Are Science and Humanism Suited to Enter the Ancient Quest of Christian Theology? A Response to Lluís Oviedo

Abstract. This response reverses the title of Lluís Oviedo's essay (2006) while retaining the structure. In the pendulum swing between science and humanism, theology finds its uniqueness not in refuting either but in subverting them: subverting the scientific quest for certainty without denying...

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Main Author: Westhelle, Vitor 1952- (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Open Library of Humanities$s2024- 2006
In: Zygon
Year: 2006, Volume: 41, Issue: 4, Pages: 843-852
Further subjects:B Theology
B Lluís Oviedo
B created co-creator
B Myth
B Science
B Logos
B Donna Haraway
B Hybridity
B oncomouse
B Humanism
B Cyborgs
B Philip Hefner
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