Our Intertwined Animality
Forgoing Ultimacy for Intimacy in Dialogue with Eschatology and Science
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5137696 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Timothy Harvie (0000-0003-3009-6595, St. Mary’s University, Calgary, Canada, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 49 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 73-85 |
| Publication date | 2020-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Studies in Religion/Sciences Religieuses (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0008-4298 • E-ISSN: 2042-0587 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0008429819857621 |
| OpenAlex | W2979835357 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 21 |
This article examines some epistemological issues arising in eschatology when read in dialogue with scientific projections for the cosmos. In noting the problematic of traditional Christian eschatologies, affirmations pertaining to human participation in transcendence, it is argued that exchanging notions of eternity for those of embodied, evolutionary relations is a productive avenue to pursue. In dialogue with Maurice Merleau-Ponty the article develops an eschatological conception of evolved animal flesh and its import for human relations with other species. The article concludes in proposing the concept of enactivism in constructing future eschatologies in dialogue with the natural sciences
Embodied cognition · Epistemology · Eschatology · Eternity · Natural (archaeology · Sociology · Theology · Transcendence (philosophy · Philosophy · Religion, Ecology, and Ethics · Theological Perspectives and Practices · Theology and Philosophy of Evil
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |