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The universe as communion : towards a neo-patristic synthesis of theology and science / Alexei V. Nesteruk.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Nesteruk, Alexei V., 1957-
- Series:
- T & T Clark theology.
- T & T Clark theology
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Religion and science.
- Fathers of the church.
- Phenomenological theology.
- Orthodox Eastern Church--Doctrines.
- Orthodox Eastern Church.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (299 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York, NY : T & T Clark, c2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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 intentionalit
- Contents:
- Contents; Preface; Introduction: The Delimiters of the Dialogue between Theology and Science - Tradition, Neo-Patristic Synthesis and Phenomenology; Chapter 1: A Neo-Patristic Ethos in the Dialogue between Theology and Science; Chapter 2: Neo-Patristic Synthesis and Existential Phenomenology: The Lines of Convergence; Chapter 3: Theology and Phenomenological Attitude: The Human Condition, Existential Faith and Transcendence; Chapter 4: The Dialogue between Theology and Science: Human-Centred as Opposed to Nature-Centred
- Chapter 5: The Universe as Communion: Apophatic Cosmology, Personhood and TranscendenceBibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [267]-275) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786612868061
- 9780567431066
- 0567431061
- 9781282868069
- 1282868063
- 9780567189226
- 0567189228
- OCLC:
- 676697136
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