Are humans the only creatures that can appreciate God’s creation? What if consciousness is spread more widely across all things? This volume examines panpsychism through the lens of Christian doctrine. Minding Creation is the first substantial examination of what a panpsychist theory of consciousness implies for key theological debates concerning God’s presence and action, evolution and the origin of the soul, human uniqueness and the environmental crisis. Joanna Leidenhag develops a theological panpsychism that is based on an exceptionally wide range of scholarship. Minding Creation draws on the theologies of historical figures such as Augustine of Hippo, Gottfried von Leibniz and others, in order to create a critical and constructive conversation with contemporary analytic philosophers of mind, such as Thomas Nagel, Galen Strawson, and David J. Chalmers. Leidenhag also discusses key concepts and issues, such as emergence theory, divine action, and ecology. She concludes that God created a universe from nothing which is filled with indwelling powers, sacramental value, and intrinsic experience. This is a creation in which the Holy Spirit is internally present at every point, a creation that worships God, and a creation that human beings must protect and lead in praise.
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Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Taking Leave of Emergence Theory 2. Welcoming Contemporary Panpsychism 3. An Interlude on Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz 4. Indwelling Creation: Panpsychism and Divine Action 5. The Voices of Creation: Panpsychism and Ecology Conclusion Bibliography
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This is a superb book on the intersection of Christian philosophical theology and philosophy of mind. Leidenhag writes with clarity and acumen on a broad range of work, philosophical and theological, traversing contemporary forms of naturalism and different forms of theism, with an eye to their significance for Christian theology, classical and revisionist.
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A constructive evaluation of contemporary panpsychism for the Christian doctrine of creation.
A new proposal for the place of consciousness/souls with a broadly Christian worldview, in dialogue with contemporary philosophy of mind
T&T Clark Studies in Systematic Theology is a series of monographs in the field of Christian doctrine, with a particular focus on constructive engagement with major topics through historical analysis or contemporary restatement.
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ISBN
9780567696212
Publisert
2021-01-14
Utgiver
Vendor
T.& T.Clark Ltd
Vekt
481 gr
Høyde
234 mm
Bredde
156 mm
Aldersnivå
U, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
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Antall sider
216

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Biographical note

Joanna Leidenhag is Lecturer in Theology at the University of St Andrews, UK.