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October 2013

Red Dwarf Stars and Little Green People?

October 2, 2013 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Chestnut Hill College – Commonwealth Chateau, 9230 Germantown Ave.
Philadelphia, PA 19118 United States
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Presented By: Living with a Red Dwarf Scott Engle, PhD The Little Green People and Us Frank Haig, SJ, PhD Are we alone? The question of whether Red Dwarfs can support habitable (life-bearing) planets is becoming a profound one, especially given how numerous we now known they are. This program will present recent research on Red Dwarf Stars and their planets and help us to ponder the question of what difference extraterrestrial life would make for humanity. Click here or…

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Proof of Heaven: A Neurosurgeon’s Journey into the Afterlife

October 20, 2013 @ 2:00 pm - 4:30 pm
St. Paul’s Parish House, 22 E. Chestnut Hill Ave
Philadelphia, PA 19118 United States
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Presented By: Eben Alexander, MD A video of this lecture can be viewed at: www.contemporarymysticism.org/ For the more information either view the Poster Click Here or the Press Release Click Here.  

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November 2013

Conversations on Near-Death Experiences

November 17, 2013 @ 2:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Chestnut Hill College – Commonwealth Chateau, 9230 Germantown Ave.
Philadelphia, PA 19118 United States
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Facilitated By: David Hufford, PhD (Samueli Institute), and Others Click Here for a Poster About the Event

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February 2014

Wonder and the Need for Alliances between Science and Religion

February 27, 2014 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Chestnut Hill College – Commonwealth Chateau, 9230 Germantown Ave.
Philadelphia, PA 19118 United States
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Presented By: Scott F. Gilbert, PhD, Howard A. Schneiderman Professor of Biology, Swarthmore College Respondent: Faye Flam, Science Writer, Lightning Blog at WHYY/NewsWorks and Journalist-in-residence, Ursinus College The scientific and religious worldviews are both predicated on the experience of wonder.  Indeed, in preserving wonder, science and religion actually help maintain each other. Science and religion, then, need to be allies in preserving sources of natural wonder. As long as science and religion are kept apart, profit-motive will triumph. Interestingly, both science and religion are changing in…

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March 2014

Is the History of Religions on the Brink of a New Axial Age?

March 12, 2014 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Chestnut Hill College – Commonwealth Chateau, 9230 Germantown Ave.
Philadelphia, PA 19118 United States
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Presented By: Paul Knitter, PhD Given the present state of the world in which various forms of violence threaten the well-being of people and planet, given the role that the religions of the world are playing in that violence, many religious believers and leaders feel called to fashion a new axial age in the religious history of humankind. Similar to the first axial age (800 to 200 BCE), this will call for a radical transformation in religious awareness – this time,…

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April 2014
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Where Hope Rises: Wisdom-Sophia in the Writings of Thomas Merton

April 13, 2014 @ 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Chestnut Hill College – Commonwealth Chateau, 9230 Germantown Ave.
Philadelphia, PA 19118 United States
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Presented By: Christopher Pramuk, PhD (Associate Professor of Theology, Xavier University, Cincinnati, OH) In a world riven by polarization, war, and planetary crisis, the Wisdom-Sophia tradition interjects a quiet word of unity and hope, of revelatory wonder and beauty, beckoning us to the work of healing, cross-cultural encounter and reconciliation. In a world replete with unspeakable violence against women and children, remembering and celebrating the feminine face of God, the divine presence alive in the world, becomes ever more urgent for Christianity…

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July 2014

Pierre Teilhard de Chardin: His Life, His Work, and His Spirituality

July 13, 2014 @ 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Chestnut Hill College – Commonwealth Chateau, 9230 Germantown Ave.
Philadelphia, PA 19118 United States
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Dr. Ursula King will explore significant events in the life of the French paleontologist and religious thinker Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, SJ and his prophetic thought which is based in his cosmic, evolutionary spirituality. Click Here for the Poster For more information on this lecture click here.   Below is a video of this lecture, feel free to click here to view the lecture on our YouTube channel.

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