03472nam a2200385 a 4500 ebr10292323 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 080311s2008 wiu sb 001 0 eng 2008011192 9780874627343 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0874627346 (pbk. : alk. paper) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)463190128 BT55 .G66 2008eb 261.5/5 22 Goosen, Gideon. Spacetime and theology in dialogue [electronic resource] / by Gideon Goosen. Space time and theology in dialogue Milwaukee, Wis. : Marquette University Press, c2008. 181 p. Marquette studies in theology ; no. 57 Includes bibliographical references (p. [165]-172) and indexes. Some philosophical questions about space and time -- The Greek philosophers -- Time as moving according to number (Plato) -- Time a puzzle to Aristotle -- Plotinus expands on Aristotle -- Augustine and subjective time -- Is time real? (Kant) -- Temporality fundamental to being (Heidegger) -- Eternity? -- Insights from psychology and anthropology -- Hints about eternity -- Time standing still -- Jung and synchronicity -- Ontological importance of time (Panikkar) -- Is time linear or cyclic? -- Time and teleology -- Primal cultures and time -- What is science saying about spacetime? -- Time is relative -- From 3D to 4D -- Nature of spacetime a mystery -- Travel into future is possible -- There is no universal "now" -- Problem areas for theology -- Dominus Iesus -- Salvation and the liturgy -- Image of God -- Linear time -- Liturgical problems -- Theologians -- Cause and effect -- Dualisms : God as a receptacle -- Time as an illusion -- Image of God -- Model 1: Time as an illusion : time is now -- Liturgical time -- Kairic time -- Sacramentality and the patristic period -- Retro-active sacraments -- Postmodernism -- Application to spacetime -- Spatio-temporal constructions of humans -- Time as clockwork : a succession of events -- Model 2: Time as clockwork : a succession of events -- Time in the Bible -- Eschatological and apocalyptic time -- Creation out of nothing? -- Christ-centered time -- Points of convergence -- Time as becoming -- Model 3: time as becoming -- Process theology -- Does God know beforehand? -- The God-world relationship -- Incarnational dimension -- Some weaknesses in process theology -- Time as a secondary construction -- Model 4: time as a secondary construction -- A theological response -- Incarnation -- Free or not? -- Process theology and free will -- Conclusion -- A new concept : spacetime -- Trinitarian -- Incarnational -- Biblical -- Liturgical and sacramental -- Inclusive of synchronicity -- Acceptance of mystery of spacetime. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Philosophical theology. Space and time Religious aspects Christianity. Space and time. Theology. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. Marquette studies in theology ; #57. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10292323 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 179458 179458