God, Time, and Eternity: The Coherence of Theism II: Eternity (v. 2) [Hardcover]

W.L. Craig (Author)

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Publication Date: October 1, 2001 | ISBN-10: 1402000111 | ISBN-13: 978-1402000119 | Edition: 1

In this highly original and ground-breaking work, the author brings together discussions in the philosophy of time and space, philosophy of language, phenomenology, philosophy of science, Special and General Relativity, classical cosmology, quantum mechanics, and so forth, with the concerns of philosophy of religion and theology, in order to craft a philosophically informed and scientifically tenable doctrine of divine eternity and God's relationship to time.

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From the reviews: "William Craig makes a persuasive case for the A- (tensed) theory of time and against the B- (tenseless) theory of time. … Craig’s scholarly work, which expertly integrates philosophy, science, and theology, deserves to be read widely." (Paul Copan, The Review of Metaphysics, Vol. LVI (223), 2003)

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• Hardcover: 334 pages
• Publisher: Springer; 1 edition (October 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1402000111
• ISBN-13: 978-1402000119
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.1 x 0.8 inches
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• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
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I am the Research Professor of Philosophy at Talbot School of Theology in La Mirada, California. With my wife Jan, we have two grown children.

At the age of sixteen as a junior in high school, I first heard the message of the Christian gospel and yielded my life to Christ. I pursued undergraduate studies at Wheaton College (B.A. 1971) and graduate studies at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School (M.A. 1974; M.A. 1975), the University of Birmingham (England) (Ph.D. 1977), and the University of Munich (Germany) (D.Theol. 1984). From 1980-86 I taught Philosophy of Religion at Trinity, during which time we started our family. In 1987 we moved to Brussels, Belgium, where I pursued research at the University of Louvain until assuming my position at Talbot in 1994.

I have authored or edited over thirty books, including The Kalam Cosmological Argument; Assessing the New Testament Evidence for the Historicity of the Resurrection of Jesus; Divine Foreknowledge and Human Freedom; Theism, Atheism and Big Bang Cosmology; and God, Time and Eternity, as well as over a hundred articles in professional journals of philosophy and theology, including Philosophia Christi, The Journal of Philosophy, New Testament Studies, Journal for the Study of the New Testament, American Philosophical Quarterly, Philosophical Studies, Philosophy, and British Journal for Philosophy of Science.

My CV can be read here: http://www.reasonablefaith.org/site/PageServer?pagename=curriculum_vitae

Publication list: http://www.reasonablefaith.org/site/PageServer?pagename=publications_main

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5.0 out of 5 stars Mind-blowing and a great read, February 11, 2007

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This review is from: God, Time, and Eternity: The Coherence of Theism II: Eternity (v. 2) (Hardcover)

I thought this was going to be a real grind, but it turned out to be incredibly fun and interesting. The topics covered are abstruse, but the way Craig writes, one can follow it relatively easily, and in some places effortlessly. His ideas about time and eternity are fascinating, but the material that really blew my mind was what he wrote on special and general relativity and quantum mechanics. He showed how Einstein's idea that there is no privileged frame of reference has been debunked by several theories and experiments in 20th century physics. I had heard of all the theories and experiments before but had never put them together in such a startling way. I am still reeling - my conception of the universe has been shattered. This is really great stuff. One of the best books I've ever read! I will have to read all Craig's books (I've read one other before, his debate with a Jesus Seminar scholar in which he also shines - and I say this as someone who's far more liberal in his religion than Craig is).