The idea of creation and the theory of autopoietic processes

Zygon

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 333-367

  Gregersen, Niels Henrik ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

A. R. Peacocke; Autopoietic systems; Blessing; Creation; Divine action; M. Eigen; N. Luhmann; S. Kauffman; Systems theory; Trinity

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749870449     PISSN: 05912385     EISSN: 14679744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0591-2385.00154     Document Type: Article

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