“cosmotheology” or a new “cosmophilosophy.” Among the elements such a cosmotheology must take into account are 1) that humanity is in no way physically central to the universe, but located on a small planet circling a star on the outskirts …While all of these scenarios are interesting to contemplate, most compelling, and most discussed, is the problem of how the discovery of clear evidence of a signal from extraterrestrial intelligence would affect theology on Earth, even if n…
God
theological · 4 mentions across 3 readings
In this course
God appears in these readings primarily as a theological concept being radically destabilized by cosmological and potential extraterrestrial discovery—the traditional figure of a creator and cosmic center loses coherence once humanity is displaced from physical centrality and confronted with nonhuman intelligence. The excerpts mobilize God as a foil for developing new frameworks (cosmotheology, cosmophilosophy) that must account for a post-anthropocentric universe, suggesting that AI and the prospect of contact effectively foreclose the classical theological worldview. This frames the seminar's interest in how computational and alien intelligence rupture the epistemological grounds on which Western theology has historically rested.
Background
A supreme deity, supreme being, supreme god, or simply just God, is a deity within theistic belief systems which is believed to be the cause of all things in existence. As such, it is seen as the creator, sustainer, and ruler of the universe. God is often thought of as incorporeal and independent of the material creation.
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