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The Evolution of Consciousness and the Theology of Nature
Author(s) -
Peterson Gregory R.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
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Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.222
H-Index - 23
eISSN - 1467-9744
pISSN - 0591-2385
DOI - 10.1111/0591-2385.00213
Subject(s) - consciousness , trait , epistemology , philosophy , image of god , cognition , natural theology , natural (archaeology) , theology , psychology , history , computer science , neuroscience , programming language , archaeology
Theology and philosophy have traditionally assumed a radical split between human beings and the rest of creation. Philosophically, the split is usually justified in terms of a locus humanus , some one cognitive trait that human beings possess and nonhuman animals do not. Theologically, this trait is usually identified as that which makes us in the image of God. Research in animal cognition, however, suggests that we are not unique in as many respects as we think we are. This suggests that we rethink the idea of the image of God. In light of this, I propose that we think of nature itself as being in the image of God, with humankind as part of the broader natural and theological process.

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