칼빈신학과 과학철학의 연관성

Abstract

There is lots of diversity in the world in which we live. While the attributes of God are simplicity and unity, the attributes of the created world will be by far a changeable diversity. We have the various fields of study in the world. The respective branch of study has its own particular feature. The triune God, however, has left his mark(stigma Dei) on creation. Thus, human beings can live in diversity and know the unity of God as his attribute by means of revelation, a theological term, or by means of research and inquiry, a scientific term. Or it can be known through discovery, which is a term that can include these two areas. This paper deals with the contents of the convergent discipline that appears in the theology of Calvin, the Reformer of the 16th century, and suggests that theology and science should not only cling to different path but also need dialogue. There are many philosophical elements in theology. Likewise, there are many philosophical elements in science. And since science is a discipline that started from philosophy at the beginning, it will return to philosophy at any time. And science, recently, has begun to wonder about questions beyond the limit. In science, How Questions are so much important. Recently, the importance of Why Questions, however, have begun to be raised in the field of theology and philosophy. This is a typical area of existing theology, and it is always an important issue how the providence of God is revealed both in nature and in history, which means the world created by the triune God. Theology and science now recognize the mutual needs. This integrated work has already begun in Europe, but it is still relatively unfamiliar in Korea. In some ways, the West may be natural because the soil of discipline is based on Christianity, but the Korean situation is somewhat different. The purpose of this thesis is to clarify and inform that there is a similarity and connection between theology and philosophy of science by examining Calvin's theology.