Religion, morality, science – and the (?) story of Homo sapiens

dc.contributor.authorVeldsman, Daniel Petrus
dc.contributor.emaildanie.veldsman@up.ac.zaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2024-04-16T04:34:07Z
dc.date.available2024-04-16T04:34:07Z
dc.date.issued2023-12-18
dc.descriptionDATA AVAILABILITY : Data sharing is not applicable to this article as no new data were created or analysed in this study.en_US
dc.description.abstractFrom the most recent and directive dimensions of the (?) story of Homo sapiens (Hs), presented as a very limited overview and in broad outlines from an anthropological perspective, the focus will ultimately fall on three key concepts: ecosystems, niche construction and wisdom. These concepts in my academic opinion represent for our pursuit and further exploration on morality and religion from evolutionary perspectives the most important anthropological clues and directives. Against the background of two remarks: firstly, on the contextual state of the present science-religion discourses in South Africa and secondly, on the fluid and messy nature of the relationship between science-religion in contemporary discourses, the (no, a) messy story of Homo sapiens is told, incorporating the most recent post-Darwinian developments within evolutionary theories, highlighting the Extended Evolutionary Synthesis (EES) and the all-important four dimensions of inheritance that are embodied in these very three concepts. INTERDISCIPLINARY AND/OR INTERDISCIPLINARY IMPLICATIONS : Reflection on the stories of Homo sapiens within cultural anthropological, theological and philosophical contexts in order to highlight directives and implications for the relationship between morality and religion within contemporary science-religion discourses.en_US
dc.description.departmentDogmatics and Christian Ethicsen_US
dc.description.librarianam2024en_US
dc.description.sdgNoneen_US
dc.description.urihttp://www.ve.org.zaen_US
dc.identifier.citationVeldsman, D., 2023, ‘Religion, morality, science – And the (?) story of Homo sapiens’, Verbum et Ecclesia 44(1), a2875. https://DOI.org/10.4102/ve.v44i1.2875.en_US
dc.identifier.issn1609-9982 (print)
dc.identifier.issn2074-7705 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.4102/ve.v44i1.2875
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/95540
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherAOSISen_US
dc.rights© 2023. The Author. Licensee: AOSIS. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License.en_US
dc.subjectScience-religion discoursesen_US
dc.subjectStory of Homo sapiensen_US
dc.subjectEcosystemsen_US
dc.subjectNiche constructionen_US
dc.subjectWisdomen_US
dc.titleReligion, morality, science – and the (?) story of Homo sapiensen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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