Abrahamic Reflections on Randomness and Providence Kartoniert (TB)

This open access book addresses the question of how God can providentially govern apparently ungovernable randomness. Medieval theologians confidently held that God is provident that is God is the ultimate cause of or is responsible for everything that happens. However scientific advances since the 19th century pose serious challenges to traditional views of providence. From Darwinian evolution to quantum mechanics randomness has become an essential part of the scientific worldview. An interdisciplinary team of Muslim Christian and Jewish scholars-biologists physicists philosophers and theologians-addresses questions of randomness and providence.