Acin, A., 282
Adam, 16–17, 31, 52, 110, 117–20, 125, 147, 183, 187, 262, 284
al-Ghazālī, 273
aliens, 152–53
Allestry, Ja., 262
Amos, 74
ancient Near East, 107, 115–16, 120–21
Anglican/Anglicanism, 127–28, 263
animals, 29, 75, 117, 131, 146–48, 152, 182, 191, 209, 219, 239, 241–42, 251, 268, 272, 278–80, 303, 313
Behemoth, 146, 149, 151–53, 311
cat, 298
dog, 298
frog, 297
jackals, 152
Leviathan, 146–49, 152–53, 311
Anselm, 42
anthropocentrism/anthropocentric, 23, 131, 288–91, 294, 296, 300, 302, 304, 317
anthropomorphism/anthropomorphic, 230, 289, 292–94, 298
Apollo, 186
astrobiology, 141–54
astronomy, 63, 70, 74, 78–80, 143, 149, 187–88, 275, 311
Beagle, The, 135–37
Bildad, 314
Biochemistry, 172–73, 209, 278, 280
biology, 55, 92, 119–21, 142–43, 145, 147, 152, 172, 177, 211, 216, 220, 224, 227, 235, 248, 256, 258, 261–64, 268–72, 274, 277–82
Bolzano-equilibrium, 178
Bolzano-thermodynamics, 173
Bonaventure, 52
book of nature, 51–53, 67, 151, 317
book of Scripture, 50–52
brain, 61, 160, 173, 177, 205, 221, 225, 274, 278, 303
Bridgewater Treatises, 135
Buddhism, 193
Cain, 113
Cambrian explosion, 278
cannibalism, 178–79
causes
efficient, 218, 219, 241, 242, 244, 245
material, 218
cells, 191–92, 218, 225, 276–78, 283
chance, 61, 219, 261, 264, 273–84
epistemological, 283
ontological, 283
chemistry, 143, 171–73, 207, 209, 216, 220, 224, 227–28, 235, 240, 278, 280, 282, 303, 307
Christology/christological, 61, 63, 164, 267, 268, 324
climate change, 29–30
clock, 29, 47, 50, 53, 54, 253
conservation, 22, 222, 227, 229
convergence, 280–81
Copernican revolution, 130, 142, 153
corpuscularianism, 237, 238, 241–47, 253, 256–59
Corradini, A. A., 256
cosmology, 29, 34, 61, 108, 114, 152, 187–88, 311–13
covenant, 110–13, 305, 313, 316, 319, 324, 325
cult, 176–79
David (biblical), 38, 75, 82, 85
death, 38, 62, 80, 164–66, 168, 179, 193, 208, 221, 268, 273, 275, 289–99, 315
divine intervention, 108
divine simplicity, 32
Dominican(s), 187
dust, 27, 118–21, 149–50, 268, 271
earth, 27, 31, 39, 40, 51, 56, 70, 76–78, 81, 86, 116, 125, 129–31, 138–39, 142–46, 151–54, 157, 185, 186–89, 251, 266–71, 278, 280–81, 284, 289, 293, 295–96, 310–17
Easy Resistibility Principle, 198–99, 206, 213
ecology, 58, 277, 279, 281–82, 288, 290, 297, 299
ecotheology, 298,
Ediacaran fauna, 278
Egypt/Egyptians, 40–41, 72–74, 79, 84–85, 110, 118
embodiment/embodied, 23, 59, 62, 63, 68, 146, 155–57, 166–67, 221, 235, 244
emergence, 16, 24, 61, 64, 237, 239, 253, 255, 281
structured, 248–50, 256, 258–59
empiricism/empirical, 19, 87–88, 90–91, 96, 99, 104, 135, 188, 217, 238–39, 247, 256, 266, 270
Enkidu, 148
Enlightenment, 113
Enuma Elish, 116
entanglement, 257
epistemology/epistemic, 23, 47, 57, 62, 107, 108, 153, 196, 197, 283
eschatology/eschatological, 65, 169, 171, 173, 178, 292, 295, 298–301, 304
