Creation Made Free Book

List of Contributors vii

Introducing Open Theology and Science 1

Part 1 Creation, Cosmology, and an Open God

Introduction to Part One 11

1 The Earth Is Not a Planet Karen Strand Winslow 113

2 An Open Theology Doctrine of Creation and Solution to the Problem of Evil Thomas Jay Oord 128

3 The (Brief) Openness Debate in Islamic Theology: And Why that Debate Should Be Different among Contemporary Christians Michael Lodahl 53

4 Rethinking Divine Presence and Activity in World Process Anna Case-Winters 69

5 Reality and the Primary Mind: Contemplating the Mind of God Brint Montgomery 88

Part 2 Evolution and the Open God

Introduction to Part Two 101

6 Evangelical Theology after Darwin Clark H. Pinnock 103

7 The Goodness of Creation and the Openness of God Craig A. Boyd 111

8 Evolution as Cosmic Warfare: A Biblical Perspective on Satan, and "Natural" Evil Gregory A. Boyd 125

Part 3 God's Knowledge and Scientific Theory

Introduction to Part Three 149

9 Beyond the Chess Master Analogy: Game Theory and Divine Providence Alan R. Rhoda 151

10 Does Heisenberg Uncertainty Apply to God? A Reliable Model of Divine Foreknowledge Alan G. Padgett 176

Part 4 Open God and Open Humanity

Introduction to Part Four 193

11 The Final Form of Love: The Science of Forgiveness and the Openness of God Richard Rice 195

12 Theological Muscle-Flexing: How Human Embodiment Shapes Discourse about God John Sanders 219

13 Emergence as Transformation: Exploring Personal Religious Experience as Promise in Open and Relational Theology Dean G. Blevins 237

Index 261