The Light of the Unseen Vol I

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2. Original titleLumina Celui Nevazut Vol I
3. Language term Romanian
4. lemma author Mihalache, Sorin
5. lemma category Scientific theories and disciplines > Cosmology- Anthropic principle - Orthodox Anthropology - Concepts of knowledge and modes of reasoning > Orthodox gnosiology - Scientific theories and disciplines > Modern physics :QM
6. Publication date 2016
7. lemma manifestations The Light of the Unseen - Bucharest: Basilica, 2016.
8. Keywords Creationism - General Relativity - Logos - mathematical beauty - apophatisim
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   1. This book was published in two volumes by BASILICA Publishing House of the Romanian Patriarchate, with the blessing of His Beatitude Daniel, the Patriarch of Romania, who also signed the Foreword. It deals with topics such as: references to the structure of matter in the Greek Antiquity; Theological considerations on the creation ex nihilo; Extrasolar planets and alien life; What the material world is made of; What the future of the universe look like. Mihalache argues that the state-of-the-art science, especially physics and cosmology, provide data and theories related to the physical world, which could open a path towards Orthodox theology. The findings of the last century in the fields of physics, cosmology and quantum mechanics have fundamentally changed the meanings of some of the realities we were used to: matter is not what it appears to be, space and time are no longer absolute, the Universe is not eternal . The author emphasizes in the Forward to Volume I that the book is aimed especially at "those thirsty for answers or fascinated by the structures and dynamics of the physical world, to those familiar with philosophical reflection or accustomed to the life of faith, who are interested in the patristic thinking and in the integrative perspective of the Philocalia. To all of them, this book offers insights that can stir unsettling questions, to moments of wonder and to that kind of essential sensitivity to the spiritual meanings, which has the power to build us up. Volume I includes the following chapters: Chapter 1: Order, symmetries, beauty in the Universe; Chapter 2: The mysteries of the microcosmos; Chapter 3: The Universe; Chapter 4: Knowledge in Orthodox Theology; Chapter 5: Creation from the perspective of Orthodox Theology. It was reviewed by His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel, by Acad. Solomon Marcus, and by Dr Adrian Stefan Carstea, who all praise the quality of Mihalache’s work.