The Multiverse and Participatory Metaphysics: A Theological Exploration

by Jamie Boulding

Overview

This book offers a new theological approach to the multiverse hypothesis. With a distinctive methodology, it shows that participatory metaphysics from ancient and medieval sources represents a fertile theological ground on which to grapple with contemporary ideas of the multiverse.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781032067926
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	05/31/2023
Series:	Routledge Science and Religion Series
Pages:	196
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Jamie Boulding is a Research Fellow in Theology and Science at Samford University. He completed his PhD in Theology and Science at the University of Cambridge.

Table of Contents

1. Introducing the Multiverse and Participatory Metaphysics; 2. Plato on Multiplicity; 3.Aquinas on Diversity; 4. Nicholas of Cusa on Infinity; 5. Concluding Reflections

Editorial Reviews

"The self-stated aim of The Multiverse and Participatory Metaphysics is to provide the first systematic theological engagement with the metaphysical ideas arising from the multiverse hypothesis. In other words, to explore the extent to which the multiverse hypothesis can be subsumed within the theistic worldview. On this point, he succeeds. This book recognises the profoundly metaphysical nature of the multiverse hypothesis and asks whether, and to what extent, these metaphysical ideas can be theologically fruitful. The theological framework within which Boulding explores the multiverse hypothesis is that of participatory metaphysics, especially as it appears in the work of Plato, Thomas Aquinas, and Nicholas of Cusa."

- Emily Qureshi-Hurst, Pembroke College, University of Oxford

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