On creation, science, disenchantment and the contours of being and knowing
By: Matthew W. Knotts
Series: Reading Augustine
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing (US)
Published: 2019
Language: eng
Number of pages: 175
ISBN-13: 9781501344619
Subjects: Philosophy; Theology
Description: For Augustine the world is replete with meaning; it represents not merely a collection of facts to be catalogued but a repository of truths to be discovered and discerned, a view which contrasts with the one we have inherited as a result of the thought of figures such as Descartes, Newton, and Kant. What difference would it make to see the world as created?  Matthew W. Knotts explores this question in close conversation with Augustine, according to whom our nature as God's creatures determines fundamental aspects of our identity and our knowledge. In a postmodern context informed by a renewed appreciation of the limitations of human nature and reason, Augustine once again emerges as an insightful and compelling source for further reflection.
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Table of contents: title: General Introduction; title: Part I: Creation in Wisdom; title: Chapter 1: Aspects of (Re-)Creation; title: Chapter 2: The Problem of Pride; title: Part II: Divine Incorporeality: Two Dilemmas; title: Chapter 3: A Re-Descriptive Account of Time as Distentio; title: Chapter 4: Seeing Sapientia; title: Part III: An Interrogative Theory of Knowledge; title: Chapter 5: Reading the Universe; title: Chapter 6: Exploring Creation: Acknowledging and Transcending our Finitude; title: Conclusion