It's a great big universe: Astrobiology and future trends for an astrotheology
Despite the awe and wonder that discoveries related to astrobiology inspire, the sheer volume and diversity of new discoveries related to space science can become overwhelming without meaningful frames of reference by which to organize our understanding of these phenomena. I suggest that a critical...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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[2018]
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Dialog
Year: 2018, Volume: 57, Issue: 1, Pages: 5-11 |
IxTheo Classification: | CF Christianity and Science NBD Doctrine of Creation NBE Anthropology |
Further subjects: | B
living systems
B Astrobiology B space research B intra-action B habitability B Astrotheology |
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Summary: | Despite the awe and wonder that discoveries related to astrobiology inspire, the sheer volume and diversity of new discoveries related to space science can become overwhelming without meaningful frames of reference by which to organize our understanding of these phenomena. I suggest that a critical feature of the future of astrotheology relates to how it serves as an organizing correlate to astrobiology and space research. Considering that the prefix astro- has an amplicative and abductive effect on the fields of study to which it is applied, I contend that astrotheology implies a creative and constructive shift in how we conceptualize meaningful human being for theology that parallels how astrobiology effects a creative and constructive shift in how we conceptualize living systems. |
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ISSN: | 1540-6385 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Dialog
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/dial.12370 |