What is it about?
This paper seeks to examine the nature of matter from an Orthodox Christian patristic perspective, specifically that of St. Gregory of Nyssa, and compare this with David Bohm's concept of wholeness and the implicate order. By examining the ramifications of the doctrine of creation ex nihilo, the basic nature of matter as being rooted in the mind of God reveals itself, and furthermore shows that certain conceptions of quantum physics can provide language with which to give voice to this ancient view.
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Why is it important?
The current study helps to bridge the conceptual gap between certain elements of Patristic philosophical thought and Quantum physics. By doing this, the insight of Christian philosophical thought can be made available to a wider audience.
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It is my hope that the wealth of insight discoverable in thinkers such as Gregory of Nyssa can be shown to have relevance to how we as people understand and interpret the world around us.
Mr Joshua Karl Schooping
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This page is a summary of: TOUCHING THE MIND OF GOD: PATRISTIC CHRISTIAN THOUGHT ON THE NATURE OF MATTER, Zygon®, March 2015, Wiley,
DOI: 10.1111/zygo.12188.
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