Eucharist, 31, 39, 43, 45, 102
Eve, 16–17, 52, 118, 119, 183, 187, 284
evidentialism/evidentialist, 196–97
evolution, 15–17, 19, 23–25, 54–55, 64, 108, 119–21, 124, 142, 143, 177, 195, 197, 206–13, 261, 263–66, 275–85, 298–99
evolutionary creationism, 120–21
evolutionary psychology, 24, 173, 197
exoplanets, 143–44
exploitation, 43, 288, 299, 307, 318, 324
Ezekiel (prophet), 74
fall, the, 30–31, 57, 113, 284
fire, 77, 82, 99, 138, 183, 223, 251, 289, 314
first-person simulation theory, 159–61
flood (biblical), 113, 125, 126, 135–40, 311, 317
freedom/free will, 29, 60, 61, 64–66, 148, 152–53, 184, 235, 266, 274–75, 287
future, 64–65, 126, 143, 219, 234, 246, 269, 274, 277, 282, 295, 299, 301, 316, 319, 323
geology, 123–29, 132, 135–37, 140, 143, 311
gift exchange, 37
Gilgamesh, 148
Gnosticism/gnostic, 32
God
immanence of, 267, 269, 271, 272, 300, 303–4
knowledge of, 69–72, 84, 155, 158, 162, 163, 165–69, 195–99, 293,
presence of, 65, 86, 93, 158, 267, 301
transcendence of, 65, 90–91, 266, 269, 303
Ham, 125
hazelnut, 181, 185, 187, 190–91
heaven(s), 39, 50–51, 56, 63, 70, 78–79, 86, 126, 138, 157, 167, 186, 223, 266–71, 289, 293–96, 311–15
Hebrew (language), 109–14, 119–21, 268, 289, 291, 310
hermeneutics, 52, 57, 102, 111, 123, 130, 141, 144, 299. See also interpretation
hiddenness (divine), 88, 92, 103
hierarchy, 297
Holy of Holies, 118
Holy Spirit, 36, 47, 56, 61, 65–67, 72, 73, 82, 102, 163, 166, 269, 303
Homeric gods, 186
Hubble universe, 188–89
humility, 86, 104, 150, 163, 169, 297
hylomorphism, 24, 218, 224, 229, 232, 234, 235, 238, 239, 241–46, 249–50, 253, 255, 258–59
transformative, 250–53, 256–59
hymn, 27, 116, 282, 292, 312–18
Immanuel, 113
incarnation, the, 36, 42, 47, 61–65, 93, 96, 113, 164, 168
individuality, 156, 158, 161–62
infants, 80, 133, 159–62, 167–68, 175
interpretation, biblical, 294–96, 298–301, 306, 312, 316. See also hermeneutics
intersubjectivity, 168
Irenaeus, 148
Isaac (biblical), 117
Isaiah (prophet), 118, 265, 269, 289
Ishmael (biblical), 117
Islam, 33, 50, 273. See also Muslim
Israelites, 108–11, 114–15, 120
Jacob (biblical), 40–41
Japheth (biblical), 125
Jesus Christ, 42, 61, 93, 102, 110, 126, 165, 168, 176–77, 187, 267–69
Jews, 33, 45, 52, 74, 140, 155, 157, 182, 197, 325
Job (biblical figure), 141, 146–54, 268–69, 310–319
Jonah (prophet), 75
Joseph (biblical figure), 40–41
judgment, 72, 164, 166, 204, 206
Jupiter, 144
Khnum, 118
language, 21, 47–49, 51, 53, 56, 58–60, 64, 92, 102–5, 109–10, 120, 129, 133, 159, 160, 162, 167–69, 190, 203, 263, 265, 292–93, 297, 306, 309, 319
laws of motion, 216, 221–24, 229
love, 24, 35, 37, 41, 44–45, 61, 75, 110, 163–67, 175, 178, 181, 183, 192–93, 198, 275, 284, 289, 319
macroscopic, 217, 220, 225, 228, 231–32, 235, 238, 247, 248, 252–55
