New Book Review Published by Fr. Mariusz Tabaczek, O.P.

Father Mariusz Tabaczek, O.P. has published a review of the book titled Minding Creation. Theological Panpsychism and the Doctrine of Creation – by Joanna Leidenhag. It can be found on the website of the journal Philosophy, Theology and the Sciences and on his profile on Academia.edu. Here is the excerpt from the text.

The shape of the Christian doctrine of creation throughout the history of theology has usually been an outcome of the encounter between the revealed Truth and particular philosophical systems. Following this pattern, Joanna Leidenhag strives to convince the reader to join her in embracing the recent resurgence of philosophical panpsychism as a framework that “might benefit the doctrine of creation” (1). While an actual treatment of the creation dogma in her book is limited to the notion of divine action and ecology (with some references to creatio ex nihilo and sacramental theology in the chapter dedicated to Leibniz), what she offers is definitely an intriguing and original treatment of panpsychism in relation to contemporary Christian theology. …