RT Article
T1 Chaos Theology: A New Approach to the Science-Theology Dialogue
JF Zygon
VO 34
IS 2
SP 323
OP 332
A1 Bonting, Sjoerd Lieuwe 1924-2013
LA English
PB Wiley-Blackwell
YR 1999
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1827953284
AB Comparison of the concepts of creation from chaos and creation out of nothing (creatio ex nihilo) leads me to reject the latter for several reasons: it is not the biblical concept, and it presents serious conceptual, scientific, and theological problems. Chaos theology is outlined under the headings creation from chaos; chaos and contingency; chaos, evil, and creativity; chaos and incarnation; chaos and eschatology. It is shown to be well suited for the science-theology dialogue by some examples of its application to aspects of cosmic and biological evolution: initial mystery, separation and ordering; chaos and entropy; contingency and fine-tuning of the universe; purpose and progressiveness in evolution; and complexity theory and chaos events.
K1 Theodicy
K1 initial chaos
K1 Incarnation
K1 Evil
K1 Eschatology
K1 creation out of nothing (creatio ex nihilo)
K1 chaos events
K1 Chaos
K1 Big Bang theory
DO 10.1111/0591-2385.00215