Paul Tyson
Biographic Data
| ID | 4149732 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Paul Tyson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Paul |
| FAMILY NAME | Tyson |
| SIGNATURE | TYSON P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8497-0287 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Did the »After Science and Religion« Project Work in Attempting to Move Scholarly Emphasis from Science and Religion and Towards Metaphysical Theology and Natural Philosophy
A distinctive feature of the »After Science and Religion« project was the strong contribution of Ressourcement influenced philosophical theologians. This paper argues that the overarching tenor of project outputs sought to shift the scholarly emphasis from the conceptual landscape of science and religion towards discussions of metaphysical theology and natural philosophy. I argue that this shift in emphasis is genuinely significant and may open u…
Response to Reviews of A Christian Theology of Science
I am delighted and humbled that my exploratory thoughts on a Christian theology of science have received such serious attention from these five remarkable scholars, and in this Modern Theology forum. One could not hope for a more eminent set of reviewers or a more noble forum. What struck me most from the five reviews was how the three metaphysical theologians, on the one hand, and the science-engaged theologian and the historian of modern scienc…
The Demise of Science and Religion, and the Return of Theology and Magic
Secular modernity is characterised by a knowledge culture that de-magics nature, and separates science from religion. Magic disrupts the nature/supernature dualism of the modern life-world. This article argues that the modern territorialisation of science from religion can no longer be believed, nor is nature/supernature dualism credible. Hence, the recovery of theology as a public domain activity can also bring natural magic back into our knowle…
After Science and Religion: Fresh Perspectives from Philosophy and Theology
The popular field of 'science and religion' is a lively and well-established area. It is however a domain which has long been characterised by certain traits. In the first place, it tends towards an adversarial dialectic in which the separate disciplines, now conjoined, are forever locked in a kind of mortal combat. Secondly, 'science and religion' has a tendency towards disentanglement, where 'science' does one sort of thing and 'religion' anoth…
The Crown, God, and Australia
Theology and Climate Change
Theology and Climate Change examines Progressive Dominion Theology (PDT) as a primary cultural driver of anthropogenic climate change. PDT is a distinctive and Western form of Christian theology out of which the modern scientific revolution and technological modernity arises. Basic attitudes to nature, to instrumental power over nature, and to an understanding of humanity’s relationship with nature are a function of the deep theological precondit…
French Theology for the Philosopher of Technology
Jacob E. Van Vleet has written an accessible and thoroughly researched text outlining the manner in which an informed appreciation of Jacques Ellul’s dialectical theology is of pivotal significance in understanding his work. In this reviewer’s opinion, Van Vleet’s book is a very fine example of a clear and careful synthetic introductory exposition. Most of what I will say in this review is not so much a comment on Van Vleet’s book itself as a ref…
Taming the Spirit
This article explores connections between the decline of prophecy and the evolution of a monarchic mono-episcopate ecclesiological structure in the early Catholic Church. Of particularly interest in this evolution is the attempt to institutionalize the Holy Spirit within the post-apostolic ecclesial structure. This article argues that the Spirit of God is not governed by institutional necessity. Indeed, the freedom and resulting dynamism of the S…
Transcendence and Epistemology: Exploring Truth via Post‐secular Christian Platonism
Where epistemology and transcendence are considered compatible, three approaches to truth are pursued. A Platonist approach sees true human knowledge as embedded in, and dependent on, transcendence; a neoplatonist Aristotelian approach remains Platonic in the above sense, and then sees ‘natural’ human knowledge as providing valid grounds for limited speculative knowledge about divine truths; proto‐modern Aristotelianism, however, approaches trans…
Dissecting the Attitudes of Political Science Students Towards Democracy and the 2004 Elections in Indonesia
Students' attitudes towards Indonesia's transition from an authoritarian era to democracy varied from strong support for the democratic transition to nostalgia for the authoritarian era's strong leadership and economic prosperity. A sample of 317 students from three Indonesian universities was asked to rate the importance of political, economic, legal and social democratic principles. In addition to concerns about corruption, economic decline and…
