Metanexus Sophia. 2004_02_19. 5380 Words. Below is part two of the two-part essay by Dhruv Raina from the Zakir Husain Centre for Educational Studies at Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi, India. Raina compares two pious scientists, the renowned English Sinologist Joseph Needham and the Pakistani physicist Abdus Salaam, in order to unravel the complex…
Philip Clayton seeks ways to resolve the apparent conflict experienced when reading scripture and studying natural history. How can God act in the world without violating the laws of science?
In “The Far Future Universe,” George Ellis poses an overarching question: “Will human life and all intelligence inevitably come to an end as the universe evolves, or is there some way in which they could survive until the end of time?”
Metanexus: Views 2003.03.31. 3375 words The earliest religions, remarks today’s columnist Peter Russell, probablydate back to the time when human beings became aware that they were aware,and recognized that other people were aware. It was then only a small stepto suppose that other creatures were also aware. Looking into the eyes of abear or a…
“My studies in experimental psychology had taught me much about neurophysiology, memory, behavior, and perception. Yet, despite all that I was learning about brain function, I was no closer to understanding the nature of consciousness itself. The East, however, appeared to have a lot to say about the subject, and so did many mystics, from…
Peter Russell’s book, From Science to God: The Mystery of Consciousness and the Meaning of Light. Russell, M.A., D.C.S., F.S.P., is a fellow of the Institute of Noetic Sciences, of The World Business Academy and of The Findhorn Foundation, and an Honorary Member of The Club of Budapest. As a student, he studied mathematics and…
Peter Russell’s book, From Science to God: The Mystery of Consciousness and the Meaning of Light. Russell, M.A., D.C.S., F.S.P., is a fellow of the Institute of Noetic Sciences, of The World Business Academy and of The Findhorn Foundation, and an Honorary Member of The Club of Budapest. As a student, he studied mathematics and…
Presently, way too much of the science and religion discussion could be summed up in the “X-Files” slogan, “Trust No One.” I’d much prefer to move ahead in accordance with the other slogan: “The Truth Is Out There.”
From the Metanexus lecture series “By Nature Creators: Coming to Terms with Human Nature” I. Created to be Creators I introduce my presentation this evening and those that follow in this series by commenting on three facets of this work: what it’s about; the form it takes; its genre or type of literature. What It’s…
Excerpts from the book By the Waters of Naturalism: Theology Perplexed Among the Sciences (Eugene, Oregon, Wipf and Stock Publishers, 2001: ISBN 1-57910-770-2). =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=–=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Introduction In popular culture science seems to be the central challenge to biblical religion and its theology today, and discussions about science and theology inevitably come to the issue of theological…