A New Copernican Turn: Contemporary Cosmology, the Self, and Orthodox Science-Engaged Theology

This short book discusses the latest in terms of cosmology’s knowns and unknowns and sets out to ascertain the potential of Orthodox Christian theology for accommodating the current scientific view of the universe. It also addresses one of cosmology’s unknowns, the destiny of the self in the vastness of space, a topic that has caused angst since the dawn of modern science.

The book examines, accordingly, the signs of a “New Copernican Turn” within contemporary culture, favouring the self and...