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4 papers in the library · 1 citation · publishing 2013-2026
Theology and Science August 11, 2026 José Luis Díaz Palencia
This paper develops a comparative metaphysical model in which individual minds are treated as finite concretions of a unified cosmic consciousness. The analysis connects Neoplatonic emanation, the Nous and the World Soul with Spinoza's substance, attributes, modes, and conatus. It also discusses conceptual parallels with modern theoretical physics, especially string theory, quantum...
Theology and Science June 11, 2026 Megan Loumagne Ulishney
ABSTRACT This essay examines the implications of methodological plurality in the sciences for interactions between the sciences and religious or theological modes of thought. It will do so by examining the rise of “Science-Engaged Theology” (SET) as a response to the existence of diversity and theoretical plurality in both the sciences and religions. The second part of the essay suggests ways...
Theology and Science March 20, 2025 Haroon Asghar 1 citation
ABSTRACT Islamic rulings on intoxicants prohibit psychoactive compounds which : veil the faculties of the mind (khamr), intoxicate (Sakr), do harm and cause enmity between people (Quran 5:91). Psychedelic drugs, recognised by some as not being within this category of intoxicants [Ibn Taymiyyah on Henbane alFataawa al-Kubra, 3/423], are still deemed intoxicants by both the Muslim world and...
Theology and Science August 1, 2013 Wolfgang Achtner, Ulrich Ott
AbstractProtestantism has always been suspicious about a mystical encounter with the Divine. Although the early Luther was influenced by mystical writers like Johannes Tauler the subsequent dogmatic evaluation of mystical forms of religiosity remained ambiguous. Nevertheless the real nature of mystical experience is still unclear and therefore the dogmatic judgments about mystical encounters...