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050 00 $aBL240.3$b.O93 2009
082 00 $a212/.1$222
100 1 $aOverman, Dean L.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81027730
245 12 $aA case for the existence of God /$cDean L. Overman ; foreword by RObert Kaita ; afterword by Armand Nicholi.
260 $aLanham, Md. :$bRowman & Littlefield,$c[2009], ©2009.
300 $axxxii, 229 pages ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 211-215) and index.
505 00 $g1.$tIntroduction -- $g2.$tThe question of God's existence : the radical contingency of the universe points toward a necessary being -- $g3.$tMany generations of philosophers have made the mistake of assuming Hume and Kant's objections disposed of the cosmological argument -- $g4.$tA universe with an infinite past would still require a necessary being to sustain its existence -- $g5.$tBecause the universe (or multiverse) had a beginning, it is contingent and has a cause for its coming into existence -- $g6.$tThe philosophy of nature set forth in this book emphasizes the intelligibility of the universe noted in Einstein's statement : "The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is comprehensible" : a significant issue in examining the "something that exists is, Why is it intelligible? -- $g7.$tEvolution is not dispositive of the question of why there is something rather than nothing and why the universe is rational and intelligible -- $g8.$tThe mystery of information challenges a strict materialism -- $g9.$tThe existence of God gives an absolute that is consistent with the real existence of right and wrong -- $g10.$tEvidential force of religious experience : if God is a person, God can be known to only a very limited extent by abstract reasoning and is more fully known by personal acquaintance in an I-thou relationship with the wholly other -- $g11.$tRecorded experiences of encounters with the divine bear witness to a way of knowing that includes Kierkegaard's Kendskab, Buber's I-thou, Otto's Wholly other, and Marcel's Mystery -- $g12.$tThese nine witnesses testify to another way of knowing that is compatible with the empirical and the metaphysical rational ways of knowing, but is beyond the describable and requires personal participation, commitment, and personal transformation -- $g13.$tConcluding reflections and summary : theism requires a leap of faith, but it is a leap into the light, not into the dark; theism explains more than atheism, which also requires a leap of faith -- $tAfterword /$rArmand Nicholi -- $gApp. A.$tThe new mathematics of algorithmic information theory is relevant to theories concerning the formation of the first living matter -- $gApp. B.$tThe limits of mathematics and the limits of reason : why everyone will always live by faith rather than certainty -- $gApp. C.$tThe evidence from contemporary physics supports the concepts of personal responsibility and free will.
520 1 $a"In A Case for the Existence of God, Dean L. Overman examines the latest theories about the origins of the universe and explains why even the most sophisticated science can take us only so far. Ultimately we must make a leap of faith to understand the world, and Overman argues that a leap into theism provides the most satisfying conclusions." "Overman explores fundamental questions about why our world exists and how it functions, using principles of logic, physics, and theology. In a time when religion and science are often portrayed as diametrically opposed, A Case for the Existence of God presents a refreshing view of the interplay between science and religion and makes a compelling case for the existence of God and His role in our world."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aReligion and science.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85112579
650 0 $aGod$xProof, Cosmological.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85055551
852 00 $buts$hBL240.3$i.O93 2009