Conversation with John Haught on Evolution, Intelligent Design, and the Recent Dover Trial
The trial was the first to explicitly consider the presentation of intelligent design in U.S. public schools. John Haught testified as an expert witness.
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Social, Human and Spiritual Capital in Economic Development
Metanexus Anthropos. 3,267 Words. “The social sciences are replete with a mature literature and treatments, both empirical and theoretical, on economic development. The concepts of social capital and human capital are by now rich and extend beyond economics to management, human resources, political science and sociology. Indeed, both have become in recent decades important, twin…
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Vedic Creationism in America, by Meera Nanda
Metanexus Bios. 1,862 Words. ﾓDarwin is under attack in America yet again. Exactly eighty years since the Scopes ﾓmonkey trial,ﾔ the teaching of Darwinﾒs theory of evolution is facing legal challenges in many parts of the country. A major trial pitting creationism against Darwin is under way in Dover, Pennsylvania, while the fate of another…
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What – Really – Is the “Science and Religion Dialogue” All About?
The 20th century may very well come to be considered the “age of hyper-specialization.” Through the increasing division of labor—both economic and intellectual—humans have certainly made enormous progress. We see the acceleration of specialization not only in industry, but in higher education as well. Does hyper-specialization, however, with its intensification of complexity and multiplication of…
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Varieties of Design Arguments
Metanexus Sophia. 12,302 Words. “The purpose of this paper is to examine some specifically philosophical questions about the current debate in selected North American public schools about including what is commonly called “intelligent design” (ID) as part of the schools’ official science curriculum. The issues I will raise focus around two broad questions: First, what…
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Field Analysys of the Literature on Religion, Spirituality, and Health
Metanexus Salus. 4,494 Words. “While the literature on religion, spirituality, and health has improved since our first review in 1999, a great deal remains to be accomplished. This review addresses current problems in the field and makes recommendations for activities worth pursuing, not worth pursuing, and about an important clarification of the aims of such…
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Neuroscientific Study of Religious and Spiritual Phenomena: A Field Analysis
Introduction With the rapidly expanding field of research exploring religious and spiritual phenomena, there have been many perspectives regarding the validity, importance, relevance, and need for such research. There is also the ultimate issue of how such research should be interpreted with regard to epistemological questions. The best way to evaluate this field is to…
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Unexpected Truth
Statement by John D. BarrowAt The Templeton Prize News Conference, March 15, 2006 A little over a year ago I was in a great church – the Basilica of St Mark in Venice. Its predecessor was raised in the year 832 to house the mortal remains of St Mark the Evangelist which had supposedly been…
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Spiral: a Metanexus form and metaphor for communication, process, and impact in the science and religion dialogue
What’s going on…? In November, Metanexus released the first issue of our interim publication, Where’s My Spiral? It had been a while since you had received a Spiral (newsletter) and, while we were busy overhauling our website and our publications, we thought you would like to know why you hadn’t heard from us about the…
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Field Analysis of Religion, Spirituality and Human Flourishing
Introduction The Metanexus Institute seeks research projects that scientifically explore the link between religion and spirituality and the virtues and human strengths that reflect humanity’s highest aspirations and noble qualities including, but not limited to: creativity, purpose, perseverance, gratitude, prayer, awe and wonder, personal responsibility, love, honesty, joy, humility, and generosity. This document provides a…