ASTRO-THEOLOGY

The term astro-theology comes from an early 18th century book, Astro-Theology: or,

A Demonstration of the Being and Attributes of God, from a Survey of the Heavens (1715)

by William Derham (born 1657, died 1735).

September 2012 issue of Journal of Cosmology, Volume 20

Editors: Rudy E. Schild and Carl H. Gibson

Guest Editors Volumes 19 and 20: Theodore Walker, Jr. and Joseph A. Bracken

Guest Editorial Comment: Theodore Walker, Jr.

Guest Editor Festschrift, Seeking Common Ground, Joseph A. Bracken

CONTENTS

ARTICLES

 

Bracken, Joseph A., An Unscientific Postscript to "Whiteheadian Actual Entities and String Theory" , pp 8635-8644.

 

Ford, Lewis S., A Process Cosmology , pp 8645-8647.

 

Keller, Catherine, The Entangled Cosmos: an experiment in physical theopoetics, pp 8648-8666. catherinekeller22@gmail.com

 

Mesle, C. Robert, Quantum Indeterminacy and the Case for Freedom in Nature, pp 8667-8677.

 

Vannini, Antonella and Ulisse Di Corpo, Syntropy, Teleology and Theology, pp 8678-8688.

 

Cocke, W. J., Probability Methods and Multiple Conscious Lifetimes, pp 8802-8820.

 

Kazmer Ujvarosy The Seed Origin of the Universe. 15 Pages.

 

Walker, Jr., Theodore. Astrotheology and Cosmotheology - Bridging the Chasm between Science and Theology,pp 8830 - 8874 pp 8730-8732.

 

COMMENTARIES

 

Athearn, Daniel. The Limits of Materialism: Auspicious for Teleological Explanation?, pp 8689-8696.

 

Kragh, Helge. Scientific Cosmology and Theology: Two Separate Worlds, pp 8697-8701. helge.kragh@ivs.au.dk

 

McHenry, Leemon. Whitehead’s Multiverse, pp 8702-8706. leemon.mchenry@csun.edu]

 

O’Meara, Thomas. Extraterrestrials and Religious Questions, pp 8707-8714.

 

Persinger, Michael A., Ryan C. Burke, and Trevor N. Carniello. Quantitative Convergence of
Concepts in Physical Cosmology and Theology, pp 8715-8724.

 

Rescher, Nicholas. Ultimate Explanation , pp 8725-8729.

 

Walker, Jr., Theodore. Invitation to comment on theology in cosmology, especially astro-theology in
the Journal of Cosmology (sent 15 August 2012), pp 8730-8732.

 

 

BOOK REVIEW

 

Walker, Jr., Theodore. Review of Carl Sagan's Gifford Lectures, edited by Ann Druyan , pp 8733-8745.

 

Excerpts from Astro-Theology: or, A Demonstration of the Being and Attributes of God from a Survey of
the Heavens (1715) by William Derham (born 1657, died 1735) , pp 8746-8749.

 

APPENDIX

 

J. L. Synge on WHITEHEAD’S PRINCIPLE OF RELATIVITY, A. John Colman, Editor, 2005 arXiv 050502v2, pp 8750-8801.

David Ray Griffin and Donald W. Sherburne, Editors, PART V FINAL INTERPRETATION in: Process and Reality: An Essay in Cosmology By Alfred North Whitehead Corrected Edition (Wikipedia), pp 8750-8764.