The Concept of Continuous Creation Part I: History and Contemporary Use
The concept of continuous creation is now widely used in the context of reflections on the dialogue between science and religion. The first part of this research work seeks to understand its meaning through a twofold elaboration: (1) the historical setting of the three philosophical trends in which...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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[2020]
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Zygon
Year: 2020, Volume: 55, Issue: 1, Pages: 229-250 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Creation theology
/ Steady-State-Theorie
/ Natural sciences
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RelBib Classification: | AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism NBD Doctrine of Creation |
Further subjects: | B
theology and creation
B theory of evolution B Divine Action B Ecology B Metaphysics B Continuous Creation B Novelty |
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Summary: | The concept of continuous creation is now widely used in the context of reflections on the dialogue between science and religion. The first part of this research work seeks to understand its meaning through a twofold elaboration: (1) the historical setting of the three philosophical trends in which this concept was developed: scholastic (conservation), Cartesian (conservation through repetition of the creative act at each instant), and dynamic (interpreting the emergence of radical and contingent novelty in nature as a sign of the continuity of creation); (2) a philosophical and theological critique of the concept of continuous creation regarding the question of the relationship between change and creation, in the light of its highly polymorphous contemporary use, and, in opposition, its absence within the Catholic Magisterium. This work opens the field a further step toward reflection on a renewed concept of continuous creation. |
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ISSN: | 1467-9744 |
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/zygo.12582 |