A Proposal for a Franciscan Theological Metaphysical Foundation for Emergence (F-TME): Theology and Science in an Enriching Dialogue

After a summary of the main concepts and problems concerning the phenomenon of emergence as a synthetic recalling of the previous chapters, both from a scientifical and a theological point of view in the context of conjunctive explanations, the sixth chapter will initially open to the definition of the framework needed for re-interpreting emergence, according to four pillars: Relationality and Mediation, and then Incarnation and Intelligibility. This chapter then presents the very core of this work, depicting a Franciscan Theological-Metaphysical proposal for Emergence, referring to the Trinitarian-Christological-metaphysical structure of Creation, proposed by St. Bonaventure and the Franciscan school.