Einstein and the Image of God: A Response to Contempoary Atheism - Softcover

Kropf, Richard W

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1514879328 ISBN 13: 9781514879320

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2015

Synopsis

About This Book A century ago or so, Albert Einstein, the greatest scientist of his era, shocked the world with ideas in the field of physics that were so radical that not even he was prepared to accept all their consequences. In much the same way, Einstein had adopted a view of God (God as understood by the philosopher Spinoza) that was so abstract and distant from that presented by the Bible that he was repeatedly accused of being an atheist – a charge that he repeatedly denied, even while reluctantly admitting that most humans require a God who is more personal. In this book the author, a specialist in religion and science, asks if Jesus (whom Einstein greatly admired) can continue to serve as our “image of the invisible God”, even while admitting that Einstein’s (and Spinoza’s) idea of God is perhaps the most credible. And if not, is there a still more radical view, one that is compatible with Christian tradition?

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About the Author:

Richard W. Kropf, ordained for the diocese of Lansing, Michigan, in 1958, holds a PhD. from the University of Ottawa and a Doctorate in Theology from St. Paul University. A member of the Catholic Theological Society of America, he has been a parish assistant and administrator, college chaplain, and an instructor in philosophy, psychology, religious studies, and theology. His previous publications include Evil and Evolution: A Theodicy; Faith, Security & Risk; The Faith of Jesus, and Forever: Evolution and the Quest for Life beyond Life.

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1514879328
• ISBN 13: 9781514879320
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224