STRANGE BEDFELLOWS? ORTHODOX PERSPECTIVES ON THEOLOGY, SPIRITUALITY, SCIENCE, AND TECHNOLOGY

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dc.coverageSTUDIA UBB THEOLOGIA ORTHODOXA, LXV, No. 2, 2020 (p. 5 – 25)en-US
dc.creatorCOSTACHE, Doru
dc.date2020-12-30
dc.date.accessioned2026-02-21T23:33:52Z
dc.descriptionThis paper considers whether Orthodox theology and spirituality can interact with science and technology peacefully and creatively. The issue lies with the popular assumption that the Orthodox follow the early Christians who, suppos-edly, opposed science and technology. However, traditionally, the early Christians approached human resourcefulness with discernment and wisely. It goes the same for two modern Orthodox theologians, Pelikan and Stăniloae. I consider the scriptural stories of the Fall and the Tower of Babel, showing what they mean for the way theology, spirituality, science, and technology intersect. Then I introduce the anonymous Letter to Diognetus and Maximus the Confessor’s Book of Difficulties, especially the parts about the creative coexistence of the four areas; I demonstrate that these sources do not consider them strange bedfellows. These sources show how to read the two scriptural stories and suggest ways out of current impasses. The paper contends that the lessons drawn from these texts lead to a mature Orthodox understanding of current challenges relat-ed to scientific and technological advance.en-US
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dc.identifierhttps://studia.reviste.ubbcluj.ro/index.php/subbtheologiaorthodoxa/article/view/3689
dc.identifier10.24193/subbto.2020.2.01
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14637/3233
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherBabeș-Bolyai University / Cluj University Pressen-US
dc.relationhttps://studia.reviste.ubbcluj.ro/index.php/subbtheologiaorthodoxa/article/view/3689/3567
dc.rightsCopyright (c) 2020 Studia Universitatis Babeș-Bolyai Theologia Orthodoxaen-US
dc.rightshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0en-US
dc.sourceStudia Universitatis Babeș-Bolyai Theologia Orthodoxa; Volume 65, No. 2, December 2020; 5 – 25en-US
dc.source2065-9474
dc.source1224-0869
dc.source10.24193/subbto.2020.2
dc.subjectdiscernment, patristic tradition, science, spirituality, technology, theologyen-US
dc.titleSTRANGE BEDFELLOWS? ORTHODOX PERSPECTIVES ON THEOLOGY, SPIRITUALITY, SCIENCE, AND TECHNOLOGYen-US
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/article
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dc.typePeer-reviewed Articleen-US
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