Resonance: From Physics to Theology

Publikation: Bidrag til bog/antologi/rapportBidrag til bog/antologiForskningfagfællebedømt

Resonance is a ubiquitous phenomenon in the world of physics and biology, emerging from energy exchanges between interrelated but distinct systems. Resonance experiences, by contrast, are widespread in the human and animal world but not ubiquitous. This essay discusses theological and ethical aspects of resonance theory, particularly pertaining to everyday human experiences of resonance in relation to the more-than-human world. Consistently, resonance experiences intersect the human and the non-human world, and the phenomenon of resonance may thus serve as a bridging concept between science and theology. I argue that while the ubiquitous feature of physical resonance is particularly helpful for reformulating a contemporary creation theology, human resonance experiences are a source for religious experience, hence highly informative for theology and ethics. Resonance theory thus challenges the widespread view that nature is primarily mute, indifferent, or even hostile to human concerns.
OriginalsprogEngelsk
TitelScience, Religion, the Humanities and Hope: Essays in Honour of Willem B. Drees
RedaktørerAnne Runehov, Michael Fuller
Antal sider14
UdgivelsesstedCham, Switzerland
ForlagSpringer
Publikationsdato2024
Sider19-32
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 2024

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