David Derodon, George-Louis Lesage and their orthodox Atoms. Is there a Calvinist way to think about Matter?

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serval:BIB_CD226010D484
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
Collection
Publications
Institution
Title
David Derodon, George-Louis Lesage and their orthodox Atoms. Is there a Calvinist way to think about Matter?
Journal
Scientia
Author(s)
Miqueu Adrien
ISSN
2974-9433
Publication state
Published
Issued date
28/05/2024
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
2
Number
1
Language
english
Abstract
Historiography has shown that seventeenth-century Protestants had an elective affinity for atomic theories because of their conflict with the catholic dogma of transubstantiation. But is there something more in the ‘way of thinking’ that atomism entails that appealed to Protestant thinkers? And more precisely to Calvinist theologians? Using the work of Reformed theologian David Derodon and its subsequent re-reading by Geneva physicist Georges-Louis Lesage, this article aims at sketching the outlines of a possible «Calvino-atomist style» arising from the meeting of atomistic and Calvinist theology. Beyond the controversy over the ‘real presence’ of Christ in the Eucharist, it is the more general question of the relationship between God and his Creation that governed the configuration of an ‘orthodox’ atomism.
Keywords
Atomisme,calvinisme, théologie réformée
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