Orthodox Christianity and Modern Science: Theological, Philosophical, Scientific and Historical Aspects of the Dialogue

Brepols Publishers, 2021.

Orthodox Christian theology is based on a living tradition that is deeply rooted in Greek Patristic thought. However, few systematic proposals about how this theology can respond to questions that arise from modern science have yet appeared. This volume, consisting of eleven essays by different authors about how this response should be formulated, therefore represents a significant contribution to Orthodox thinking as well as to the broader science-theology dialogue among Christians. The variety of approaches in the essays indicates that there does not yet exist among Orthodox a consensus about the methodology that is appropriate to this dialogue or about how the questions that arise from specific scientific insights should be answered. Nevertheless, they indicate the ways in which Orthodox approaches to science differ significantly from most of those to be found among Western Christian scholars, and in this way they point to an underlying unity of perspective that is rooted in the Orthodox tradition.

Chapters

Knowledge of God and Phenomenological Foundations of Religious Experience

Tatiana Litvin, , in: Orthodox Christianity and Modern Science: Theological, Philosophical, Scientific and Historical Aspects of the Dialogue.: Brepols Publishers, 2021. P. 95–102.

The question of the knowledge of God in modern Orthodox theology is usually raised on the basis of the traditional meaning of Church Fathers, on the basis of hermeneutic and philosophical experience of medieval thought. However, the reconstruction of tradition does not always lead to theological conclusions and can be built into the academic dialogue. ...

Added: October 18, 2021

Keywords: философская теология, Philosophical Theology, Религия и общество, contemporary theology, современная теология, religion and society