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Negative Natural Theology and the Sinlessness, Incarnation, and Resurrection of Jesus: A Reply to Swinburne

, 2014
We respond to Swinburne’s reply to our critique of his argument for the Resurrection by defending the relevance of our counterexamples to his claim that God does not permit grand deception.
Robert Greg Cavin, Carlos A. Colombetti
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Natural Theology in Lutheran Theology [PDF]

, 1957
While it is not our purpose within the limited compass of this paper to gather together the various philosophical and theological opinions of the past and the present held by those who doubt or reject the va1idity of the doctrine in question, it will ...
Janetzki, Elvin Walter
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Gods as Topological Invariants [PDF]

arXiv, 2012
We show that the number of gods in a universe must equal the Euler characteristics of its underlying manifold. By incorporating the classical cosmological argument for creation, this result builds a bridge between theology and physics and makes theism a testable hypothesis.
arxiv  

Cognitive Science and Philosophy of Religion: Embracing the Human Perspective [PDF]

Pizhūhish/hā-yi Falsafī- Kalāmī
The Cognitive Science of Religion (CSR) is a relatively young field that explores the intersection between science and religion. Some argue that CSR, by employing purely explanatory methods and presupposing methodological naturalism, has materialized ...
Javad Darvish Aghajani
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Teaching the Divine Comedy's Understanding of Philosophy [PDF]

, 2012
This essay discusses five main topoi in the Divine Comedy through which teachers might encourage students to explore the question of the Divine Comedy’s treatment of philosophy. These topoi are: (1) The Divine Comedy’s representations in Inferno of noble
Aleksander, Jason
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Teologia Biblica della Pace e della Creazione [PDF]

, 2002
When one contemplates the effects of human intrusions into the natural environment, ecological consciousness calls to mind physical survival, material prosperity, and the problems of justice and peace.
Raurell, Frederic
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Elegance, Facts, and Scientific Truths [PDF]

arXiv
I argue that scientific determinism is not supported by facts, but results from the elegance of the mathematical language physicists use, in particular from the so-called real numbers and their infinite series of digits. Classical physics can thus be interpreted in a deterministic or indeterministic way. However, using quantum physics, some experiments
arxiv  

Chronology violation and the Cosmological Argument [PDF]

arXiv, 2003
The Kalam Cosmological Argument is perhaps the most solid and widly discussed argument for a caused creation of the universe. The usual objections to the argument mainly focus on the second premise. In this paper we discuss the dependency of the first premise on the topological structure of the space-time manifold adopted for the underlying ...
arxiv  

The Advancement of New Theology Using New Science: The Three Key Concepts of Thomas Torrance [PDF]

, 2012
The author begins with a selective outline of historical understandings of the concepts of space and time, in order to demonstrate their import for and engagement with theology.
Murtha-Smith, Susan
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Special Divine Action and Natural Science [PDF]

, 2015
A number of modern theologians have concluded that the rise of natural science makes it necessary to give up the idea that God acts in particular ways to affect the course of events in the world.
Tracy, Thomas
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