Relationality, alterity and universality: a theology for universal consciousness
Theology July 1, 2026 DOI: 10.1177/0040571x261457900 (opens in new tab)
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AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
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| Key points | Proposes that cosmopsychism supports a theology centered on the Spirit as cosmic form, reaffirming the self and other as real agents and portraying God as approaching through 'the humanism of God.' |
Abstract
The growing interest, for science and philosophy, in a concept of universal consciousness (cosmopsychism) suggests a re-thinking of theology to give priority to the Spirit as the form of the cosmos. Such a development includes a reassertion of the reality of the self and the other as agents, and of God as approaching us in ‘the humanism of God’.