Eastern Orthodox Christianity and the sciences : theological, philosophical, scientific and historical aspects of the dialogue / edited by Christopher C. Knight; Alexei V. Vesteruk.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Knight, Christopher C., 1952- editor.

Nesteruk, Alexei V., editor.

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Series:

Science and Orthodox Christianity ; 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Religion and science.

Orthodox Eastern Church--Doctrines.

Orthodox Eastern Church.

Physical Description:

186 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Turnhout, Belgium : Brepols, [2021]

Summary:

Eastern Orthodox Christianityy and the Sciences' is the second volume of a series exploring Eastern Orthodox Christian perspectives on the relationship between theology and science.00Orthodox Christian theology is based on a living tradition that is deeply rooted in Greek Patristic thought. However, few systematic proposals about how this theology can respond to questions that arise from modern science have yet appeared. This volume, consisting of eleven essays by different authors about how this response should be formulated, therefore represents a significant contribution to Orthodox thinking as well as to the broader science-theology dialogue among Christians. The variety of approaches in the essays indicates that there does not yet exist among Orthodox a consensus about the methodology that is appropriate to this dialogue or about how the questions that arise from specific scientific insights should be answered. Nevertheless, they indicate the ways in which Orthodox approaches to science differ significantly from most of those to be found among Western Christian scholars, and in this way they point to an underlying unity of perspective that is rooted in the Orthodox tradition.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: pt. I General Aspects of the Dialogue between Orthodox Theology and Natural Sciences

Tradition Seeking Understanding / Christopher C. Knight

One Description, Multiple Interpretations / Doru Costache

Cosmic Liturgy, Orthodox Theology, and Integral Ecological Expertise / Sergey S. Horujy

pt. II Philosophical Aspects of the Dialogue between Orthodox Theology and Science

The Dialogue between Theology and Science in View of an Irreducible Ambiguity in Hermeneutics of the Subject / Alexei V. Nesteruk

Knowledge of God and Phenomenological Foundations of Religious Experience / Tatiana Litvin

pt. III Orthodox Theology of Nature, Ecological Insights and Bioethics

Orthodox Theology, Ecology and Science / Elizabeth Theokritoff

The Lord Is in this Place, Yet I Did Not See It' / Bruce Foltz

Reflections on Gene Editing Technology / Gayle E. Woloschak

pt. IV Historical Aspects of the Relationship between Orthodox Theology and Science

References of Father Dumitru Staniloae's Thought in the Dialogue between Theology and Science / Adrian Lemeni

Contemporary Russian Orthodoxy / Kirill Kopeikin.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

ISBN:

9782503592671

2503592678

OCLC:

1249751036