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Index
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Acknowledgements
Introduction
PART ONE - Indications of Creation and Supernatural Design in Big Bang Cosmology
CHAPTER ONE - Indications of Creation in Big Bang Cosmology
Introduction
I. The Big Bang Theory
II. Can Science Indicate Creation?
III. Arguments for a Beginning of the Universe in Big Bang Cosmology
IV. Conclusion
V. Metaphysical Implications
CHAPTER TWO - Indications of Supernatural Design in Contemporary Big Bang Cosmology
Introduction
I. Universal Constants
II. The Extreme Improbability of Our Anthropic Universe
III. Many Universes or Supernatural Design?
Conclusion
CONCLUSION TO PART ONE
POSTSCRIPT TO PART ONE - Inflationary Cosmology and the String Multiverse
Introduction
I. All Inflationary Cosmologies Must Have a Beginning and a Transcendent Cause
II. A Preliminary Assessment of Inflationary Cosmology
III. All Inflationary and Non-Inflationary Cosmologies Appear to Require a ...
IV. Inflation and Cosmological Fine-Tuning
V. Fine-Tuning and String Cosmology
VI. Conclusion
PART TWO - Three Philosophical Proofs for the Existence of God
Methodological Presuppositions of Philosophical Proof: Reasonable and ...
CHAPTER THREE - A Metaphysical Argument for God’s Existence
Introduction
I. Step One: Proof of the Existence of at Least One Unconditioned Reality
II. Step Two: Proof That Unconditioned Reality Itself Is the Simplest Possible Reality
III. Step Three: Proof of the Absolute Uniqueness of Unconditioned Reality Itself
IV. Step Four: Proof That Unconditioned Reality Itself Is Unrestricted
Conclusion to Steps One Through Four
V. Step Five: Proof That the One Unconditioned Reality Is the Continuous ...
Conclusion
CHAPTER FOUR - A Lonerganian Proof for God’s Existence
Introduction
I. Definitions of “Understanding” and “Intelligibility”
II. Proof of the Existence of God
III. The Mystery of Human Understanding: The Notion of Being
CHAPTER FIVE - Proof of a Creator of Past Time
Introduction
I. An Analytical Contradiction
II. An Ontological Explanation of Real Time
III. Hilbert’s Prohibition of Actual Infinities
IV. A Formal Argument Against the Infinity of Past Time in Any Changeable Universe
V. Proof of a Creator of Past Time Which Is Not Itself Conditioned by Time
Conclusion
CHAPTER SIX - Methodological Considerations and the Impossibility of ...
Introduction
I. Common Methodological Elements
II. Three Approaches to the Notion of “God”
III. The Impossibility of Disproving the Existence of God
IV. The Tenuous Rationality of Atheism
PART THREE - The Transcendentals: The Divine and Human Mysteries
CHAPTER SEVEN - The Divine Mystery: Five Transcendentals
Introduction
I. The Interrelationship Among Absolute Simplicity, Perfect Unity, and ...
II. The Ontological Status of Love, the Good, and the Beautiful
Conclusion to the Chapter
CHAPTER EIGHT - The Human Mystery: Five Yearnings for the Ultimate
Introduction
I. The Desire for Perfect Truth
II. The Desire for Perfect Love
III. The Desire for Perfect Justice/Goodness
IV. The Desire for Perfect Beauty
V. The Desire for Perfect Home
CONCLUSION TO PART THREE: THE DIVINE AND HUMAN MYSTERIES
CONCLUSION
References
Index
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