an institute dedicated to fostering excellence in writing by Christians.