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CO‐CREATING CO‐CREATORS? THE “HUMAN FACTOR” IN EDUCATION
Author(s) -
Uytterhoeven Tom
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
zygon®
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.222
H-Index - 23
eISSN - 1467-9744
pISSN - 0591-2385
DOI - 10.1111/zygo.12068
Subject(s) - humanity , metaphor , interpretation (philosophy) , narrative , field (mathematics) , sociology , epistemology , environmental ethics , aesthetics , philosophy , theology , linguistics , mathematics , pure mathematics
This article presents an example of the contributions the field of science and religion could offer to educational theory. Building on a narrative analysis of Philip Hefner's proposal to use “created co‐creator” as central metaphor for theological anthropology, the importance of culture is brought to the fore. Education should support a needed revitalization of our cultural heritage, and thus enable humanity to (re‐)connect with the global ecological network and with the divine as grounding source of this network. In the concluding reflections of this article, the possibility of a secular interpretation of “created co‐creator,” in which “God” is reduced to “evolution,” is assessed.