Divine Revelation and the Sciences

This book provides an in-depth analysis of the relationship between the sciences and the concept of divine revelation. It includes a historical overview of the notion of revelation, its role in scientific debates over the centuries, and current challenges in light of non-religious and especially non-revelational proposals.

Autorentext

Balázs M. Mezei is Full Professor of Philosophy at Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary. He is author of Radical Revelation (2017) and co-editor of The Oxford Handbook of Divine Revelation (2021).

Inhalt

1. Introduction 2. Apocalyptic and the Sciences 3. Science, Revelation, and Biblical Dualism 4. Reason within Revelation 5. Astronomy and Revelation: A New Look into Zúñiga's Works 6. Reason, the Only Oracle of Man 7. Beyond Reason and Necessity: Schelling's Overcoming of Natural Theology 8. God's Self Revelation through the Pure Perfections 9. The 'True' in Music: Revelation of a Dual Nature 10. Revelation and Sociology: Disenchantments and Reenchantments of Social Reality 11. Second Personal Phenomenology and Revelation 12. The Cosmic Authority Problem and the Question of Revelation 13. The Relevance of Revelation in the Sciences 14. Sciences and the Future of Revelation