Features
- Cover Type: Paperback with 378 pages
- Published by: University Press of America October 31, 1985
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 0819149764
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-0819149763
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Book Dimensions:
8.3 x 5.4 x 1.2 inches
- Weighs: 1.1 pounds
Product Review
A most significant and important book for teacher and student, clergy and laity. Though scholarly it is not obtuse, and the general reader or "browser" will not read very far before he feels that he has been "guided" to this book for the light and assurance to be found on almost every page. Dr. Gilkey so reinterprets the idea of creation that it is not just an irrelevant dogma inherited from a prescientific and prephilosophical past, but a symbol which points to the profoundest understanding of the dimensions, the tragedy and the potentialities of human life, a symbol essential not only to the Christian faith, but also to a full apprehending by any man of the meaning of human existence. "The good news of the Gospel is not just that we are judged and loved. It is rather that he who is the maker of the ends of the earth, and therefore He on Whom we are totally dependent, judges and loves us." Commend??-this book without hesitation. (Kirkus Reviews)
Product Description
A thoughtful, clear consideration of the Christian idea of creation, placing this basic Christian tenet in the setting of recent insights from the physical sciences, metaphysical philosophy, and the study of myth and symbol. The author's reinterpretation of the dogma of creation brings fresh insights and relevance to the meaning of human existence. Originally published by Doubleday in 1959, this volume is still "must" reading for students of theology and philosophy.
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