Original Research - Special Collection: Orthodox Theology

Metaphysics of cosmological models

Vasile Chira
HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies | Vol 79, No 1 | a7796 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/hts.v79i1.7796 | © 2023 Vasile Chira | This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 31 May 2022 | Published: 14 February 2023

About the author(s)

Vasile Chira, Faculty of Orthodox Theology, Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu, Sibiu, Romania; and, Department of Systematic and Historical Theology, Faculty of Theology and Religion, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa

Abstract

This article aims to address the metaphysical dimension of cosmological models, be they mythological, philosophical, religious or modern scientific, using multidisciplinary and transdisciplinary methodology. Such an approach is a novelty, both in the theological field and in the philosophical field and secular sciences, which studies the origin of man and the universe.

Contribution: The originality of this article consists in introducing the concept of transcendental cosmology, which, along with spiritual cosmology can be a serious theological and philosophical reply to the Bing Bang theory.


Keywords

metaphysics; cosmological models; transcendental cosmology; Bing Bang theory; transdisciplinary methodology; patristic cosmology.

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