Time&Eternity

344 index
soul
immortality of, 111–14, 205, 217–19
preserved identity of, 97, 112, 205–7,
217–19
time and eternity and, 89–90
unity of temporal events in, 90–92, 140
space
absolute, 125–28, 130, 134–35, 137–39, 149,
193
as attribute of God’s divinity, 134–36, 223
creation and, 162–63, 223
curvature of, 144–45, 173
as ether, 143, 164
holy, 65
infinity and, 41–44, 56, 127
relative, 125–26, 134–35, 149
time and, 41–44, 56, 145–49, 162–63,
172–75, 223
Space, Time and Incarnation (Torrance), 186
“Space and Time” (Minkowski), 145
spatialized time, 73, 81, 149, 154, 184–85
special theory of relativity, 141–46, 148, 164,
173
speed of light, 141–44, 147, 149, 185
Spirit
at creation, 51, 99
in hymns, 51–52
multi-temporality of, 98–100, 106–9, 208,
221
role of, 51, 56, 87, 106–9, 193
time and, 106, 109, 208, 221
“Sprache und Wirklichkeit in der modernen
Physik” (Heisenberg), 156
statics
dynamics and, 71, 81, 124, 140–49, 184
in language, 156
relationality and, 3, 116–17, 174, 183–86,
190
in a theology of time, 138–40, 193–95, 218,
229
time and, 3, 81, 116–17
“Statistical Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics”
(Born), 176
succession, time as, 38, 45, 55, 68, 132–35,
139. See also traditional time
superposition principle, 152
Sv ps. See Svenska Psalmboken
Den Svenska Psalmboken (Sv ps), 13–14,
17–27, 29, 33, 36–38, 41–43, 54, 218
Swedish hymnbook (Sv ps), 13–14, 17–27, 29,
33, 36–38, 41–43, 54, 218
symmetrical time, 132, 140–49, 161, 171–73,
184, 224. See also irreversibility of time
Te Deum, 37, 44
Teilhard de Chardin, 123
Tersteegen, Gerhard, 38–39
theology of creation, 6, 99, 136, 192, 214–16.
See also creation
Theology of Hope (Moltmann), 199
theology of nature, 122, 193
theology of time. See also openness
alterity and, 4, 118, 189, 191–93, 216, 218,
230
dynamics in, 71, 124, 140–49, 184
eschatology’s role in, 195–203
God contrasted with, 82–86
the Other in, 226–31
science/theology dialogue and, 224–31
statics in, 138–40, 193–95, 218, 229
Trinitarian, 83–85, 97–102, 106, 190–98
theories of relativity, 134–35, 141–49, 160,
164, 173–75
the Theory of Everything (TOE), 141, 150,
166, 170, 175, 178–80
thermodynamics. See also multi-temporality
chaos and, 166–72
entropy, 166–69, 208, 221, 223
irreversibility, 114, 166, 171, 223–24,
227
openness of time and, 208–12, 222–23
self-organization, 168, 174, 211
static/dynamic, 71, 124, 140–49, 184
time arrow, 145, 165–68, 171, 174, 184–85,
223–24
Theunissen, Michael, 209, 219, 225
Thomas von Celano, 43
Tillich, Paul, 82, 201
time. See also theology of time; specific time
entries
characteristics of, 38, 87, 132–35, 139–40,
148, 226–27
curvature of, 144–45, 173
death and, 58, 109–15
definitions of, 45, 68, 118, 132–35, 139–40,
162–64, 223
eternity and, 86–93, 98–100, 112–16, 186,
202, 222–23, 225
eternity as the “other” of, 3, 62, 112,
116–19, 231
infinity and, 118–19
lack of, 52, 56–59, 63, 113–14