A New Copernican Turn: Contemporary Cosmology, the Self, and Orthodox Science-Engaged Theology (Routledge Focus on Religion)

Synopsis

This short book discusses the latest in terms of cosmology’s knowns and unknowns and sets out to ascertain the potential of Orthodox Christian theology for accommodating the current scientific view of the universe. It also addresses one of cosmology’s unknowns, the destiny of the self in the vastness of space, a topic that has caused angst since the dawn of modern science.The book examines, accordingly, the signs of a “New Copernican Turn” within contemporary culture, favouring the self and its meaningful encounters with the infinite universe, at the forefront of which being the quest for a physics that views something akin to the self as undergirding reality, not as an inconsequential byproduct of natural phenomena. The book further shows that theological, spiritual, and religious forms of nature contemplation and wonder facilitate the self’s creative intersection with the universe. It amounts to an exercise in science-engaged Orthodox theology that takes contemporary cosmology as a starting point.The intended audience of this book is scholars and researchers of science and religion, religious studies, philosophers, and theologians.

Copyright:

2025

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Publisher Quality

Book Size:

128 Pages

ISBN-13:

9781040133651

Related ISBNs:

9781032863498, 9781040133620, 9781003527138

Publisher:

Taylor & Francis

Date of Addition:

09/01/24

Copyrighted By:

Doru Costache and Geraint F. Lewis, The right of Doru Costache and Geraint F. Lewis to be identified as authors of this work has been asserted in accordance with sections

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No

Language:

English

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No

Categories:

Nonfiction, Religion and Spirituality, Law, Legal Issues and Ethics

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