Table of Contents
Foreword 1
Preface 3
Chapter 1 Introduction 8
1.1 Sin, Disaster, Death and Salvation 12
1.2 The Second Law of Thermodynamics 18
1.3 The Second Law and Sin 22
Chapter 2 The Relationship between Science and Theology 29
2.1 An Historical Perspective 29
2.2 The Nature of the Relationship 33
2.3 Similarities in Methodology 43
2.4 Describing One World 51
Chapter 3 Sin and the Second Law 59
3.1 The Second Law in More Detail 60
3.2 Entropy and Sin 65
3.3 Time and Freedom 70
3.4 The Worldview 75
Chapter 4 Atonement and the Second Law 81
4.1 Theories of the Atonement 82
4.2 Death and Suffering 92
4.3 Entropy and Atonement 99
4.4 Freedom and the Cross 103
Chapter 5 Doctrine and the Second Law 107
5.1 The Doctrine of God 108
5.2 The Doctrine of the Resurrection 117
5.3 The Doctrine of Creation 127
5.4 The Eucharist 137
Chapter 6 Where Do We Go From Here? 141
6.1 Experience or Faith? Science and Theology Revisited 141
6.2 The Tale of Three Gardens: A Myth 150
Notes 154
Bibliography 163