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2024
Presentation at Tampere IAS Society Cluster research workshop, May 2, 2024.
2020
This is the text I used for the Webinar "Faith and Social Responsibility in the Pandemic Situation", which was part of the series of webinars "From Discomfort to Hope in Pandemic Situations" organised by Alternative Perspectives and Global Concerns (ap-gc.net) by Dr. Mahmoud Masaeli. The Webinar took place on Friday, 16 October 2020.
2018
This chapter is the second part of a diptych on creation order in relation to new creation. It takes its starting-point in New Testament teaching about the reality of the kingdom of God and new creation in the here and now. Its main concern is to understand the philosophical implications of this teaching. For that reason, it analyses a contemporary discussion in political philosophy which connects a social-political critique with basic themes of Jewish and Christian faith, and as such, is part of “philosophy’s turn to religion.” Much attention is paid to the wider philosophical background of this discussion. Three issues especially come to the fore: (1) The interpretation of transcendence in its connection with the highest good and the impact of the critique of religion in this respect; (2) the continuation of the transcendental urge of Kantian philosophy in Heidegger and his critical followers such as Derrida and Agamben, and its connection with the theme of the particular and the ...
Expanded version of a paper delivered at a symposium on “Creatures of God: Theological Anthropology in the Context of Evolution – A Catholic-Evangelical Dialogue,” held in Toronto on January 23, 2015. The symposium was sponsored by Wycliffe College, University of Toronto, and the Evolution and Christian Faith Program of the BioLogos Foundation.
Reviews in Religion & Theology, 2012
2020
This paper explores the question: "How does a doctrine of Creation shape humanity's relationships?" The writer presupposes that a doctrine of creation determines an understanding of our imaging of God and humanity's purpose, that will shape relationships. Relationships with other human beings and non-human creation can be life-giving or destructive. The writer asserts that a theology of Creation offers humanity hope for the present and future, and we are invited to participate in God's creative renewing. This paper highlights areas that need redemption, including learning in relationship with Indigenous peoples. It hints that this theology of Creation intersects with a transformative eschatology that is grounded in hope, enacted in watchful prayer.
Kärkkäinen begins with the radically changed context for the theological anthropology, due to the challenges posed by cognitive/neuroscientific advancements. Instead of shying away from the awkward questions they raise for the traditional conception of theological anthropology, Kärkkäinen is engaging full scale science–theology integration in order to lay out the path for further reflections. Then, he goes on to navigate the aspects of human uniqueness and dignity in the light of the neuroscientific reductive physicalist/materialist account of human nature.
KEANEAN JOURNAL OF ARTS. An Annual Arts Journal of Lady Keane College. SPECIAL ISSUE. Theme: Effacing Covid-19 Pandemic: Spirituality and alternative Futures, 2021
The uploaded version of the article is my PDF of the publication. One of the new constellations which, in my opinion, will be much debated on in the post-pandemic time will be the theological interpretation of Creation and of the aims of Creation within the Christian tradition. In my view, this will represent a central subject within the theological debate, since this topic directly involves the goal as such of Creation, on the one hand, and the position, value, right, and duty of mankind within Creation, on the other. The related questions are whether God’s action of Creation is directed to affirming the pre-eminence of mankind and the right of domination of man over all other created entities, or whether God’s action of Creation includes all the created entities in an equal way without God designating superiority to any created entity over any other entity. In my contribution, I am therefore going to deal with two mutually opposed interpretations of Creation and of the corresponding relations existing among God, mankind, and all the other creatures. The first interpretation could be synthesised in the formula Dominium Terrae of man over other creatures. The second interpretation could be described as God designating to humankind the stewardship of nature. The notions of the two interpretations of God’s Creation have consequences – for mankind’s attitudes and orientations towards nature – which are completely different from each other. - The first interpretation, which has, as its central feature, foundation, and principle, the notion of man as the image of God, considers mankind as the centre of creation. This interpretation confers to mankind a position of absolute privilege over all of the other creatures; all of nature bows to mankind. The direction of God’s Creation is anthropocentric meaning all creatures and nature in its entirety are at the disposal of mankind, since mankind has received from the very word of God the legitimation for the dominion over nature. Nature is regarded as an object to be used and which can be used. It has no actual worth, no actual value as such; it has no independent position in reality. - The second interpretation, which insists on the commonality among all creatures, assigns a common dignity to all creatures. God is seen as being present in all of Creation: through Creation, mankind is assigned the duty of stewardship over all of nature. The direction of God’s Creation is not anthropocentric. Mankind is assigned and has thus a precise responsibility towards nature. This responsibility outlines exact limits as regards the use which mankind can make of nature: mankind may exercise no dominion over nature. Hence, the two interpretations of the Theology of Creation bring about different considerations of nature and of the relationships between mankind and nature. Furthermore, they express different conceptions of mankind as such. In my opinion, the debate on the interpretation of God’s relationship with the created entities and, within this general relationship, the mutual opposition between an anthropocentric and non-anthropocentric Creation will be more present than ever in the post-pandemic time due to its relevance for the general orientation of mankind towards nature. The Theology of Creation involves furthermore a general meditation on the aims and the limits of the technical power towards nature. For my analysis, I shall concentrate my attention on some passages taken from Genesis, the Wisdom of Solomon, and from Paul the Apostle. To find ideas and suggestions for my analysis, I have referred to the books of Robin Attfield, Environmental Ethics: An Overview for the Twenty-First Century, and of Jürgen Moltmann, Ethik der Hoffnung. I take full responsibility for the ideas expressed in the analysis.
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