Symbiotic Wisdom: Recovering a Memory of Deep Time
This essay explores the significance of symbiosis and mutualism for a theology of God’s action in the world as being through wisdom in the light of evolutionary theories of origin. I argue that theories of evolution that take into account composite entities provide important clues to the evolution o...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Routledge
[2020]
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Theology and science
Year: 2020, Volume: 18, Issue: 2, Pages: 226-239 |
RelBib Classification: | CF Christianity and Science KAE Church history 900-1300; high Middle Ages NBC Doctrine of God NBD Doctrine of Creation VA Philosophy |
Further subjects: | B
Symbiosis
B Aquinas B composite B Evolution B Theological Anthropology B Mutualism |
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Summary: | This essay explores the significance of symbiosis and mutualism for a theology of God’s action in the world as being through wisdom in the light of evolutionary theories of origin. I argue that theories of evolution that take into account composite entities provide important clues to the evolution of complexity. Symbiosis contributes to a richer understanding of humanity as both embedded and embodied with other life forms. A Thomistic understanding of memory in engagement with the deep history of our symbiotic past enlarges a theological anthropology and gives pointers towards a theological ethics. |
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ISSN: | 1474-6719 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Theology and science
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/14746700.2020.1755536 |