Contingency in complex systems and eastern trinitarian divine action in creation

Divine action and the contingency of
 creation on God have been an ongoing topic of
 discussion between theologians and scientists. This
 paper begins with an introduction on contingency
 by presenting two models of contingency: topdown
 and bottom-up contingency models (section
 1). I then proceeded to make the connection
 between contingency and causation (section 2).
 With the discourse of causation, contingency can be
 approached starting from either the cause or the effect.
 I propose to approach the issue by starting neither
 from the cause nor the effect, but from the system
 (section 3). This systems approach has the following
 logical flow. The first step is to consider the system
 in itself (section 4). There is a continuum of system
 complexity from simple to complex. The second
 step is to delineate the differences between simple
 and complex systems by considering four factors
 (section 5). Third is to locate the contingency of both
 systems (section 6). By using the cell as an example
 of a complex system, I demonstrated that modeling
 complex systems as a network is superior to the serial
 linearization method. Then I proceed to determine the
 nature of God based on this new proposed systemic
 relational contingency model (section 7). I find
 Lossky’s Essence-Energies Trinitarian formulation
 of divine action in creation is compatible with the
 quantum randomness contingency model and the
 relational systemic contingency model. Moreover,
 in comparing the Trinitarian doctrines of Lossky
 with Barth, I argue that Eastern Trinitarian model
 in general overcomes both theological and scientific
 problems better than Western Trinitarian models. In
 conclusion, I argue that the relational contingency
 model overcomes problems of the previous models,
 provides novel implications that fits with the eastern
 concept of trinitarian divine action, and is open to
 future theological and philosophical development