God, Matter and Time

God, Matter and Time

How a Timeless God Interacts with Temporal Humanity

ByDr. Terence Tapera

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God, Matter, and Time: How a Timeless God Interacts with Temporal Humanity is a rigorous theological and philosophical exploration of one of the most enduring questions in religious thought: how an eternal, timeless God meaningfully engages a world bound by time, change, and human finitude. Drawing from biblical theology, classical Jewish and Christian philosophy, metaphysics, and modern science, this book examines time not as a neutral backdrop, but as a created, moral, and spiritually charged reality. From Genesis and the Psalms to prophetic literature and apocalyptic visions, the text traces how time is structured, sanctified, and oriented toward divine purpose. Engaging thinkers such as Augustine, Boethius, Aquinas, Maimonides, and contemporary voices in physics and theology, the book bridges ancient wisdom with modern insights from relativity and cosmology. Central themes include divine timelessness, human freedom, moral responsibility, sacred rhythms, incarnation, and eschatological fulfillment. Rather than treating eternity as abstract or detached, this work presents time as the arena in which faith, ethics, and spiritual formation unfold. God, Matter, and Time invites scholars, theologians, and serious readers to reconsider how temporal human life participates in an eternal horizon-and how meaning, responsibility, and hope are shaped by living between time and eternity.

Details

Publication Date
Feb 26, 2026
Language
English
Category
Religion & Spirituality
Copyright
All Rights Reserved - Standard Copyright License
Contributors
By (author): Dr. Terence Tapera

Specifications

Pages
264
Binding Type
Paperback Perfect Bound
Interior Color
Black & White
Dimensions
US Letter (8.5 x 11 in / 216 x 279 mm)

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