Faith and Compassion in an Unfinished Universe
The theme of compassion is prominent in the work of Christopher Southgate. This scientist and theologian is deeply affected by Charles Darwin's nineteenth century disclosure of the long, previously unknown, history of life's suffering. Southgate is also aware of the many unsuccessful attem...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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[2018]
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Zygon
Year: 2018, Volume: 53, Issue: 3, Pages: 782-791 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Southgate, Christopher 1953-
/ Evolution
/ Suffering
/ Theodicy
/ Sympathy
/ Faith
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| RelBib Classification: | AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism CB Christian life; spirituality NBC Doctrine of God |
| Further subjects: | B
cosmic story
B Resurrection B Rightness B Cosmology B Evolution B Redemption B Suffering |
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| Summary: | The theme of compassion is prominent in the work of Christopher Southgate. This scientist and theologian is deeply affected by Charles Darwin's nineteenth century disclosure of the long, previously unknown, history of life's suffering. Southgate is also aware of the many unsuccessful attempts by Christian theologians to make sense of it all. Here I build on Southgate's work. I note, first, that both the suffering of life and the protest against it by compassionate human beings are integral parts of a single cosmic drama; second, that the drama is still far from finished; and, third, that the suffering of innocent life remains unintelligible and unredeemed apart from faith's anticipation of a fulfillment that awaits the entire cosmic drama. |
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| ISSN: | 1467-9744 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Zygon
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/zygo.12433 |