Information and Theology

Information and Theology

With increasing frequency I have been concluding my writings with references to religious aspects of the questions that in an academic context become rather theological questions. Most of the time after my retirement as emeritus has been dedicated to discovering and show how many problems I dealt with in information science eventually have to be boiled down terminating in theological questions. In doing so I have felt uncomfortable since I am painfully aware of living in an outspokenly secular country and in a societal and academic context where there is a generally sharp distinction and separation between science and religion. This is summarized in the concept of scientism , physicalism, biologism (biological determinism), and related materialism. I sense that in a extremely secular country like Sweden the sheer word God and religion is often barred from appearing in mass media and societal discourse. My intent is to challenge this phenomenon in the context of scientific information.Proceed to the full text: INFORMATION AND THEOLOGY
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