Special issue · 2017
Vol. 4, Sp. Iss. a Pages 1-36
6 articles · pp. 1-36 · All issues →
Special Issue: Author Meets Critic (AMC)The Gracious God In, With, and Under Cosmic History: A Critical Response to Ted Peters
Ann Milliken Pederson
Reading God in Cosmic History was like quenching a dry, parched throat with a long cool drink of water. Indeed, Peters claims that humans have an “ontological thirst” for the ultimate and this book attempts to satisfy the thirst or at least provide…
14 Feb 2018DOI 10.17582/journal.src/2017/4.1.6.11
Special Issue: Author Meets Critic (AMC)Evolution and Teleology: A Critical Response to Ted Peters
Francisco J. Ayala
In chapter 19 of Ted Peters’ new book, God in Cosmic History, he addresses the knotty question of teleology in evolutionary biology. This requires further discussion. Scientifically speaking, we can perceive design in nature without a designer. On the on…
14 Feb 2018DOI 10.17582/journal.src/2017/4.1.23.26- Special Issue: Author Meets Critic (AMC)
The Cosmos in Light of the Cross: A Critical Response to Ted Peters
George L. Murphy
Ted Peters’ idea of Cosmic History includes the scientific account of Natural History right along with the story of humanity according to World History. Cosmic History adds meaning to the scientific account of natural history. But, in my critique, I cont…
14 Feb 2018DOI 10.17582/journal.src/2017/4.1.18.22 - Special Issue: Author Meets Critic (AMC)
God in Cosmic History: Responding to my Critics
Ted Peters
Here is the key question around which this Author-Meets-Critic revolves: can we raise the question of God’s existence or God’s grace in a meaningful way while studying a combination of natural history and human history? No, say big historians; we c…
14 Feb 2018DOI 10.17582/journal.src/2017/4.1.27.36 - Special Issue: Author Meets Critic (AMC)
God in Cosmic History: A Critical Response to Ted Peters
Nancy R. Howell
In his new book, God in Cosmic History, Ted Peters carries Big History beyond the scientific horizon to reflect on the God of creation and redemption. In critique, I ask two questions: (1) What does Peters’ Cosmic History contribute to addressing the iss…
14 Feb 2018DOI 10.17582/journal.src/2017/4.1.12.17 - Special Issue: Author Meets Critic (AMC)
From Big History to Cosmic History: A Critical Response to Ted Peters
Lowell Gustafson
In God in Cosmic History: Where Science & History Meet Religion, Ted Peters makes an important contribution to our thinking about a crucial set of dialogues among science, history, and religion. His goal is to expand a secular view of Big History to one of…
13 Feb 2018DOI 10.17582/journal.src/2017/4.1.1.5