1st Edition

The Entangled God Divine Relationality and Quantum Physics

By Kirk Wegter-McNelly Copyright 2011
224 Pages 11 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

208 Pages 11 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

In The Entangled God , Kirk Wegter-McNelly addresses the age-old theological question of how God is present to the world by constructing a novel, scientifically informed account of the God–world relation. Drawing on recent scientific and philosophical work in "quantum entanglement," Wegter-McNelly develops the metaphor of "divine entanglement" to ground the relationality and freedom of physical... Read more

1. Setting the Stage  2. Relationality in Contemporary Theology  3. Separateness in Classical Physics  4. Entanglement in Quantum Physics  5. Philosophical Perspectives  6. Entanglement, Theologically Speaking

Biography

Kirk Wegter-McNelly is Assistant Professor of Theology at Boston University, and teaches and writes about the theological implications of contemporary science. He is co-editor of Quantum Mechanics: Scientific Perspectives on Divine Action (2001) and Science and the Spiritual Quest: New Essays by Leading Scientists (Routledge, 2002).