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Daryl Domning, PhD, Professor of Anatomy at Howard University in Washington, DC, is a paleontologist who studies the evolution of marine mammals. Daryl has also developed an interest in the theological implications of evolution and is active in science/religion activities and dialog. With the late theologian Monika Hellwig, he wrote Original Selfishness: Original Sin and Evil in the Light of Evolution (2006). He was a co-organizer and speaker at the Washington Theological Union's public conference series "Atom + Eve: Using…

Douglas E. Christie, PhD received his B.S. from the University of California, Santa Cruz, his M.A. from Oxford University and his Ph.D. from the Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley and has been awarded fellowships from the Luce Foundation, the Lilly Foundation, and the NEH. His primary research interests focus on contemplative thought and practice in ancient and medieval Christianity and on spirituality and ecology. He is the author of The Word in The Desert: Scripture and the Quest for Holiness in…

Louis M. Savary, Ph.D., S.T.D., a former Jesuit of 30 years, has been teaching Teilhard's spirituality for over 40 years. His series of books, explaining to the ordinary reader some difficult theological and scientific ideas found in Teilhard’s work, include The Divine Milieu Explained, Teilhard on Suffering, The New Spiritual Exercises in the Spirit of Teilhard, Teilhard on Love, Teilhard on Morality, and soon, Teilhard on the Gospels and The Phenomenon of Man Explained. Come join us at 1pm on…

Christopher J. Corbally, SJ, is a Jesuit priest on the staff of the Vatican Observatory and an Adjunct Associate Astronomer at the University of Arizona. As Co-Founder of the Human Sentience Project, he continues his interdisciplinary interests in Earth- and space-based questions. Margaret Boone Rappaport is a cultural anthropologist and biologist who is Co-Founder of the Human Sentience Project, LLC, in Tucson, Arizona USA. She is working in the fields of cognitive evolution, human spaceflight, and Mars exploration. Come join…

Commonwealth Chateau at SugarLoaf Chestnut Hill College, Philadelphia, PA December 6 - 8, 2019 Divine Love, according to Teilhard de Chardin, is the core energy of the cosmos. God’s love is unceasing, dynamic, and creative—pulsing in the heart of all things, driving us ever forward to newness. Our wondrous human gift of love means that the future of Earth is in our hands. But in these tumultuous times, where are we going? We need a new story to guide our…

Donald Wayne Viney has held the rank of University Professor of Philosophy at Pittsburg State University (Kansas) since 2004, and he has taught philosophy and religion there since 1984. He publishes primarily on philosophy of religion with a focus on process-relational philosophy and theology. Come join us at 7pm on November 11th! Free Will Donations are accepted and very much appreciated.