Theomathy  

Everyone has heard of 'Theology'. Some even study that subject in Graduate Schools of Theology.

But how many people know about Theomathy?

«In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. [John 1:1]»

«In the end was the Math. And the Math was Divine.»

Euclid, the Greek mathematician who is most responsible for Plane Geometry, said, "The Laws of Nature are but the mathematical thoughts of God." 

"God does arithmetic." ~Carl Friedrich Gauss

Einstein said, "I want to know God's thoughts."

And then (among other things), he wrote down E = mc².

Just as 'Theology' means "the Word of God," we can define 'Theomathy' as 'the Math of God'.

What's missing in traditional Theology is an appreciation of Theomathy.

Here is a more astonishing example:

In 1831, Michael Faraday discovered the missing link in the connection between electricity and magnetism. He discovered that a magnet in motion can induce an electric current in a coil of wire. But it took a brilliant mathematician like James Clerk Maxwell, to work out the mathematical details of the quantitative relationship between electricity and magnetism.

The first of those four differential equations is known as Gauss' Law.  It says that the strength (or magnitude) of an Electric Field emerging from the surface of a closed volume depends on the quantity of electric charge enclosed inside the volume.  But don't take my word for it. Let Professor Lynda Williams, aka "The Physics Chanteuse" sing it for you.

Gauss' Law with Lynda Williams

Here are some of the links that we can draw additional material from ...

• Theomathy ~ Introducing a new term of art

• The Ninth Intelligence ~ Existential Intelligence

• Neuro-Mathematical Systems Theology

• The HOLE Story ~ A mathematical interpretation of Genesis

• Contagion ~ An example of Analytical Theology

• Some Thoughts on Yom Kippur 

• Beyond Mere Rules 

• Disjunction Dysfunction and the Error Function 

• Leviathan ~ Hints of Chaos Theory

• Control ~ The importance of Bearing Accurate Witness

• The Foundations of Ethics 

• The Spirit of Becoming 

• The First Book of System Design 

• Antinomy and Antagony 

• Apostasy and Emunah

• A Covenant Worthy of Trust

Analytic Theology

Analytic Theology is the graduate level study of ethical best practices for crafting a sustainable culture, using the tools for thought subsumed under the rubric of the Ninth Intelligence (Existential Thinking). 

Here is a Venn diagram showing topics covered by analytic theology. Systems Theory (or Systems Science) overlaps with traditional Narrative Theology, revealing that a substantial portion of classical theology is amenable to secular Model-Based Reasoning in disciplines that include Sociology, Psychology, Anthropology, Philosophy, Neuroscience, Cybernetics, and Cognitive Science.