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OverviewIn 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. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Rev'd Dr Alexei NesterukPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Imprint: T.& T.Clark Ltd Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.599kg ISBN: 9780567033277ISBN 10: 0567033279 Pages: 300 Publication Date: 01 July 2008 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand ![]() We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Language: English Table of ContentsIntroduction: The Delimiters of the Dialogue Between Theology and Science 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-Centered as opposed to Nature-Centred Chapter 5: The Universe as Communion: from Cosmology to Personhood and Teleology of Reason Conclusion Bibliography IndexReviews. ..examplary book for graduate students with interests in Orthodoxy and the theology and science dialogue... Bradford McCall, Theological Book Review, Vol 21 No 1, 2009--, Theological Book Review . ..examplary book for graduate students with interests in Orthodoxy and the theology and science dialogue... Bradford McCall, Theological Book Review, Vol 21 No 1, 2009--Sanford Lakoff Theological Book Review Mention --Book News, February 2009 Author InformationDr Alexei Nesteruk is Senior Lecturer in Mathematics at the University of Portsmouth, UK, and a Deacon in the Russian-Orthodox Church. He is author of Light from the East: Theology, Science and the Eastern Orthodox Tradition, Fortress 2003. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |