General Ideas of Ultimate Reality

Austin, Scott. “Parmenides and Ultimate Reality." Ultimate Reality and Meaning. 7, 3 (1984) 220-232.

Banchoff, Thomas F. "The Fourth Dimension and the Theology of Edwin Abbott." In A Seventh Conference on Mathematics from a Christian Perspective, edited by Chase, Gene B. Messiah College (1989) 3-10.

Bloemendal, M. "Origins, Time and Complexity: The Jewish Attitude Towards Nature." In Studies in Science and Theology vol. 2, edited by George Coyne, Karl Schmitz-Moormann, Christoph Wassermann. Geneva, Switzerland: Labor et Fides (1994) 250-255.

Byl, John. "On Craig's defence of the Kalam cosmological argument." In Facets of Faith and Science. vol. 4, edited by Jitse M. van der Meer. Ancaster, ON: Pascal Centre for Advanced Studies in Faith and Science (1996) 75-90.

Cantor, Geoffrey N. "The Theological Significance of Ethers." In Conceptions of Ether: Studies in the History of Ether Theories 1740-1900, edited by Geoffrey N. Cantor, M. J. S. Hodge. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press (1981) 135-155.

Cox, Harvey. "Christianity." In Our Religions, edited by Arvind Sharma. New York: Harper San Francisco (1993) 357-423.
A concise, balanced introduction to Christianity.

Davis, Edward Bradford. "Facets of Faith and Science: Newton's Rejection of the 'Newtonian Worldview': The Role of Divine Will in Newton's Natural Philosophy." In Facets of Faith and Science. vol. 3, edited by Jitse M. van der Meer. Ancaster, ON: Pascal Centre for Advanced Studies in Faith and Science (1996) 75-96.

Fredriksen, Paula. "Christ and Redemption." In Ultimate Reality in Ancient Christianity, edited by R. C. Neville and W. Wildman. Albany, NY: State Univeristy of New York (2001) 61-73.
Considers only the New Testament authors' views on UR.

Galleni, Lodovico. "Levels of Organisation and Evolution from Teilhard de Chardin to Lovelock." In The Concept of Nature in Science and Theology, edited by Niels Gregersen, Michael Parson. Geneva, Switzerland: Labor et Fides (1998) 111-117.

Hahn, Roger. "Laplace and the Mechanistic Universe." In God and Nature: Historical Essays on the Encounter Between Christianity and Science, edited by David C. Lindberg, Ronald L. Numbers. Berkeley: University of California Press (1986) 256-276.

Hut, Piet. "Life as a Laboratory." In Buddhism and Science: Breaking New Ground, edited by A. Wallace. New York: Columbia Univ. Press, 2001. 

Jacob, Margaret C. "Christianity and the Newtonian World View." In God and Nature: Historical Essays on the Encounter Between Christianity and Science, edited by David Lindberg, Ronald L. Numbers. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press (1986) 238-255.

Laurent, J. W. A., Jan C. A. van der Lubbe. "Origins, Time and Complexity: Greek and Hebrew Elements in Christian Thinking about the Concept of Time." In Studies in Science and Theology vol. 2, edited by George Coyne, Karl Schmitz-Moormann, Christoph Wassermann. Geneva, Switzerland: Labor et Fides (1994) 182-187.

Long, Herbert S. “Xenophanes’ Concern with Ultimate Reality and Meaning." Ultimate Reality and Meaning. 7, 2 (1984) 102-116.

Mannoia, James. "Is God an Exception to Whitehead's metaphysics?" In Process Theology, edited by Nash, Ronald H. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House (1987) 387.

Nasr, Seyyed Hossein. "Islam." In Our Religions, edited by Arvind Sharma. New York: Harper San Francisco (1993) 425-532.
A concise, balanced introduction to Islam.

Neusner, Jacob. "Judaism." In Our Religions, edited by Arvind Sharma. New York: Harper San Francisco (1993) 291-355.
A concise, balanced introduction to Judaism.

Pennings, Tim. "Infinity and the Absolute: Insights into Our World, Our Faith and Ourselves." In Paradigm Shifts in the Mathematical Sciences, edited by Robert L. Brabenec. Santa Barbara, CA: Westmont College (1993) 91-102.

Rahman, Fazlur. "Ibn Sina's Theory of the God-World Relationship." In God and Creation: An Ecumenical Symposium, edited by David Burrell, Bernard McGinn. Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press (1990) 38-55.

Rudavsky, Tamar. "Creation and Time in Maimonides and Gersonides." In God and Creation: An Ecumenical Symposium, edited by David Burrell, Bernard McGill. Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press (1990).

Saldarini, Anthony J. "God as a Many-sided Ultimate Reality in Traditional Judaism." In Ultimate Realities: Judaism, edited by R. C. Neville and W. Wildman. Albany, NY: State University of New York (2001) 37-59.
Discusses the foundation and development of Jewish thougt about God.

Schmitz-Moormann, Karl. "Teillhard de Chardin's View on Evolution." In Evolution and Creation, edited by Svend Andersen, Arthur Peacocke. Aarhus, Denmark: Aarhus University Press (1989) 162-169.

Thiel, Udo. "Personal Identity." In The Cambridge History of Seventeenth-Century Philosophy, edited by D. Garber, et al. New York: Cambridge University Press (1998) 868-912.
Covers conceptions of the self and personal identity, with its connection to metaphysics, morality, legal isssues and theology. Locke formulated the first comprehensive theory of personal identity.

Tipler, Frank J. "The Omega Point Theory: A Model of an Evolving God." In Physics, Philosophy and Theology: A Common Quest for Understanding, edited by Robert Russell, William Stoeger, et al. Vatican City State: Vatican Observatory (1988) 313-331.

Tracy, Theodore. “Ultimate Reality and Meaning in Aristotle: A Classicist’s View." Ultimate Reality and Meaning. 5, 3 (1982) 210-229.