The Human Mind in This World and the Next: Scientific and Early Theological Perspectives
The understanding of the mind usually adopted within the current science-theology dialogue is questionable. It fails to take into account something necessary to provide a non-reductionist understanding of religious faith: what in ancient and medieval theology was termed the nous. While this concept...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Routledge
[2018]
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Theology and science
Year: 2018, Volume: 16, Issue: 2, Pages: 151-165 |
| IxTheo Classification: | CF Christianity and Science NBE Anthropology NBQ Eschatology VA Philosophy ZD Psychology |
| Further subjects: | B
Cognitive Science
B Soul music B Idealism B Nous B Eschatology |
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| Summary: | The understanding of the mind usually adopted within the current science-theology dialogue is questionable. It fails to take into account something necessary to provide a non-reductionist understanding of religious faith: what in ancient and medieval theology was termed the nous. While this concept may require re-interpretation for our present age in terms of a different philosophical framework, any recognition of its reality will have a major impact on two aspects of current discussion: our response to philosophical idealism and our understanding of the eschatological state. |
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| ISSN: | 1474-6719 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Theology and science
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/14746700.2018.1455265 |