Abstract
Chaos theory is only recently breaking into the consciousness of the philosophical and scientific communities on a large scale; hence, exploration of its philosophical and theological implications has barely begun. This paper undertakes to sketch some key aspects of chaos theory, especially in relation to the notion of temporality, and to suggest that the import of chaos theory for our way of thinking about time calls for a dialogical biblical way of modeling it -- such as is richly implicit in the works of Michael Polanyi -- rather than the classical tragic way which has dominated traditional science.