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The Orthodox Doctrine of Creation in the Age of Science
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This article addresses the Orthodox Christian representation of reality, or doctrine of creation, and the possible need to rephrase and communicate its meaning within the parameters of contemporary scientific culture. To redraft the traditional Orthodox worldview today is both necessary and largely unproblematic. Rephrasing the doctrine of creation is demanded by the pastoral and missionary exigency to reaching out to audiences conditioned by contemporary cosmology. Given the earlier successive reformulations of the Orthodox doctrine of creation throughout history and within various cultural frameworks, this task, I suggest, does not pose any insurmountable difficulty.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Costache, D.
- Corresponding author
- Costache, Doru
- ORCID
- Costache, Doru
- Venue
- Journal of Orthodox Christian Studies
- Publisher
- Project MUSE
- Published
- 2019
- Volume
- 2
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 43-64
- ISSN
- 2574-495X (ISSN-L)
- 2574-4968
- OpenAlex
- W2965808820
- Cited by
- 4
- References
- 34
- Citations by year
- 2024: 2 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 1
- FWCI
- 1.57
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Orthodox Christian studies (publishedVersion)
- Project Muse (Johns Hopkins University) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Philosophy › Karl Barth and Christian Theology
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History and Philosophy of Science › Evolution and Science Education
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Philosophy › Study and Philosophy of Religion
- Keywords
- creation theology, Orthodox Christianity, contemporary science, cosmology, Orthodox worldview, pastoral ministry, missionary outreach
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