Creation: The Impact of an Idea

From the Table of ContentsGeneral IntroductionPART I: Nature1. DANIEL O'CONNOR, Introduction: TWO Philosophies of Nature2. MICHAEL FOSTER, The Christian Doctrine of Creation and theRise of Modern Natural Science3. FRANCIS OAKLEY, Christian Theology and the NewtonianScience: The Rise of the Concept of the Laws of Nature4. LYNN WHITE, JR., What Accelerated Technological Progressin the Western Middles Ages?PART II: Man5. DANIEL O'CONNOR, Introduction: The Human and the Divine6. EMIL BRUNNER, The Problem of Time7. ERICH FRANK, Letter and Spirit8. ETIENNE GILSON, Christian OptimismPART III: Society9. FRANCIS OAKLEY, Introduction: The Sacral Norm10. AREND TH. VAN LEEUWEN, Kingship in Israel and in Babylon11. NUMA FUSTEL DE COULANGES, Christianity Changes theConditions of Government12. T. M. PARKER, The Western Church and the Post-RomanWorld13. BRIAN TIERNEY, Medieval Canon Law and WesternConstitutionalismEpilogueHANS JONAS, Jewish and Christian Elements in the WesternPhilosophical Tradition