IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/epw/theolo/v2y2022i1id6059.html

On Religious Faith, Christianity, and the Foundation of Quantum Mechanics

Author

Listed:
  • Inge Svein Helland

    (University of Oslo, Norway)

Abstract

On several levels, there is now a debate whether the concept of God can be made compatible with modern science. In an attempt to elucidate this debate, I give an account of my own experiences from writing a book on the foundation of quantum mechanics. In my opinion, one can give two independent arguments for the existence of God by taking as departure an epistemic (knowledge-based) interpretation of quantum theory. However, I also argue that any religious belief should be the result of an existential choice governed by each person’s own context (history and culture). In particular, I give my account of Christianity as a religion connected to our western culture, how one as a scientist can relate to the relevant dogmas.

Suggested Citation

Handle: RePEc:epw:theolo:v:2:y:2022:i:1:id:6059
DOI: 10.24018/theology.2022.2.1.59
as

Download full text from publisher

File URL: https://eu-opensci.org/index.php/theology/article/view/6059
File Function: Abstract page
Download Restriction: no
File URL: https://eu-opensci.org/index.php/theology/article/download/6059/842
File Function: Full text
Download Restriction: no
File URL: https://libkey.io/10.24018/theology.2022.2.1.59?utm_source=ideas
LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
---><---

More about this item

Keywords

;
;
;
;

Statistics

Access and download statistics

Corrections

All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:epw:theolo:v:2:y:2022:i:1:id:6059. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Support Team (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://eu-opensci.org/index.php/theology .

Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.