Non­fic­tion

God Accord­ing to God: A Physi­cist Proves We’ve Been Wrong About God All Along

Ger­ald L. Schroeder
  • Review
By – October 10, 2011
Schroed­er, an emi­nent sci­en­tist with impres­sive cre­den­tials, is now an applied the­olo­gian teach­ing in Jerusalem. He has writ­ten an intrigu­ing book that will stim­u­late think­ing about the world, God, and Judaism. His view of God, ema­nat­ing from God’s self-ref­er­en­tial state­ment Ehiyeh ash­er Ehiyeh,” which he apt­ly trans­lates as I will be that which I will be” serves as the basis for his under­stand­ing of the com­pat­i­bil­i­ty of the Big Bang the­o­ry of cre­ation and the Bib­li­cal account, and is also the basis for his con­cept of a dynam­ic God for whom change is His cor­ner­stone. Schroeder’s sci­ence” is at times less than eas­i­ly acces­si­ble for non-sci­ence ori­ent­ed per­sons, and at oth­er times rather under­stand­able and fas­ci­nat­ing. He has keen insights into Bib­li­cal inter­pre­ta­tions as well. With that said, nonethe­less, this review­er — who tends to be far less per­suad­ed by attempts to prove notions that are at their very heart faith­based— wish­es that the book had been titled, God Accord­ing to God Accord­ing to Me: A Physi­cist Makes Some Always Inter­est­ing, At Times Com­pelling Argu­ments for a Fas­ci­nat­ing View of God.” Appen­dix, indices, notes.
William Liss-Levin­son is vice pres­i­dent, chief strat­e­gy & oper­a­tions offi­cer of Cas­tle Con­nol­ly Med­ical Ltd., a con­sumer health research, infor­ma­tion, and pub­lish­ing com­pa­ny. He holds a Ph.D. in edu­ca­tion and is a mem­ber of the board of direc­tors of the Jew­ish Book Council.

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