Junghyung Kim

Is Christianity so incurably anthropocentric that the demise of anthropocentrism would be tantamount to the falsification of the Christian faith? Would Christianity be able to survive modern scientific challenges to the long-held anthropocentric world picture? Responding to these questions, I claim that the Christian doctrine of incarnation strongly supports the Christian belief in humanity’s special position in God’s created world, whereas it is not only possible but also mandatory to reconstru

Responding to Thomas Tracy's illuminating discussion of divine action in the world, this article begins with highlighting the inextricable unity between two distinct dimensions of a single divine p...

In this study I analyze what Edgar Sheffield Brightman and Paul de Vries originally meant by methodological naturalism, when they first invented the term and then argue that both of them proposed a significantly qualified version of scientific naturalism over against the predominance of a reductionist version of scientific naturalism called epistemic reductionism or scientism—that is, an unjustified epistemological assumption that science is the only legitimate way to truth. In the final analysi

In this article the author explores what would happen to religion assuming the ETI hypothesis that there exist extraterrestrial intelligent beings. This issue is acutely raised in particular for Christianity due to the latter’s doctrine of the incarnation. In this vein the author delves into the scandal of particularity, one of the perennial problems in the philosophy of religion, in relation to the ETI hypothesis.

This article explores six different theological responses to the scientific prediction of the ultimately decaying universe. They are atheistic resignation, scientific creationism, futureless eschatology, physical eschatology, process eschatology, and, finally, resurrection hope in mutually critical dialogue with scientific prediction. In the conclusion, the author argues that the ultimate ground for the cosmic hope must be derived from the distinctively theological norm, that is, the gospel of J

These days it is easy to see several telecommunication technologies used simultaneously in one car. The problem is that each communication equipment has its own UI terminal and UI application and normally it's not easy for one technology to use the advantage of another. In this paper, a platform connecting one UI terminal and several communication modules are suggested to overcome this problem. The platform uses standardized interface between UI terminal and communication module, which is named

Abstract Although the relationship between theology and philosophy is a perennial issue in the history of thought, recent debates surrounding the so‐called theological turn of continental phenomenology have created a new space in which it can be explored from a fresh perspective. In this vein, I propose three theses concerning the relationship between theology and philosophy of religion, with particular focus on the phenomenon of divine revelation. First, a philosophy of religion that ignores th

Abstract In this article I explore Christoph Schwöbel (1955–2021)’s distinctive contributions to the ongoing dialogue between religion and science in the following three perspectives. First, he emphasizes the need of a more consistently trinitarian theology of creation in dialogue with sciences which is expected to rectify widespread one-sided approaches. Second, he advocates for the continued importance of having philosophy as theology’s dialogue partner along with natural sciences. Finally, he

과학기술 시대 나날이 발전하는 첨단 기술은 신앙의 구체적인 모습에 많은 영향을 미치고 있다. 이 논문에서 저자는 종교개혁 시대의 인쇄 기술과 코로나19 팬데믹 시기 실시간 영상 예배 기술이 가져온 신앙 양태의 준-항구적 변화를 예로 든 다음, 급속도로 발전하는 인공지능 기술의 도입 역시 그리스도교 신앙생활의 모습을 근본적으로 바꾸어놓을 수 있음을 경고한다. 나아가 저자는 인공지능 기술을 포함한 디지털 기술의 독특한 특징에 주목하면서 인공지능 기술의 강점과 한계를 지적하고, 가치의 전도, 인공지능 문해력, 성숙한 기술 등 세 가지 관점에서 첨단기술 시대 신앙의 지혜를 모색한다.

오늘날 한국 교회의 적지 않은 그리스도인들이 과학 시대를 살고 과학기술 문명의 혜택을 누리면서도 과학에 대한 상당한 불신과 오해를 갖고 있다. 그 이유 중 대표적인 것이 바로 소위 ‘과학적 무신론’의 등장 때문이다. 하지만 과학이 무신론을 지지한다는 것은 결코 사실이 아니다. 한편 한국 교회 내 ‘창조과학’ 혹은 ‘과학적 창조설’ 운동은 종교적으로 중립적인 과학 이론과 과학의 영역을 넘어선 무신론 이데올로기를 혼동하는 잘못을 더욱 부추기고 있다. 이러한 문제의식에서 필자는 과학 시대 기독교 창조신학이 나아갈 방향과 관련하여 세 가지 전략을 제시하려고 한다. 그 첫 번째는 무신론 과학자들의 도전 앞에서 그들과 동일한 오류를 범하고 있는 창조과학의 잘못된 접근방법을 반성하고 극복하는 것이고, 두 번째는 과학시대를 위해 창세기를 새롭게 읽는 것이고, 세 번째는 과학 시대를 위해 기독교 창조신학 곧 교의학적 창조론을 새롭게 쓰는 것이다.

Summary This article seeks to lay a more solid foundation for the contemporary paradigm shift in the Christian theological thinking – that is, from theo-anthropology to theo-cosmology. In the new paradigm cosmic hope for the completion of the trinitarian project of creation, instead of human redemption from sin and death, comes to the fore as the most comprehensive horizon of Christian thinking. For this purpose the author reconstructs the underlying logic of the biblical faith in a narrative fo