Der dezentrierte Kosmos und der zentrierte Mensch : bemerkungen zu den theologischen Implikationen weltbildlicher Veränderungen im Anschluss an die Theologie Johannes Keplers (1571-1630)
- Submitting institution
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University of St Andrews
- Unit of assessment
- 31 - Theology and Religious Studies
- Output identifier
- 267072090
- Type
- C - Chapter in book
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- Book title
- Der entgrenzte Kosmos und der begrenzte Mensch : beiträge zum verständnis von Kosmologie und Anthropologie
- Publisher
- Vandenhoek & Ruprecht
- ISBN
- 9783788729806
- Open access status
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- Month of publication
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- Year of publication
- 2016
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
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- Number of additional authors
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0
- Research group(s)
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G - Systematic & philosophical theology
- Proposed double-weighted
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- Reserve for an output with double weighting
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- Non-English
- Yes
- English abstract
- This paper, originally published in German, starts from the observation that the de-centering of the cosmos, introduced by Copernicus, finds its response in Immanuel Kant’s centering of all knowledge of the cosmos in man, the ‘Copernican revolution’ in metaphysics, a tension that still characterises debates on the relationship between cosmology and theology. The article offers a reconstruction of the relationship between Lutheran theology and observation-based astronomy in the world-view of Johannes Kepler (1571-1630). It is argued that Kepler offers a ‘theofocal’ interpretation of reality as an alternative to the de-centering of the earth and the centering on the human knower.
