“THE GOD WITH CLAY”: THE IDEA OF DEEP INCARNATION AND THE INFORMATIONAL UNIVERSE
Zygon December 3, 2025 Niels Henrik Gregersen 5 citations
Deep incarnation, the idea that the divine became fully embodied in Jesus, can be enriched by modern information science. Early cosmic Christologies, such as those of the Cappadocian fathers and Bonaventure, already blended form and matter in ways that anticipate an informational worldview. Three hypotheses link deep incarnation with information: mass, energy, and information are equally fundamental causes; transformation requires communication, which requires information; and informational structures enable information capture, communication, and transformation, which illuminate the organismic depth of incarnation. At the level of life, embodied cognition and emotion become relevant for understanding the concrete incarnation in Jesus of Nazareth.