Evolution as an Unwrapping of the Gift of Freedom

IF 1.1 0 RELIGION

Scientia et Fides Pub Date : 2020-10-30 DOI:10.12775/setf.2020.014

T. McLeish

引用次数: 9

Abstract

Extending the approach to a ‘theology of science’ developed in Faith and Wisdom in Science (McLeish 2014), I expand its theme of the tension between chaos and emergent order, within the arc of the Biblical story of creation, towards a theology of evolutionary science. In addition to the material in Job , the book of Wisdom provides a remarkable account of transmutation of species, within a recapitulation of the Exodus theme, that I juxtapose with a modern genotype-phenotype theory of evolutionary dynamics, exploiting analogies with statistical mechanics. The dual and connected structures of microscopic and macroscopic provide a locus for the Joban tensions of chaos and emergent order, and provide an interpretative narrative for the emergent directionality of evolution, and a theology that situates within a creation of freedom to explore the potential of the created order.

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进化是自由礼物的拆封

在《科学中的信仰与智慧》(McLeish 2014)一书中，我扩展了“科学神学”的方法，在圣经创造故事的弧线内，扩展了混乱与新兴秩序之间的紧张关系的主题，走向了进化科学神学。除了《约伯记》中的材料外，《智慧书》还提供了一个关于物种变异的非凡描述，在对《出埃及记》主题的重述中，我将其与进化动力学的现代基因型-表现型理论并置于一起，利用统计力学进行类比。微观和宏观的双重连接结构为混乱和新兴秩序的Joban张力提供了一个轨迹，并为进化的新兴方向性提供了一种解释性叙事，以及一种位于自由创造中探索创造秩序潜力的神学。

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Scientia et Fides RELIGION-

CiteScore

1.80

自引率

10.00%

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期刊介绍： "Scientia et Fides" (SetF) is an open access online journal published twice a year. It is promoted by the Faculty of Theology of Nicolaus Copernicus University, in Torun, in collaboration with the Group of Research “Science, Reason and Faith” (CRYF), at the University of Navarra. The journal is characterised by the interdisciplinary approach, multiplicity of research perspectives and broad reflection on methodology as well as analysis of the latest publications on the relationship between science and faith. The tasks of the journal are perfectly expressed by the motto "Veritas in omnibus quaerenda est" ("to seek the truth in all things") from "De revolutionibus" by Nicolaus Copernicus. SetF aims to present rigorous research works regarding different aspects of the relationship between science and religion. For this reason, SetF articles are not confined to the methodology of a single discipline and may cover a wide range of topics, provided that the interdisciplinary dialogue between science and religion is undertaken. The journal accepts articles written in English, Spanish, Polish, French, Italian and German which will be evaluated by a peer-review process.