Divine and Contingent Order

by Thomas F. Torrance

Book Overview

This book examines the implications of the Judaeo-Christian claim for our understanding of the universe that it is contingent: freely created by God out of nothing, and having an existence, freedom, and rtional order of its own while still dependent on him.

Professor Torrance argues that this claim made possible the development of western empirical science, but that Newtonian physics obscured the connection between the rational order of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0567043215
• ISBN13: 9780567043214
• Release Date: July 2005
• Publisher: Continnuum-3PL
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"