Cosmology from Alpha to Omega

Abstract. This paper focuses on four passages in the journey of the universe from beginning to end: its origin in the Big Bang, the production of heavy elements in first generation stars, the buzzing symphony of life on earth, and the distant future of the cosmos. As a physicist and a Christian theo...

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Published in:Zygon
Main Author: Russell, Robert J. 1946- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell 1994
In: Zygon
Further subjects:B chaos theory
B Trinity
B Creation
B Divine Action
B quantum gravity
B Arthur Peacocke
B evolutionary theism
B Frank Tipler
B Freeman Dyson
B John Polkinghorne
B Stephen Hawking
B far future
B Evolution
B Cosmology
B Big Bang
B God
B Ian Barbour
B Jacques Monod
B quantum physics
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Summary:Abstract. This paper focuses on four passages in the journey of the universe from beginning to end: its origin in the Big Bang, the production of heavy elements in first generation stars, the buzzing symphony of life on earth, and the distant future of the cosmos. As a physicist and a Christian theologian, I will ask how each of these passages casts light on the deepest questions of existence and our relation to God, and in turn how these questions are being explored through ongoing research into the interaction between Christian theology and the natural sciences.
ISSN:1467-9744
Contains:Enthalten in: Zygon
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9744.1994.tb00691.x