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This book proposes a broad synthesis of the state of the art regarding the debate on the phenomenon of Emergence. Discussing from a theoretical and a theological perspective, it aims to propose a new interpretation, according to the theological and metaphysical framework offered by St Bonaventure and the Franciscan school. Identifying the main concepts, the salient, and questions that characterize the phenomenon of Emergence, the book employs a complex, multilevel and wide-ranging analysis between the wisdom of Bonaventurean theology, metaphysics, and modern scientific and metaphysical knowledge. This book is a must read for scholars and academics interested in new sapiential depths to extract and make the new and the ancient interact.
List of contents
Introduction. Chapter 1. History of the concept of emergence.- Chapter 2. The re-emergence of emergence.- Chapter 3. Emergence and theology.- Chapter 4. A franciscan metaphysical and theological perspective.- Chapter 5. A proposal for a franciscan theological metaphysical foundation.- Bibliography.
About the author
Alessandro Mantini was ordained a priest in 2009 and is incardinated in the Diocese of Rome. He holds a degree in Electronic Engineering with specialization in Sensors and Robotics for Biomedical applications from the University of Rome Tor Vergata, where he then obtained an annual Master in Microstructure Engineering. At the same University he worked as a researcher and assistant at the chair of Sensors and Detectors and Solid State Electronic Devices, developing the first integrated Electronic Nose for biomedical and industrial applications. He also holds a degree and a PhD in Systematic Theology from the Pontifical Antonianum University in Rome, and a two-year first level Master in Science and Faith from the Ateneo Regina Apostolorum in Rome, and has attended several specialization courses on Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and their technical and ethical applications. At the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Rome, he teaches “Theology” in the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery; “Artificial Intelligence and Biotechnology” in the Master’s Degree course on Biotechnology for Personalized Medicine; “Stem Cells Research: an Anthropological Question” in the Master’s Degree in Applied Biology and Innovations in Regenerative Medicine (Brescia); “Ethical aspects of the collection and processing of patient data” in the Master in Big Data. At the Pontifical Antonianum University in Rome he teaches "Eschatology" and "Science and Theology". He has numerous scientific and theological publications in international journals and book reviews on the subject.
