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Religion in Human Evolution, Part 7: Moses and Monotheism

By Andrew Brown — 2012

Moses should be seen not as a historical figure, but a charter for a new regime in which people live under God, not king.

Read on www.theguardian.com

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Prosocial World

Thinking more explicitly about cultural catalysis can help to accomplish in years what otherwise would require decades or not take place at all. As we experiment with cultural catalysis, we need to make it fast and benign rather than fast and pathological for the common good.

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Can Evolution Be Conscious?

If you had a conventional biological education, then you were taught that evolution is not a conscious process. How very 20th Century.

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Having the Eyes of God on us is a Blessing

To be watched is to feel the expectation of the watcher. The driver is more careful with a police car behind, the high school athlete more adept with the cheerleader on the sideline, every performance heightened once there is an audience. To be seen is to behave differently.

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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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Hope in Evolutionary Time

A very good friend of mine periodically asks me: Why do you believe that we are evolving in a positive way? Why do you believe that our consciousness is developing toward greater complexity, inclusivity and unity?

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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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Robert Pirsig & His Metaphysics of Quality

Anthony McWatt explores the philosophical ideas underlying the culture-changing 1970s blockbuster Zen & the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.

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Moses Is Revered by Three Faiths

The biblical story of Moses resonates strongly today.

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The Evolution of Consciousness—A Map for Understanding Us and the World

Are we doomed to live in conflicting states of awareness and remain unable to find common ground for understanding? Not necessarily.

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The Invitation: Is the World the Way You Want It to Be?

Why bother to heal the world if—as Conversations with God declares—everything is perfect just the way it is?

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Conscious Evolution