“The End of all our Exploring” in Science and Theology
Abstract. The present malaise of religion—and of theology, its intellectual formulation—in Western society is analyzed, with some personal references, especially with respect to its history in the United Kingdom and the United States. The need for a more open theology that takes account of scientifi...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley-Blackwell
2004
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Zygon
Year: 2004, Volume: 39, Issue: 2, Pages: 413-429 |
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Postmodernism
B Antje Jackelén B sociological surveys B New Testament scholarship B Ralph Burhoe B Wisdom of God B Panentheism B inference to the best explanation B special divine action B T. S. Eliot B Immanence B Philip Hefner B theistic naturalism B evolutionary epic B Word (Logos) of God B open theology B Genesis for the third millennium B Ultimate Reality B co-creating creatures / created co-creators B Ian Barbour B energies of God |
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| Summary: | Abstract. The present malaise of religion—and of theology, its intellectual formulation—in Western society is analyzed, with some personal references, especially with respect to its history in the United Kingdom and the United States. The need for a more open theology that takes account of scientific perspectives is urged. An indication of the understandings of God and of God's relation to the world which result from an exploration starting from scientific perspectives is expounded together with their fruitful relation to some traditional themes. The implications of this for the future of theology are suggested, not least in relation to the new phase, beginning in 2003, of the development of the Zygon Center for Religion and Science. In a concluding reflection the hope is expressed that the shared global experience and perspectives generated by the sciences might form a more common and acceptable starting point than hitherto for the exploration towards God of the seekers of many religious traditions and of none. |
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| ISSN: | 1467-9744 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Zygon
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9744.2004.00587.x |