God and the Multiverse Scientific, Philosophical, and Theological Perspectives [Hardcover]

In recent decades, scientific theories have postulated the existence of many universes beyond our own. The details and implications of these theories are hotly contested. Some philosophers argue that these scientific models count against the existence of God. Others, however, argue that if God exists, a multiverse is precisely what we should expect to find. Moreover, these philosophers claim that the idea of a divinely created multiverse can help believers in God respond to certain arguments for atheism. These proposals are, of course, also extremely controversial. This volume collects together twelve newly published essays  two by physicists, and ten by philosophers  that discuss various aspects of this issue. Some of the essays support the idea of a divinely created multiverse; others oppose it. Scientific, philosophical, and theological issues are considered.

Introduction Klaas Kraay Part 1: Physicists on God and the Multiverse  1. Puzzled by Particularity Robert B. Mann  2. The Everett Multiverse and God Don N. PagePart 2: Theistic Multiverses: Details and Applications  3. The Multiverse: Separate Worlds, Branching, or Hyperspace? And What Implications are there for Theism? Peter Forrest  4. An Argument for Modal Realism Jason Megill  5. Revisiting the Many-Universes Solution to the Problem of Evil Donald A. Turner  Part 3: Criticisms of Theistic Multiverses  6. Kraay's Theistic Multiverse Michael Schrynemakers  7. Best Worlds and MultiversesMichael Almeida  8. On Multiverses and Infinite Numbers Jeremy Gwiazda  Part 4: Pantheistic Multiverses  9. Multiverse Panl)