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Item Metamodern Theology(2024-08-31) Brink, van den, Timotheüs Matteo Tijs (Matteo)Postmodernism is over. A new structure of feeling has arisen in the global West. And theologians should take note. In this thesis, I develop the new paradigm of metamodern systematic theology, in which the descriptive framework of metamodernism is explained and used prescriptively. Exploring the ways in which metamodern theory and theology can engage in a conceptual dialogue, it becomes clear that the dominant structure of feeling of this day and age harbors certain interesting possibilities for theology. By crafting a ‘metamodern theological lens’, a tool for interpreting and developing metamodern strategies in order to connect to this Zeitgeist, I call theologians to take up these possibilities affirmatively, yet critically.Item Opaque Images of the Human: Toward an Aesthetic Resistance with Intersectionality(2024-09-02) Krone, Eva-MariaThe images, descriptions, and categories through which we approach humanity’s many facets can both enable and limit how we come to understandings of the human. Engaging a critique of representation, this article investigates how we might create ways of disclosing the human that rejects the reduction, classification, and subjectification of people. By weaving together the philosophies of Glissant and Lugones, I bring the concept of opacity in conversation with intersectionality to unfold a strategic path toward new encounters and images. As a contrast with dehumanizing and transparent practices, I argue that opacity offers an aesthetic resistance that refutes representation’s violent demands and points to the excesses that modernity cannot account for.Item A Hylomorphic Account of the Concept of Function in the New Mechanist Philosophy of Science(2024-08-31) Beltrán , EdgarNew Mechanist Philosophy (NMP) sees mechanisms as ubiquitously functional. Nonetheless, there is a profound disagreement on whether functions are mind-independent facts. In this article, I use the Thomistic conception of causality to defend the realism of mechanistic functions. I show that contemporary realist accounts of mechanisn lack the kind of ontological strength that hylomorphism can provide, while perspectivalism fails to offer a convincing argument to defend functions as mere explanatory techniques. I show how hylomorphic ontology might help NMP realists build better arguments against perspectivalism and how NMP might be strengthened with further debate between both traditions.Item Prosperity Gospel(2024-08-30) Jagt, AnnemarieThe prosperity gospel, also known as the health and wealth gospel, is centered on money, success, and good fortune. Popular televangelists promise a broad audience that if they give money to these churches and have strong faith, God will bless them with wealth and healing. In my master's thesis, I conducted a historical-critical hermeneutical analysis of the prosperity gospel, examining it through the lens of Max Weber's ideal-typical Puritan ethic, Calvinist work ethics, and Protestant theology, and comparing it to Catholic social teachings on the topics of wealth and health through faith. Finally, I compared this New Age-like prosperity gospel to the intended meaning of the Biblical Godly path of wisdom, blessing, and healing. The central theme of my master's thesis, therefore, was all about discernment.Item Searching for Symbiosis: Role of Deep Ecology in Probiotic Ecology(2024-08-29) Denton-Fray, LyndseyThis thesis looks at a prospective way of viewing ecological management and restoration through the lens of probiotic ecology: the science of studying and examining the relationships in probiotic management and using this knowledge to make changes in ecosystems and relationships with nature. Jamie Lorimer’s concept of ‘probiotic management’ is discussed, analysing the potential problems and ethical implications of such a practice. The thesis explores environmental ethical frameworks that can be attached to probiotic management, contending deep ecology as the most applicable framework to help deal with the ethical concerns.