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       Participatory Creation
       By: Brian Date: November 21, 2019, 3:34 pm
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       Recently, I've been reading a lot of Wendell Berry, and he often
       talks about creation as viewed by the industrial economy, as
       something to be used up and consumed, vs. participatory
       creation.  I know that the idea of participatory creation has
       its roots in Catholic or Orthodox theology, and I've heard the
       phrase in other places, besides Berry, but does anyone know more
       about this concept?  Is there some notable Catholic or Orthodox
       thinker that discusses creation as being completed and/or
       perfected when human beings actively engage with it in a
       dynamic, non-consumerist way?  Any books or authors or
       recommendations would be appreciated.
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       Re: Participatory Creation
       By: RomanJoe Date: November 21, 2019, 11:37 pm
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       JRR Tolkien used the term "sub-creation" in reference to man's
       use of imagination to create new worlds, stories, people, etc.
       He saw fantasy literature as the purest form of this.
       Sub-creation for Tolkien was a way of worshipping God, it was an
       emulation of the divine act of creation. I find it
       quasi-platonic, this idea that man has a natural inclination to
       imitate the divine through his artistic capacity, never actually
       achieving divine creation but merely approximating it.
       More info here:
  HTML http://www.cslewisinstitute.org/node/1207
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       Re: Participatory Creation
       By: Brian Date: November 23, 2019, 12:32 pm
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       Thanks Joe, looks interesting.  I'll check it out.  I was just
       thinking about reading through Lewis' Space Trilogy.  I started
       the one first one a couple months back, and then I moved, and
       didn't finish it.
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