understanding our place in the universe Vainio, Olli-Pekka creator author. text bibliography miu Grand Rapids, Michigan Baker Academic c2018 2018 monographic eng

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xi, 212 pages ; 23 cm. Every saga has a beginning: philosophical cosmologies in the ancient world -- The voyage home: cosmos in early Christian thought -- Resistance is futile: Galileo, Newton, and Darwin -- All these worlds: on the multiverse -- If it's just us, it seems like an awful waste of space: on human uniqueness -- Infinite space, infinite terror: our cosmic (in)significance -- In space no one can hear you scream? God and being -- There is no gene for the human spirit: images of God -- Come with me if you want to live: incarnations -- To boldly go: beings in search of greater understanding. by Olli-Pekka Vainio. Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-206) and indexes. Biblical cosmology Cosmology Religion and science BS651 .V26 2018 261.5/5 9780801099434 (pbk. : alk. paper) : 2017052478 DLC 200205 20250312110737.0 20227480 eng