God after Einstein: What’s Really Going On in the Universe?

A leading theologian presents a hopeful account of the universe after Einstein, exploring it as a meaningful drama of awakening“This book is a deep and provocative piece of theology that proposes we engage with the universe as a kind of narrative of awakening and unfolding, as well as an important and useful approach for thinking about theology with respect to modern cosmology.”-Matthew Stanley, New York University Before the early twentieth century, scientists and theologians knew almost nothing about time’s enormity and the corresponding immensity of space.But now, after Einstein, cosmology offers theology a whole new way of looking at the ageless questions about matter, time, God, cosmic purpose, and the significance of our lives.The universe need not be thought of as simply an endless reshuffling of lifeless and mindless atoms in a pointless series of moments.Rather, the universe is a temporal drama of awakening whose meaning can be revealed only gradually by looking, in a spirit o