16. Cosmos as Contingent Creation

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vi
3. Preface ix
4. Abbreviations xiii
5. PART ONE. Natural Theology as Apologetics
6. 1. Classical Culture and Christian Theology 1
7. 2. Natural Theology as Apologetics 22
8. 3. The Language of Negation 40
9. 4. God and the Ways of Knowing 57
10. 5. The Many and the One 74
11. 6. The Universe as Cosmos 90
12. 7. Space, Time, and Deity 107
13. 8. The Image of God 120
14. 9. The Source of All Good 136
15. 10. From Tyche to Telos 152
16. PART TWO. Natural Theology as Presupposition
17. 11. Christian Theology and Classical Culture 167
18. 12. Natural Theology as Presupposition 184
19. 13. The Lexicon of Transcendence 200
20. 14. Faith as the Fulfillment of Reason 215
21. 15. The One and the Three 231
22. 16. Cosmos as Contingent Creation 248
23. 17. The Economy of Salvation 263
24. 18. The Metamorphosis of Human Nature 280
25. 19. The Worship Offered by Rational Creatures 296
26. 20. The Life of the Aeon to Come 311
27. Glossary of Greek Technical Terms from Sources Ancient and Modern 327
28. Bibliography 335
29. Index 352