Main Page • What's New? • Specials • Title Index: A-J • K-Z • View Cart

Archaeology • Biblical Studies • Biblical Personalities • Dead Sea Scrolls • History • Bible Software Multimedia • Reference • Religion • Travel

Feedback • Shipping Information • Order Form • CenturyOne Foundation

Glimpsing the Face of God : The Search for Meaning in the Universe Alister E. McGrath Retail Price: $18.00 CenturyOne Price: $0.00 Availability: Out-of-Print. Format: Hardcover , 124pp. ISBN: 0802839800 Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. Pub. Date: March 2002 Book Information: Description Reviews Reader's Index About the Author Table of Contents Customer Reviews Find Similar Books Average Customer Review: Out-Of-Print A new copy is not available from CenturyOne at this time. A used copy may be available from our network of book dealers. Search Out-of-Print   Item No: 1435-6 Description From The Publisher: Humankind has always been fascinated by the glories of the universe — both its microscopic detail and its vast extent. From time immemorial this fascination has led to questions about origins, purpose, and design. Glimpsing the Face of God takes as its starting point the observable order of the universe and the ways in which the natural sciences point to a discoverable God. In it Alister McGrath provides a guided tour to many forms of the search for meaning in the universe. In a highly accessible way McGrath refers to the great variety of searchers, from ancient Greece to the modern day, and explores their methods with great insight. Many widely accepted ideas are scrutinized, and dilemmas of certainty and doubt are addressed and explained. Drawing on the great poets and philosophers, the history of science, and even the methods of the great detectives of fiction, the author helps readers to enter this world of human enquiry. Illustrated throughout with thought-provoking images, Glimpsing the Face of God ranges far and wide to unwrap the universal search for meaning. It plumbs the depths of the human condition and proposes a way of seeing beyond the finite to true fulfillment of the spirit. Reviews   Reader's Index Send us your favorite quotes or passages from this book.   About the Author Alister McGrath is professor of historical theology at Oxford University, principal of Wycliffe Hall, Oxford and director of the John Templeton Oxford Seminars on Science and Christianity. He is the author of more than forty books, including In the Beginning: The Story of the King James Bible and How It Changed a Nation, a Language, and a Culture. Table of Contents 1 Intimations of a Beyond 6 2 Trying to Make Sense of Things 14 3 The Big Picture and the Best Explanation 25 4 The Quest for Wisdom 34 5 The Great Narrative of Our Destiny 46 6 Beyond the Wisdom of the Ancients 58 7 A Window of Perception 66 8 The Law of Nature 78 9 The Great Anomaly 88 10 Doctrine Rears Its Ugly Head 98 11 The End of Our Journey 110 12 The Moth and the Star 117 Customer Reviews Write your own online review. Look for Similar Books by Subject The Science of God Intelligent Design Biblical Studies

Copyright ©1996-2006 CenturyOne Bookstore. All Rights Reserved. All prices subject to change and given in U.S. dollars. Your purchase from CenturyOne.com will assist the CenturyOne Foundation in providing funding for various archaeological and research projects which seek to provide more information about the period of the First Century C.E., the origins of Christianity and the world of the Bible in general. All materials contained in http://www.centuryone.com are protected by copyright and trademark laws and may not be used for any purpose whatsoever other than private, non-commercial viewing purposes. Derivative works and other unauthorized copying or use of stills, video footage, text or graphics is expressly prohibited.