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Astrobiology and Christian doctrine : exploring the implications of life in the Universe / Andrew Davison, University of Cambridge.

Author/creator Davison, Andrew, 1974- author.
Format Book and Print
Publication Info Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2023.
Copyright Notice ©2023
Descriptionxiv, 407 pages ; 22 cm.
Subject(s)
Series Current issues in theology
Current issues in theology. ^A567091
Contents Introduction -- Part I. Creation -- 1. Many worlds -- 2. Angels -- 3. LIfe -- 4. Emptiness and plenitude -- Part II. Revelation and Theological Knowledge -- 5. Revelation -- 6. Knowledge of God and the language of the Trinity -- Part III. Imago Dei and Uniqueness -- 7. A copernican demotion? -- 8. Uniqueness and sharing the Imago Dei -- 9. Uniqueness, convergence, and embodied cognition -- Part IV. Christology, Salvation, and Grace -- 10. Sin and fall -- 11. Responses to sin: One incarnation -- 13. Distinct incarnations: Possibility and Christological detail -- 14. The word unchanging and unchanged -- 15. Person assuming and natures assumed -- 16. Multiple incarnations: Necessity and suitablity -- 17. The dealings of God with ungallen creatures -- Part V. Eschatology -- 18. The final state -- 19. The arrival of the end -- Conclusion.
Abstract "The universe turns out to be full of habitable planets. In this book, both the theological expert and the general reader (with theological bearings) are taken on the journey of thinking about how Christian theology should respond. Returning to Earth at the end, we find our understanding of existing themes stretched and enriched"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Issued in other formebook version : 9781009303194
LCCN 2022043209
ISBN9781009303156 (hardback)
ISBN1009303155
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