Theology and Science in the Orthodox World: Some Doubts from a Latin Perspective

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2. Original titleTheology and Science in the Orthodox World: Some Doubts from a Latin Perspective
3. Language term English
4. lemma author Tampakis, Kostas
5. lemma category History and philosophy of science
6. Publication date 13-11-2018
7. lemma work Lüthy, Christoph [Author]. Theology and Science in the Orthodox World: Some Doubts from a Latin Perspective
8. lemma manifestations Isis
9. Keywords scientia - Russian Orthodox Church - John William Draper
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    1. This article is a responce to the Efthymios Nicolaidis et alii 2016 ISIS article. The author states that the 2016 opens with what amounts to a paradox: they maintain that Orthodox Christianity “scarcely participated in the making of the new European science” but also quote John William Draper’s positive assessment of the openness of the Orthodox Church to the sciences. Whether they manage to resolve this paradox is unclear. This response to their overview suggests that they neglect two key elements: the categorical difference between medieval scientia and modern science; and the role of institutions such as universities and scientific societies. Furthermore, to gauge the relation of Orthodox Christianity to modern science, one would also have had to take the Russian Orthodox Church into account, as after the fall of Constantinople the Greek Orthodox Church was deprived of much of its political and institutional power.