materialism, 53, 99, 108, 172, 225
matter, 33–37, 62, 171, 174–78, 188–89, 211, 217–27, 235, 237–46, 252–53, 258, 267, 270, 272, 275, 303, 307, 309, 316
mereology, 244
metaphor, 22, 50, 52–55, 57, 61, 62, 66–68, 133–34, 190–91, 236, 241, 273, 281, 290, 294, 308, 315, 325
metaphysical naturalism, 88, 98
metaphysics, 19, 34, 67, 68, 107, 111, 174, 213, 217, 223, 232, 237, 238, 242, 246, 253, 258
methodological
naturalism, 22, 88, 91, 94–101, 105, 270
microscopic, 24, 216, 220–21, 225–28, 231–35, 238, 247, 252, 255
microscopism, 226–27
mind, 53, 62–66, 79, 84–85, 137, 139, 155, 159, 160, 164, 166, 172–74, 181, 200, 203, 205, 217, 224, 227, 310–11, 319
miracle, 76, 77, 80, 86, 88, 93, 97–98, 135, 236
mirror neurons, 155
moral obligation, 210
Muslim, 182, 197. See also Islam
mutation, 16, 209, 265, 276, 277, 282–83
nanotechnology, 307–9, 323, 324
natural
selection, 142, 264, 275–77, 283
signs, 24, 195–208, 210, 212, 213
theology, 16, 17, 90, 135, 195, 235, 237, 263, 264
naturalism/naturalistic (see also methodological naturalism), 22, 23, 30, 88, 89, 92–105, 211–13, 270–71, 291, 300, 302–4
nature, 15, 18–31, 34–47, 50–57, 64, 67, 69, 70–77, 80–99, 103–5, 108, 113–14, 119, 121, 144–46, 151–53, 176, 191–97, 200–24, 227–31, 236–38, 241, 178, 181, 243–47, 251–58, 261–66, 273, 274, 280, 284, 287, 288, 290–304, 305, 307–9, 311–13, 316–24
neuroscience, 23, 92, 155, 159, 160, 227, 235, 256, 258
new creation, 102, 113, 319, 320
Newton/Newtonian, 86, 90–91, 129, 216, 217, 222–23, 229, 238, 246, 266
physics, 238
Noah (biblical figure), 125
nomic regularity, 267, 270, 274–75
occasionalism, 273–74
old-earth creationists, 16
Oldenburg, Henry, 246
ontology, 35–36, 67, 119, 121, 234, 241–42, 245, 250, 256, 265
The Origin of Species, 123, 131, 135, 264, 273, 275
origins, 34, 36, 107–8, 113–14, 116–121, 124, 128, 131–32, 134, 135, 156, 205, 208, 210
pain, 134, 151, 184, 209, 210, 284, 299, 306, 312, 319
parent, 38, 39, 126, 155, 159–62, 16–167, 173–74, 207, 276–77
participation, 28, 33, 35, 43, 216, 321, 325
particles, 217, 225–31, 235, 245, 246, 248, 251–52, 277, 283
particularity, 59
Paul (the apostle), 21, 23, 31, 36, 51, 56, 58, 64, 65, 76, 117, 133, 155, 158, 162–69, 267, 269, 305, 319, 325
perception, 90, 98, 104, 124, 130, 159, 161, 200–4, 241, 316, 320
Permian extinction, 279
personhood, 158, 168–69, 175, 235
microphysicalism, 217, 220, 222, 225–27, 229–32, 234, 248, 254, 256–57
nonreductive, 253–55
physicotheology, 53
planets, 45, 79, 142–45, 152, 182, 183, 191, 266, 278, 280–84
pollution, 29
Poseidon, 186
potential, 18, 175, 222, 230–31, 239–44, 252–53, 296, 325
praise, 25, 40, 44, 50–51, 148, 287–304
prayer, 87, 102, 116, 166, 194, 271, 303, 323
priesthood, 43, 177–78, 322, 323
prophet, 64, 74–75, 104, 265, 269, 284, 310, 312
