Experiencing the World as the Evolved Image of God: Religion in the Context of Science

Religion must be seen as the result of the learning processes of humanity, as they manifest themselves in human interaction with and experience of reality. Such interaction depends on knowledge that provides the basis for practices of orientation and transformation. Religion as part of human culture...

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Main Author: Henriksen, Jan-Olav 1961- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell 2023
In: Zygon
Year: 2023, Volume: 58, Issue: 2, Pages: 485-503
Further subjects:B Practices
B Transformation
B Love
B Religion
B Orientation
B Culture
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Summary:Religion must be seen as the result of the learning processes of humanity, as they manifest themselves in human interaction with and experience of reality. Such interaction depends on knowledge that provides the basis for practices of orientation and transformation. Religion as part of human culture provides resources for identifying lasting significance of experience in light of what appears to be ultimate conditions for a good and flourishing life. Thus, it is also possible to understand human distinctiveness as manifest in the dynamic practices in which humans participate, and of which religious practices are part. Therefore, it is not specific attributes that make humans distinct from other species but how they engage these in relation to the various experiential dimensions and ascribe significance to some of these in light of what they understand as ultimate sources of orientation and transformation.
ISSN:1467-9744
Contains:Enthalten in: Zygon
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/zygo.12900