Activity and Participation in Late Antique and Early Christian Thought by Torstein Theodor Tollefsen (review)

Turcescu, Lucian

doi:10.1353/earl.2015.0007

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“…The logoi bridge God and creation in such a way that creation can be said to be both ex Deo (by virtue of divine exemplarity), and ex nihilo (by virtue of divine will and power to produce a finite mode of existence). Such a view is significantly different from those Western traditions that would prefer to speak in terms of finite creatures participating in God's essence (Sherman 2008; Boersma 2011; Tollefsen 2012; Davison 2019). One might ask, what is actually meant by tropos huoparxeōs or “mode of existence” and can such a metaphysical term be interpreted scientifically?…”

Section: Logoi–evolution Dissonancementioning

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Peacocke Prize Essay—towards an Eastern Orthodox Contemplation of Evolution: Maximus the Confessor's Vision of the Phylogenetic Logoi

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2023

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In recent years, several scholars have hinted at a resemblance between Maximus the Confessor's logoi cosmology and evolutionary biology. In this article, I develop these suggestions further and claim that the logoi (divine ideas or wills) do indeed behave in an evolutionary fashion, diverging hierarchically and interactively from the Logos. However, there the similarity ends, for the logoi are also purposeful, inviolable, and good, unlike evolution which is said to be random, ever‐changing, and cruel. But rather than abandon the logoi–evolution congruity, I argue that, by harnessing theological resources from across the Eastern tradition, one can integrate Maximus’ logoi vision more fully, resulting in an “incarnationally panentheistic” model of God's action and presence in evolution. More speculatively, within canonical Darwinism, the underlying (good) evolutionary motion of the logoi might be discernible in variation and adaptation, with the “evil” of competition and natural selection being “garments of skin” conceded by God as part of a simultaneous creation and cosmic fall.

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Section: Logoi–evolution Dissonancementioning

confidence: 87%

Peacocke Prize Essay—towards an Eastern Orthodox Contemplation of Evolution: Maximus the Confessor's Vision of the Phylogenetic Logoi

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2023

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Activity and Participation in Late Antique and Early Christian Thought by Torstein Theodor Tollefsen (review)

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Peacocke Prize Essay—towards an Eastern Orthodox Contemplation of Evolution: Maximus the Confessor's Vision of the Phylogenetic Logoi

Peacocke Prize Essay—towards an Eastern Orthodox Contemplation of Evolution: Maximus the Confessor's Vision of the Phylogenetic Logoi

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