| ISBN13: | 9783031726088 |
| ISBN10: | 3031726081 |
| Binding: | Hardback |
| No. of pages: | 328 pages |
| Size: | 235x155 mm |
| Language: | English |
| Illustrations: | 2 Illustrations, black & white |
| 700 |
A Franciscan Theological-Metaphysical Foundation of Emergence
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This book proposes a broad synthesis of the state of the art regarding the debate on the phenomenon of Emergence. Discussing from a theoretical and a theological perspective, it aims to propose a new interpretation, according to the theological and metaphysical framework offered by St Bonaventure and the Franciscan school. Identifying the main concepts, the salient, and questions that characterize the phenomenon of Emergence, the book employs a complex, multilevel and wide-ranging analysis between the wisdom of Bonaventurean theology, metaphysics, and modern scientific and metaphysical knowledge. This book is a must read for scholars and academics interested in new sapiential depths to extract and make the new and the ancient interact.
This book proposes a broad synthesis of the state of the art regarding the debate on the phenomenon of Emergence. Discussing from a theoretical and a theological perspective, it aims to propose a new interpretation, according to the theological and metaphysical framework offered by St Bonaventure and the Franciscan school. Identifying the main concepts, the salient, and questions that characterize the phenomenon of Emergence, the book employs a complex, multilevel and wide-ranging analysis between the wisdom of Bonaventurean theology, metaphysics, and modern scientific and metaphysical knowledge. This book is a must read for scholars and academics interested in new sapiential depths to extract and make the new and the ancient interact.
Introduction. Chapter 1. History of the concept of emergence.- Chapter 2. The re-emergence of emergence.- Chapter 3. Emergence and theology.- Chapter 4. A franciscan metaphysical and theological perspective.- Chapter 5. A proposal for a franciscan theological metaphysical foundation.- Bibliography.
