Creation out of Nothing
E725366
Creation out of Nothing is a philosophical and theological work by William Lane Craig that rigorously defends the doctrine of creatio ex nihilo against contemporary scientific and metaphysical challenges.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Creation out of Nothing canonical | 1 |
| creation ex nihilo | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8332771 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Creation out of Nothing Context triple: [William Lane Craig, hasWritten, Creation out of Nothing]
-
A.
Creation
"Creation" is a biographical drama film about Charles Darwin’s life and the personal struggles surrounding the development of his theory of evolution.
-
B.
Creation
Creation is a historical novel by Gore Vidal that follows a Persian diplomat in the 5th century BCE as he encounters major ancient civilizations and religious thinkers, exploring the origins of Eastern and Western philosophies.
-
C.
Creation of the world
Creation of the world is the biblical account in Genesis describing how God brought the universe, Earth, and all living things into existence.
-
D.
The Creation of the Universe
The Creation of the Universe is a popular science book by physicist George Gamow that explains modern cosmology and the origins and evolution of the universe for a general audience.
-
E.
The Creation of the Universe
The Creation of the Universe is a major sculptural work by American artist Frederick Hart that reflects his characteristic blend of spiritual, figurative, and cosmological themes.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Creation out of Nothing Target entity description: Creation out of Nothing is a philosophical and theological work by William Lane Craig that rigorously defends the doctrine of creatio ex nihilo against contemporary scientific and metaphysical challenges.
-
A.
Creation
"Creation" is a biographical drama film about Charles Darwin’s life and the personal struggles surrounding the development of his theory of evolution.
-
B.
Creation
Creation is a historical novel by Gore Vidal that follows a Persian diplomat in the 5th century BCE as he encounters major ancient civilizations and religious thinkers, exploring the origins of Eastern and Western philosophies.
-
C.
Creation of the world
Creation of the world is the biblical account in Genesis describing how God brought the universe, Earth, and all living things into existence.
-
D.
The Creation of the Universe
The Creation of the Universe is a popular science book by physicist George Gamow that explains modern cosmology and the origins and evolution of the universe for a general audience.
-
E.
The Creation of the Universe
The Creation of the Universe is a major sculptural work by American artist Frederick Hart that reflects his characteristic blend of spiritual, figurative, and cosmological themes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
ⓘ
theological work ⓘ |
| addresses |
contemporary metaphysical challenges to creation
ⓘ
contemporary scientific challenges to creation ⓘ |
| arguesAgainst |
eternal universe models
ⓘ
naturalistic accounts of the origin of the universe ⓘ |
| author | William Lane Craig NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coAuthor | Paul Copan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfPublication |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| critiques |
alternative creation models in contemporary theology
ⓘ
materialist accounts of the universe’s origin ⓘ pantheistic views of the world ⓘ process theology accounts of creation ⓘ |
| defends | doctrine of creatio ex nihilo ⓘ |
| examines |
biblical foundations of creatio ex nihilo
ⓘ
historical development of the doctrine of creation ⓘ philosophical coherence of creation out of nothing ⓘ relationship between cosmology and theology ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
nature of divine causation
ⓘ
origin of the universe ⓘ relation between God and time ⓘ |
| genre |
Christian apologetics
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
philosophy of religion ⓘ systematic theology ⓘ |
| hasPerspective | Christian theism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
philosophers
ⓘ
students of religion ⓘ theologians ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
creatio ex nihilo
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
doctrine of creation ⓘ |
| philosophicalDiscipline | philosophy of religion ⓘ |
| publisher | Baker Academic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Reasonable Faith
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Kalam Cosmological Argument NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subject |
Christian theology
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
cosmology ⓘ metaphysics ⓘ science and religion ⓘ |
| supports | classical doctrine of creation ⓘ |
| supportsView | God created the universe out of nothing ⓘ |
| theologicalTradition | evangelical Christianity ⓘ |
| usesMethod |
analytic philosophy
ⓘ
biblical exegesis ⓘ historical theology ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Creation out of Nothing Description of subject: Creation out of Nothing is a philosophical and theological work by William Lane Craig that rigorously defends the doctrine of creatio ex nihilo against contemporary scientific and metaphysical challenges.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
creation ex nihilo