The World in Science and Religion. Dialogue between Modern Science and Orthodox Tradition

The Cosmos as an ornament, as a source of harmony and reason, as conceived by the ancient Greeks. The Cosmos, as a dense net of relationships and analogies, as it emerged thanks to Science and analytical thinking. The Cosmos as creation, as a means of encountering the Creator, as offered through the Biblical and Christian traditions. The Cosmos, as a place of encounter and open dialogue between Science, Philosophy, Theology. This book reflects the dialogue conducted in the context of the interdisciplinary project “The World in Science and Religion”, on the subject of the Cosmos in all its manifestations. This dialogue was contributed to by: Metropolitan Nikolaos of Messogaia and Lavreotiki Ioannis Antoniou, Department of Mathematics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Minas Arsenakis, Department of Biology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Wolfgang Achtner, University of Giessen, Germany Christos Giannaras, Department of International and European Studies, Panteion University Vasilios Yultis, Department of Theology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Dimitrios Kyriakidis, Department of Chemistry, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Panos Ligomenidis, Academy of Athens George Mantzaridis, Department of Theology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Nikos Moschonas, Department of Biology, University of Crete Stavros Balogiannis, Faculty of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Argyris Nikolaidis, Department of Physics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Alexei Nesteruk, University of Portsmouth, UK Nikos Prantzos, Institut d’ Astrophysique, Paris Ettore Perrella, Accademia Platonica delle Arti, Padova, Italy Zacharias Skouras, Department of Biology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Dimitra Sfendoni – Mentzou, Faculty of Philosophy, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Vasilios Tarlatzis, Faculty of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki