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Relationality, alterity and universality: a theology for universal consciousness

Michael Keeling

Theology July 1, 2026 DOI: 10.1177/0040571x261457900 (opens in new tab)

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Characteristics Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed
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’.