The beginning of all things : science and religion / Hans Küng ; translated by John Bowden.

Anfang aller Dinge. English

Grand Rapids, Mich. : William B. Eerdmans Pub. Co., 2008.

xiv, 220 pages ; 23 cm

Pbk. ed.

"Originally published 2005 in German as Der Anfang aller Dinge: Naturwissenschaft und Religion, c2005 Piper Verlag GmbH, Munich"--T.p. verso.

The riddle of reality -- A physical description of the beginning -- What holds the world together in its innermost being? -- The dispute about the foundations of mathematics -- The inadequacies of positivism -- The questionability of reality -- Science and theology : different perspectives -- The question of the beginning of beginnings -- Science blocked by the critique of religion? -- Where do the constants in nature come from? -- Reactions to the cosmic fine-tuning -- Why isn't there nothing? -- The beginning as the beginning of a becoming -- Theological defense -- Evolution with or without God? -- How are we to think of God? -- Bible and creation -- The testimony of faith to the ultimate origin --

How long has there been life? -- How did life arise? -- Chance or necessity? -- Why a universe that is friendly to life? -- Miracle -- How are we to think of God's activity? -- The physical development of human beings -- The psychological development of human beings -- Brain and mind -- The limits of brain research -- The beginnings of the human ethic -- Epilogue : the end of all things.