Enchantment - Disenchantment-Re-Enchantment: Postdigital Relationships between Science, Philosophy, and Religion.
John Reader, Petar Jandrić, Michael A Peters, Ronald Barnett, Marcin Garbowski, Veronika Lipińska, Sharon Rider, Ibrar Bhatt, Abdassamad Clarke, Morteza Hashemi, Andrew Bevan, Eric Trozzo, Alison Mackenzie, Jared J Aldern, Cheryl E Matias, Georgina Tuari Stewart, Carl Mika, Peter Mclaren, Tim Fawns, Jeremy Knox, Maggi Savin-Baden, Liz Jackson, Nina Hood, Marek Tesar, Steve Fuller, Chris Baker
Postdigital science and education 2021 DOI: 10.1007/s42438-020-00133-4 (opens in new tab)
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AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Keywords | Christianity Collective research Dialogue Disenchantment Islam Postdigital Re-enchantment Religion Science |
| Citations | 37 |
| Key points | Argues that an open postdigital dialogue conducted in the spirit of mutual understanding and respect offers a possible route for further development of dialogue between science, philosophy, and religion. |
Abstract
This collectively written article explores postdigital relationships between science, philosophy, and religion within the continuum of enchantment, disenchantment, and re-enchantment. Contributions are broadly classified within four sections related to academic fields of philosophy, theology, critical theory, and postdigital studies. The article reveals complex and nuanced relationships between various disciplinary perspectives, religions, and political positions, and points towards lot of commonalities between their views to the enchantment, disenchantment, re-enchantment continuum. Some commonly discussed questions include: Where do the mythical, mystical and spiritual end and the rational, objective and empirical begin? How do we find our bearings in the midst of this complexity and where do we search for resources that are trustworthy and reliable? While the article inevitably offers more questions than answers, a common thread between all contributions is the need for an open postdigital dialogue conducted in the spirit of mutual understanding and respect. It is with this conclusion that the article offers a possible route for further development of such dialogue in the future.