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Does God Roll Dice?

Divine Providence for a World in the Making

Joseph A. Bracken

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01 April 2012
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Albert Einstein is often quoted as saying that "God does notplay dice," claiming an orderly and predictable structure tothe universe. Today, advances and presumptions in the fieldof quantum mechanics pose a serious challenge to such aposition. It's a challenge not only for nuclear physicists but also forChristian theologians who work to explain God's providence for theworld.In Does God Roll Dice?, noted Jesuit scholar Joseph Bracken claimsthat something like "directed chance" (Teilhard de Chardin) is God'snormal mode of operation in a world always perilously poised betweenorder and chaos. Bracken adopts the relatively new concept of self-organizingor self-correcting systems out of the natural and socialsciences to deal with controversial issues in the ongoing religion andscience debate. At the same time, he deliberately keeps the languageand context of the book suitable for the intelligent nonprofessional reader.

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Albert Einstein is often quoted as saying that "God does notplay dice," claiming an orderly and predictable structure tothe universe. Today, advances and presumptions in the fieldof quantum mechanics pose a serious challenge to such aposition. It's a challenge not only for nuclear physicists but also forChristian theologians who work to explain God's providence for theworld.In Does God Roll Dice?, noted Jesuit scholar Joseph Bracken claimsthat something like "directed chance" (Teilhard de Chardin) is God'snormal mode of operation in a world always perilously poised betweenorder and chaos. Bracken adopts the relatively new concept of self-organizingor self-correcting systems out of the natural and socialsciences to deal with controversial issues in the ongoing religion andscience debate. At the same time, he deliberately keeps the languageand context of the book suitable for the intelligent nonprofessional reader.

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