Chaos and Complexity
Scientific Perspectives on Divine Action

Robert John Russell (Author), Nancey Murphy (Edited by), Arthur R. Peacocke (Author)

9780268008123

Paperback / softback, published 7 December 1996

416 pages
25.4 x 17.8 x 2.2 cm, 0.719 kg

This collection of fifteen research papers explores the implications of chaos and complexity in physical, chemical, and biological systems for philosophical and theological issues regarding God's action in the world. It resulted from the second of five international research conferences being co-sponsored by the Vatican Observatory, Rome, and the Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences, Berkeley. The overarching goal is to contribute to constructive theology as it engages current research in the natural sciences and to investigate the philosophical and theological elements in ongoing theoretical research in the natural sciences.