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Consciousness, Cosmos, and the Fate of Life on Earth—a Mahb Dialogue with Science Philosopher and Systems Theorist Ervin Laszlo

By Geoffrey Holland — 2020

All of us, all of the web of life on Earth, must come together to form the symphony of oneness. That is the purpose of our existence. It is our contribution to the world. When we use our mind, our spirit, our consciousness the natural way, the way they were born to be used, we will find our way to oneness in our family and community, on Earth, and in the universe.

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Evolution Is Our Fundamental Reality

We are living in the midst of several major crises, including the environment and the institutional church. Does academic theology play a role here as well? Well, yes. As co-creators, we can begin to resolve some of the problems by better integrating theology and science.

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Ilia Delio
2019
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A Globe, Clothing Itself with a Brain

An obscure Jesuit priest, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, set down the philosophical framework for planetary, Net-based consciousness 50 years ago.

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Jennifer Cobb Kresiberg
1995
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On the Intersection of Science and Religion

The relationship between science and religion is often viewed in a Western context and through a Christian perspective. We turned to Muslims, Hindus, and Buddhists for a different view.

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Courtney Johnson, Cary Lynne Thigpen, Cary Funk
2021
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Technology and the Age of Broken Tablets

We need to think about the values we treasure, the world we create and the tablets we are writing. The Torah must be both adopted and adapted in this new world. We stand again at Sinai, and the revelation, dark or bright, is in our hands.

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David Wolpe
2017
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Pierre Teilhard de Chardin: Prophet of Cosmic Hope

Each act of love, no matter how small or hidden, moves all of reality closer to unity and connection.

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Susan Rakoczy
2020
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Modern Islam and Science: An Article by Seyyed Hossein Nasr

In “Islam and Science,” an article written for the Oxford Handbook of Religion and Science, Nasr attempts to give a broad overview of the relationship of Islam to modern science and technology. He makes some key points regarding to criticism of Western science from an Islamic point a view.

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Kristopher A. Nelson
2010
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Inside Silicon Valley’s New Non-Religion: Consciousness Hacking

I saw spiritual attainment and I thought, ‘That does not need to be religious. That can be scientific.’

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Kevin Gray
2017
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To Be an Earth Ecstatic: Poet Diane Ackerman on the Spirituality of Wonder Without Religion

Branchings of belief from the lovely common root of “holy” and “whole” in the interleaving of all things.

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Maria Popova
2020
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Science and Mysticism

The tragedy of dichotomous worldviews is compounded by the current myopia of conventional science and traditional religion, each convinced it has cornered the market on truth. "The true disease of the age is . . . literalism," observes mythologist Michael Meade.

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Dave Pruett
2016
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Can Mysticism Help Us Solve the Mind-Body Problem?

I just spent a week at a symposium on the mind-body problem, the deepest of all mysteries. The mind-body problem--which encompasses consciousness, free will and the meaning of life--concerns who we really are.

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John Horgan
2019
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