Filozofska istraživanja, Vol. 28 No. 2, 2008.
Original scientific paper
Some Aspects of Theology of Creation Concerning Results of Natural Sciences according to A. Ganoczy
Nenad Malović
orcid.org/0000-0001-6986-3582
; University of Zagreb, Faculty of Theology, Croatia
Abstract
The author analyzes critically the conditions and possibilities of dialogue between natural sciences and theology of creation of the dogmatist Alexandre Ganoczy. Ganoczy uses responsorial method: he develops theology of creation “from below”, constituting common “platforms” of dialogue and building on the principle of complementarity using analogy and discovering similarities in the manner of expression of both natural sciences (a model) and theology (a religious symbol).
The following areas of theological reflection on the results of natural sciences are subject to analysis: selforganization of matter and creatio continua; space-time continuum and eternity; brain, spirit and the Spirit of God; creativity and creation and the question of evil and sin.
However, although Ganoczy manages to show that common platforms are much more then modest conclusion that science and theology are not contradictory, in certain topics the dialogue seems to be too associative and the discourse superficial, so that the whole project gains partly essayistic significance.
Keywords
Alexandre Ganoczy; dialogue; natural sciences; theology of creation
Hrčak ID:
27864
URI
Publication date:
24.7.2008.
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