Light from the East
Subtitle: theology, science, and the Eastern Orthodox tradition
By: Alexei V. Nesteruk.
Series: Theology and the sciences
Publisher: Fortress Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Minneapolis, MN
Language: eng
Number of pages: 287
Subjects: Orthodox Eastern Church.
Description: "Alexei Nesteruk reveals how the Orthodox tradition, deeply rooted in Greek Patristic thought, can contribute importantly in a way that the usual Western sources do not. Orthodox thought, he holds, profoundly and helpfully relates the experience of God to our knowledge of the world. His masterful historical introduction to the Orthodox traditions not only surveys key features of its theology but highlights its ontology of participation and communion. From this Nesteruk derives Orthodoxy's unique approach to theological and scientific attribution. Theology identifies the underlying principles (logoi) in scientific affirmations." "Nesteruk then applies this methodology to key issues in cosmology: the presence of the divine in creation, the theological meaning of models of creation, the problem of time, and the validity of the anthropic principle, especially as it relates to the emergence of humans and the Incarnation."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 270-281) and index.
Table of contents: title: Patristic theology and natural sciences: elements of history; title: What makes theology unique among sciences: the Patristic vision versus modern understanding; title: Toward a theological methodology of mediation with science; title: Creation in cosmology and theology; title: Irreversibility of time and the logos of creation; title: Humanity as hypostasis of the universe.