What the Future Holds for the Universe and Us? Christian Theology in Conversation with Stephen Hawking.
Stephen Hawking used his worldwide fame to warn of several future existential threats to humanity. The pessimism of some of these scenarios was interwoven with a belief in science as savior and an increasing skepticism of the value of religion and belief in God. Yet, alongside the challenge of how t...
| Published in: | Zygon: Journal of Religion & Science Vol. 60; no. 4; pp. 1261 - 1282 |
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