The regeneration of the cosmic mind: cosmopsychism, mental chaos, and the new creation

Harvey Cawdron

doi:10.1017/S0034412524000106

The regeneration of the cosmic mind: cosmopsychism, mental chaos, and the new creation

Harvey Cawdron^*

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School of Divinity

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In several works, Joanna Leidenhag has discussed the theological merits of panpsychism, the idea that consciousness is ubiquitous in the universe. I shall pursue a related project here in which I consider how a variant of panpsychism called cosmopsychism, in which the universe itself is seen to be conscious, can answer key questions regarding the cosmic scope of sin and redemption in the new creation view of eschatology. After outlining the new creation view and considering key problems in the contemporary debate about cosmopsychism in philosophy of mind, I shall propose a cosmopsychist account of the new creation view that can address these queries regarding cosmic scope.

Original language	English
Number of pages	17
Journal	Religious Studies
Volume	FirstView
Early online date	20 Mar 2024
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S0034412524000106
Publication status	E-pub ahead of print - 20 Mar 2024

Keywords

Cosmopsychism
Mental chaos
N. T. Wright
New creation
Holy Spirit

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