Sustainable Development and the Spiritual: Response to Antje Jackelén
The particular question The Most Reverend Dr. Antje Jackelén’s Boyle Lecture puts in front of us is: How can science and technology engage with the spiritual? In my response, I unpack this question in three parts: (1) the obstacles for theology and the possibilities for philosophy to help scientists...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2025
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Zygon
Year: 2025, Volume: 60, Issue: 3, Pages: 987–93 |
| Further subjects: | B
Theology
B Experience B Uncertainty B Sustainable Development B the spiritual B Philosophy |
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| Summary: | The particular question The Most Reverend Dr. Antje Jackelén’s Boyle Lecture puts in front of us is: How can science and technology engage with the spiritual? In my response, I unpack this question in three parts: (1) the obstacles for theology and the possibilities for philosophy to help scientists and engineers in engaging with the humanities, and with spirituality; (2) the centrality of experience and uncertainty in all domains of culture (which I define in a very wide sense as the "field of resources" that practitioners in a practice draw on, be it a scientific or engineering practice, a religious practice, a political practice, and so on); and (3) the implications of all this for addressing the spiritual in policymaking for sustainable development. |
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| ISSN: | 1467-9744 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Zygon
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.16995/zygon.24638 |