providence, 25, 41, 45, 78, 80–81, 84, 90, 261, 264, 271–75, 282, 284
psychology, 23, 24, 158–61, 173, 197, 227, 235, 256, 258
purpose, 21, 28, 29, 31, 35, 41, 75, 86, 88, 90, 95, 97, 104–5, 114–17, 121, 130, 166, 174–78, 189, 198–208, 211–213, 224, 235–36, 238, 245–46, 257, 261, 263, 270–74, 279, 282–83, 305, 309, 315, 320. See also teleology
quantum
entanglement, 257
holism, 256
hylomorphism, 232–35
revolution, 24, 215–17, 228, 233, 234
theory/mechanics, 54, 217, 228, 230–33, 235, 238, 259, 266, 277, 283
Copenhagen interpretation, 231, 232, 234
reason, 20, 35, 57, 59, 71, 72, 93, 105, 127, 187, 199, 200, 208, 226–27
reconciliation, 31, 41–43, 65, 305, 306, 319–22, 325
redemption, 164, 169, 298, 320
reformed epistemology, 196–97
reification, 238, 242, 245, 258
relationality, 49, 59, 60, 64–65, 68, 156, 158, 161–62
representationalism, 200
Riemannian geometry, 176
sacred, 72, 118, 126, 177–79, 307–9, 318, 323–24
salvation/soteriology 36, 42, 154, 183, 266–69, 292, 303–4, 320
sanctification, 177–78
scholasticism, 238–39, 242, 246–47, 250
scientific method, 55, 88, 91, 92, 95, 97–99, 101–2, 270
scientism, 258
Scripture, 16, 20, 23, 34, 38, 50–52, 56, 61, 71–80, 102, 107, 110–11, 113, 127, 129, 137, 139, 141, 146, 185–87, 266–67, 272, 274, 284, 289. See also book of
secularism/secularisation, 52, 74, 87, 94–96, 103, 308, 320, 325
self, 32, 34, 35, 38, 49, 59, 60–62, 69, 70, 83, 132, 134, 149, 151, 155–64, 168, 169, 175, 191, 193, 251, 252, 269, 307–8, 323
Seth, 125
Shem, 125
silence, 104–5, 153, 195, 310, 314
sin, 42–43, 117, 153, 164–65, 192–93, 284, 299
skepticism, 200–11
speech-act(s), 22, 47, 50, 57, 61, 64–67, 166
Spirit (see Holy Spirit)
substance, 68, 75, 123–24, 151, 193, 219, 225, 232, 237–46, 248–50, 253
substantial forms, 241–42, 244–46, 251, 255, 258
substrate, 237, 242, 243, 245–47, 250, 252, 259
suffering, 64–65, 150, 166, 192, 193, 208, 209, 284, 299, 304, 312, 317
tabernacle, 113
Taylorism, 54
teleology, 19, 90, 174, 219–224, 226, 229, 230, 234–35, 309. See also purpose
temple, 38, 41, 42, 113–16, 177, 179, 300, 320
theistic evolutionists, 16–17
toledot, 117
Tower of Babel, 113
Trinity/Trinitarian, 35–36, 39, 47, 60–61, 65–67, 126, 168, 175, 193, 194, 261–64, 267, 268, 282, 303
unilateral exchange, 39–40, 43
Uruk, king of, 148
utopia, 179
water, 76–78, 80, 82, 87, 110, 135, 138–39, 144–45, 223, 251, 267, 289, 295
Wide Accessibility Principle, 198–99, 206
wind, 81, 139, 267, 289, 295, 313–16
wisdom, 37, 70, 71, 72, 79, 80, 82, 85, 86, 135, 148, 149, 153, 154, 178, 185, 221, 261, 262, 268, 306, 310–12, 314–19, 321, 324–25
wisdom literature, 310
wonder, 84–86, 148–53, 171, 205, 300, 311–12, 315, 325
worship, 68, 165, 166, 173, 262, 268, 298, 317–18
young-earth creationists, 15–16
ziggurat, 113