1st Edition

Divine Revelation and the Sciences Essays in the History and Philosophy of Revelation

Edited By Balázs M Mezei Copyright 2025
262 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

262 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

262 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book provides an in-depth analysis of the relationship between the sciences and the concept of divine revelation. It includes a historical overview of the notion of revelation, its role in scientific debates over the centuries, and current challenges in light of non-religious and especially non-revelational proposals. The volume emphasizes that discussions of divine revelation cannot be... Read more

1. Introduction

Balázs M. Mezei

2. Apocalyptic and the Sciences

Ida Fröhlich

3. Science, Revelation, and Biblical Dualism

Ralph Stefan Weir

4. Reason within Revelation

Miklós Maróth

5. Astronomy and Revelation: A New Look into Zúñiga’s Works

Miklós Vassányi

6. Reason, the Only Oracle of Man

Paul Richard Blum

7. Beyond Reason and Necessity: Schelling’s Overcoming of Natural Theology

István Czakó

8. God’s Self‑Revelation through the Pure Perfections

Josef M. Seifert

9. The ‘True’ in Music: Revelation of a Dual Nature

Alpaslan Ertüngealp

10. Revelation and Sociology: Disenchantments and Reenchantments of Social Reality

Zoltán Hidas

11. Second‑Personal Phenomenology and Revelation

Mikolaj Slawkowski‑Rode

12. The Cosmic Authority Problem and the Question of Revelation

Brendan Purcell

13. The Relevance of Revelation in the Sciences

Balázs M. Mezei

14. Sciences and the Future of Revelation

Agnieszka Lekka‑Kowalik

Biography

Balázs M. Mezei is Full Professor of Philosophy at Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary. He is author of Radical Revelation (2017) and co-editor of The Oxford Handbook of Divine Revelation (2021).