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Dissecting the Attitudes of Political Science Students Towards Democracy and the 2004 Elections in Indonesia
Students' attitudes towards Indonesia's transition from an authoritarian era to democracy varied from strong support for the democratic transition to nostalgia for the authoritarian era's strong leadership and economic prosperity. A sample of 317 students from three Indonesian universities was asked to rate the importance of political, economic, legal and social democratic principles. In addition to concerns about corruption, economic decline and…
Transcendence and Epistemology: Exploring Truth via Post‐secular Christian Platonism
Where epistemology and transcendence are considered compatible, three approaches to truth are pursued. A Platonist approach sees true human knowledge as embedded in, and dependent on, transcendence; a neoplatonist Aristotelian approach remains Platonic in the above sense, and then sees ‘natural’ human knowledge as providing valid grounds for limited speculative knowledge about divine truths; proto‐modern Aristotelianism, however, approaches trans…
Taming the Spirit
This article explores connections between the decline of prophecy and the evolution of a monarchic mono-episcopate ecclesiological structure in the early Catholic Church. Of particularly interest in this evolution is the attempt to institutionalize the Holy Spirit within the post-apostolic ecclesial structure. This article argues that the Spirit of God is not governed by institutional necessity. Indeed, the freedom and resulting dynamism of the S…
French Theology for the Philosopher of Technology
Jacob E. Van Vleet has written an accessible and thoroughly researched text outlining the manner in which an informed appreciation of Jacques Ellul’s dialectical theology is of pivotal significance in understanding his work. In this reviewer’s opinion, Van Vleet’s book is a very fine example of a clear and careful synthetic introductory exposition. Most of what I will say in this review is not so much a comment on Van Vleet’s book itself as a ref…
Theology and Climate Change
Theology and Climate Change examines Progressive Dominion Theology (PDT) as a primary cultural driver of anthropogenic climate change. PDT is a distinctive and Western form of Christian theology out of which the modern scientific revolution and technological modernity arises. Basic attitudes to nature, to instrumental power over nature, and to an understanding of humanity’s relationship with nature are a function of the deep theological precondit…
After Science and Religion: Fresh Perspectives from Philosophy and Theology
The popular field of 'science and religion' is a lively and well-established area. It is however a domain which has long been characterised by certain traits. In the first place, it tends towards an adversarial dialectic in which the separate disciplines, now conjoined, are forever locked in a kind of mortal combat. Secondly, 'science and religion' has a tendency towards disentanglement, where 'science' does one sort of thing and 'religion' anoth…
The Crown, God, and Australia
The Demise of Science and Religion, and the Return of Theology and Magic
Secular modernity is characterised by a knowledge culture that de-magics nature, and separates science from religion. Magic disrupts the nature/supernature dualism of the modern life-world. This article argues that the modern territorialisation of science from religion can no longer be believed, nor is nature/supernature dualism credible. Hence, the recovery of theology as a public domain activity can also bring natural magic back into our knowle…
Response to Reviews of A Christian Theology of Science
I am delighted and humbled that my exploratory thoughts on a Christian theology of science have received such serious attention from these five remarkable scholars, and in this Modern Theology forum. One could not hope for a more eminent set of reviewers or a more noble forum. What struck me most from the five reviews was how the three metaphysical theologians, on the one hand, and the science-engaged theologian and the historian of modern scienc…
Did the »After Science and Religion« Project Work in Attempting to Move Scholarly Emphasis from Science and Religion and Towards Metaphysical Theology and Natural Philosophy
A distinctive feature of the »After Science and Religion« project was the strong contribution of Ressourcement influenced philosophical theologians. This paper argues that the overarching tenor of project outputs sought to shift the scholarly emphasis from the conceptual landscape of science and religion towards discussions of metaphysical theology and natural philosophy. I argue that this shift in emphasis is genuinely significant and may open u…
Philosophy (8 works) · Epistemology (7 works) · Political science (5 works) · Religion, Ecology, and Ethics (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Theology (4 works) · Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices (3 works) · Dialectic (2 works) · Dynamism (2 works)