The Big Bang and God

As advanced by astronomer-cosmologist Sir Fred Hoyle, astronomy, biology, astrobiology, astrophysics, and cosmology converge agreeably with natural theology. In The Big Bang and God, these interdisciplinary convergences are developed by an astronomer collaborating with a theologian.

AcknowledgementsAbstractSummary PreviewPART I: ASTRO-THEOLOGY AND COSMOLOGY1.1. Modern Astro-Theology - William Derham1.4. Postmodern Revisions1.7. Cosmology - Fred Hoyle1.8. Big Bang Cosmology - Georges Edouard Lemaître1.11. Big Bang Cosmology - Edgar Allan Poe1.20. Hoyle's Contributions to Big Bang, Steady State, Quasi-Steady-State, Inflationary, and Multiverse CosmologiesPART II: INTERDISCIPLINARY CONVERGENCES: FROM STARDUST TO DEITY2.1. Astrochemistry2.3. From Astrochemistry to Astrobiology2.4. First Hoylean Argument Leading to Astrobiology2.5. Anthropic Principle2.10. Nuclear Astrophysics2.11. Second Hoylean Argument Leading to Astrobiology2.12. Astrobiology2.16. Comets and Biology - Cometary Panspermia2.19. Interstellar Bacteria2.20. Astrobiology and Cosmology2.21. From Astrobiology and Cosmology to TheologyPART III: MICROBIOLOGY AND COMETARY PANSPERMIA3.1. Origins of Microbial Life3.14. Enter Fred Hoyle3.22. From Elements to Organic Molecules and Life3.24. Hoyle-Wickramasinghe Collaboration Begins3.30. Cometary Panspermia verses Random Assembly3.35. The Meteorite Microfossil Saga3.39. Microorganisms in the Stratosphere3.41. Cometary Panspermia Today3.45. Concerning the Next ChapterPART IV: COSMOLOGY, REALITY, AND PANORAMIC THEOLOGY4.1. Cosmic Variables4.2. Variations in Reality-inclusiveness4.4. Reality-inclusiveness and the Reality of God4.6. Panentheism4.11. Pantheism4.12. Classical Theisms4.14. Atheism4.15. Reality-inclusiveness and Universe4.16. Panentheism Affirms One God, One UniversePART V: COSMOLOGY, PANORAMIC BIOLOGY, AND PANORAMIC PSYCHOLOGY5.1. Cosmology: Definitions and Scope5.7. Cosmological Models5.16. Cosmology: Where Biology and Psychology Meet Theology5.20. Panspermia and Panpsychism: Dictionary Data5.23. Panspermia5.28. Panpsychism5.30. Panpsychism and Brain Functions5.36. Panpsychism as Neoclassical and Postmodern5.39. Panpsychism / Universal Psychicalism5.42. Universal Animism5.43. Universal Creationism Entails Universal Evolution5.47. Panpsychism and Obviously Inanimate ObjectsPART VI: ANALOGY, METAPHYSICS, FACT, MYTHICAL SYMBOLS, THEOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS, AND RELIGION IN POSTMODERN SCIENCE6.1. Mind-Body Analogy and Person-to-Cell Analogy6.6. From Psychology and Biology to Theology6.8. Analogy and Metaphysics6.10. From Astro-Biotic and Cosmo-Biotic Reasoning to Theology6.19. Factual Requirements in Postmodern Science6.28. Cometary Panspermia and Mythical Symbols6.33. Cometary Panspermia and Theological Implications6.38. Panspermia and ReligionPART VII: FUTURE INTERDISCIPLINARY CONVERGENCES TOWARD THEOLOGY: A POSTMODERN TREND7.1. Astronomy, Astrobiology, Cosmology, Theology7.3. Sociology7.5. Metaphysical Sociology7.6. Metaphysics of Nature7.7. Metaphysics of Morals7.8. Liberty-Oriented Ethics, Theology, and Cosmology7.9. Narration/Storytelling7.11. Mythology7.14. Graphic Images, Art, Dance, Music, Poetry, and Literature7.16. Science and Science Fiction7.19. Science and Spirituality7.20. Multiverse Speculations and Avoiding the G-word7.22. Multiverse and Implicit Generic Quasi-Steady-State Cosmology7.27. Concluding PredictionsPART VIII: FUTURE ASTROBIOLOGY8.1. Rigidity of Paradigms8.8. Clash with Religion: The Arkansas Trial8.13. Emergence of Cometary Panspermia8.18. Clash with Authority8.20. Evolutionary Predictions8.23. Horizontal Gene Transfer8.28. Viral Sequences in Genomes8.32. Astronomical Spectroscopy8.35. Crucial Data from Meteorites8.36. The Polonnaruwa MeteoritePART IX9.0. From William Derham's Modern Demonstration of God to John Wesley's Precedent for Postmodern Exemplification of God