{"id":2060,"date":"2014-09-26T13:35:33","date_gmt":"2014-09-26T20:35:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thomasjayoord.com\/index.php\/blog\/archives\/creatio_ex_nihilo_and_new_rivals"},"modified":"2015-12-13T09:02:25","modified_gmt":"2015-12-13T16:02:25","slug":"creatio_ex_nihilo_and_new_rivals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thomasjayoord.com\/index.php\/blog\/archives\/creatio_ex_nihilo_and_new_rivals","title":{"rendered":"Creatio Ex Nihilo and Its New Rivals"},"content":{"rendered":"

Routledge sent copies yesterday of a new book I edited, Theologies of Creation: Creatio Ex Nihilo and Its New Rivals. It explores current thinking about creation out of nothing, and several essays propose alternative theories of creation.<\/span><\/p>\n

Of course, humans have long wondered about the origin of the universe. And such questions are especially alive today as physicists offer metaphysical theories to account for the emergence of creation.\"\"<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Those who believe in God have attributed the universe\u2019s origin to divine activity. Many claim God created something from absolute nothingness: creatio ex nihilo<\/em>.\u00a0<\/span>The venerable doctrine of\u00a0<\/span>creatio ex nihilo<\/em>\u00a0especially emphasizes God\u2019s initial creating activity. <\/span><\/p>\n

Some contributors to this book explore new reasons\u00a0<\/span>creatio ex nihilo<\/em>\u00a0should continue to be embraced today. But other contributors question the viability of creation from nothing and offer alternative initial creation options in its place. These new alternatives explore a variety of options in light of recent scientific work, new biblical scholarship, and both new and old theological traditions.<\/span><\/p>\n

I especially want to thank those who contributed essays to the book, which include Philip Clayton,\u00a0<\/span>Catherine Keller, Michael Lodahl,<\/span>\u00a0Richard Rice, Mary-Jane Rubenstein, Marit Trelstad, Eric Vail,<\/span>\u00a0Stephen Webb, and Michael Zbaraschuk<\/span>. I also contributed an essay. <\/span><\/p>\n

Please consider getting a copy and wrestling with the issues of creation from nothing (or something)! (Here’s an amazon link: http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Theologies-Creation-Creatio-Nihilo-Rivals\/dp\/0415712157<\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\nFor those who want to think deeply about creation from nothing (or from something)! http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Theologies-Creation-Creatio-Nihilo-Rivals\/dp\/0415712157) <\/a><\/span>Share on X<\/a><\/span>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Routledge sent copies yesterday of a new book I edited, Theologies of Creation: Creatio Ex Nihilo and Its New Rivals. It explores current thinking about creation out of nothing, and several essays propose alternative theories of creation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[252,253,251,240,15,17,23,57,210,219,220,237,238,239,241,242,243,244,245,246,247,248,249,250],"yst_prominent_words":[2911,1749,1750,1756,1771,1773,1956,2405,2583,3077,3806,4087,4088,4089,4090,4091,4092,4093,4094],"class_list":["post-2060","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-theology_and_science","tag-creatio-ex-amore","tag-creatio-ex-creatione","tag-theory-of-creation","tag-nothingness","tag-thomasjayoord","tag-god","tag-oord","tag-creation","tag-richard-rice","tag-michael-lodahl","tag-philip-clayton","tag-creation-ex-nihilo","tag-creatio-ex-nihilo","tag-creation-out-of-nothing","tag-creation-theology","tag-catherine-keller","tag-mary-jane-rubenstein","tag-marit-trelstad","tag-eric-vail","tag-stephen-webb","tag-michael-zbaraschuk","tag-routledge","tag-its-new-rivals","tag-theologies-of-creation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thomasjayoord.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2060","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thomasjayoord.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thomasjayoord.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thomasjayoord.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thomasjayoord.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2060"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thomasjayoord.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2060\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thomasjayoord.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2060"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thomasjayoord.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2060"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thomasjayoord.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2060"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thomasjayoord.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=2060"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}