{"id":1991,"date":"2009-10-28T09:57:00","date_gmt":"2009-10-28T09:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2009\/10\/at-home-in-the-garden-of-god\/"},"modified":"2009-10-28T09:57:00","modified_gmt":"2009-10-28T09:57:00","slug":"at-home-in-the-garden-of-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2009\/10\/at-home-in-the-garden-of-god.html","title":{"rendered":"At Home In The Garden Of God"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>I received an e-mail today about a new book on theological cosmology, from which the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.augsburgfortress.org\/media\/downloads\/0800663586_ToC.pdf\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">table of contents<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.augsburgfortress.org\/media\/downloads\/0800663586_Preface.pdf\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">preface<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.augsburgfortress.org\/media\/downloads\/0800663586_Chapter%20one.pdf\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">first chapter<\/a> are available online for free.<\/p>\n<p>The book is <i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0800663586?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=jamefmcgrshom-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=0800663586\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Garden of God: A Theological Cosmology (Theology and the Sciences)<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"1\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=jamefmcgrshom-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0800663586\" width=\"1\" border=\"0\"><\/i> by Alejandro Garc\u00eda-Rivera.<\/p>\n<p>Given the interest I and many readers of this blog share in the intersection between religion and science, it definitely seemed worth sharing.<\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/tracker\/7622297540113836091-4257712029582552055?l=exploringourmatrix.blogspot.com\" alt=\"\"><\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I received an e-mail today about a new book on theological cosmology, from which the table of contents, preface and first chapter are available online for free. The book is The Garden of God: A Theological Cosmology (Theology and the Sciences) by Alejandro Garc\u00eda-Rivera. 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