RT Article
T1 Theological Methodology, Classical Theism, and “Lived Time” in Antje Jackelén's Time and Eternity
JF Zygon
VO 44
IS 4
SP 951
OP 964
A1 Byrne, James 1960-
LA English
YR 2009
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1827961198
AB Abstract. Antje Jackelén's Time and Eternity successfully employs the method of correlation and a close study of the question of time to enter the dialogue between science and theology. Hermeneutical attention to language is a central element of this dialogue, but we must be aware that much science is untranslatable into ordinary language; it is when we get to the bigger metaphysical assumptions of science that true dialogue begins to happen. Thus, although the method of correlation is a useful way to approach this dialogue, there is not a strict equivalence in this relationship. Theology needs science more than science needs theology. In speaking of time and God we must keep in mind the relational nature of classical Christian theism, even in its most austere forms. We should not read Enlightenment ideas of God back into the classical Christian tradition or neglect the apophatic emphasis in Christian theism, which warned against assuming knowledge of the divine nature. God's relation to time always lies beyond our understanding. Studying the effects of either the Newtonian or Einsteinian concepts of time on our theological concepts should not detract our attention from the “lived time” that characterizes human experience. Consideration of the notion of time in the Madhyamaka Buddhist tradition reminds us that we cannot control the inner reality of time and that for humans time is something to be considered pragmatically.
K1 time and emptiness
K1 religion-and-science dialogue
K1 Newtonian and Einsteinian time
K1 Method of correlation
K1 Hermeneutics
K1 Classical Theism
K1 apophatic theology
DO 10.1111/j.1467-9744.2009.01043.x