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The Universe as Communion

Towards a Neo-Patristic Synthesis of Theology and Science [Hardback]

by Rev'd Dr Alexei Nesteruk

    • Author

      Rev'd Dr Alexei Nesteruk

    • Book Format

      Hardback

    • Publisher

      Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

    • Published

      July 2008

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    In this book a new and distinctive approach to the science-religion debate emerges from a synthesis of the Eastern Orthodox Christian tradition with phenomenological thought. Developing ideas of Greek Patristics the author treats faith, with its sense of the Divine presence, and knowledge of the universe, as two modes of communion which constitute the human condition. The modern opposition between science and theology (which is historically paralleled with the Church's split between East and West, and monasticism and Christianity in the world), is treated as the split between two intentionalities of the overall human subjectivity. The human person, as a centre of their reconciliation, becomes the major theme of the dialogue between science and theology. It is argued that the reconciliation of science and theology is not simply an academic exercise; it requires an existential change, a change of mind (metanoia), which cannot be effected without ecclesial involvement. Then the person who effectuates the mediation between science and theology is raised to the level of "cosmic priesthood" while the mediation acquires the features of a "cosmic Eucharist" in which all divisions and tensions in creation and humanity are removed.
    It is through this existential change accompanied by phenomenological analysis that scientific theories can be subjected to a certain "vision" through which the hidden ultimate goal (telos) of scientific research (as the explication of the human condition) shows its kinship to the saving telos advocated by Christian faith. The opposition between theology and science is thus being para-eucharistically overcome.

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    • Author

      Rev'd Dr Alexei Nesteruk

    • Book Format

      Hardback

    • Publisher

      Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

    • Published

      July 2008

    • Weight

      591g

    • Page Count

      286

    • Dimensions

      156 x 234 x 18 mm

    • ISBN

      9780567033277

    • ISBN-10

      0567033279

    • Eden Code

      3157432

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    • Author/Creator: Rev'd Dr Alexei Nesteruk

    • ISBN: 9780567033277

    • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

    • Release Date: July 2008

    • Weight: 591g

    • Dimensions: 156 x 234 x 18 mm

    • Eden Code: 3157432


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