Robert Nicastro

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Overcoming Existential Dread: Teilhard de Chardin’s Spirituality of Zest

In an era marked by confusion, divisiveness, and existential anxiety, the notion of zest for life may feel distant or even unattainable. Nevertheless, the writings of scientist and mystic Pierre Teilhard de…

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Endowed with Wonder: Heschel on Science and Religion

According to Hebrew Bible scholar Abraham Heschel, there is embedded within each of us a natural proclivity to wonder, a sense of “unmitigated innate surprise.”[1] A sense of wonder is constitutive of…

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Claiming Our Divine Potential

American psychotherapist, Ira Progoff, was fascinated by the relationship between depth psychology and spirituality. As a neo-Jungian, he took seriously the presence and power of the collective unconscious and the…

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God Within Us, Around Us, Before Us: Hope in the Divine Milieu

Dear Friends, The twentieth-century theologian, Karl Rahner, was once asked by a colleague:“Wouldn’t it be better to keep quiet about God? After all, the word has been so misused, so…

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Looking Forward to Journeying With You

Dear Friends, The fourteenth-century mystic Meister Eckhart put it best: “If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough.” He knew…

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Season 2 of Hunger for Wholeness Podcast is Live

Since the time of Aristotle, philosophers have reminded us that ideas shape actions, so it matters how we think about reality, the world, and ourselves. If reality is interconnected, relational,…

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A Whiteheadian Response: The God of Persuasion

Question: “Please help me to further understand, I thought that God did not direct our lives. We made choices, those choices CREATED—God’s presence is in the creation of the choice…

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What Is Open Theism?

By way of brief overview, open theism is a contemporary mode of theological discourse that is more consonant with our present scientific descriptions of reality, as well as the central…

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Process, Prophecy, and the Theme of Justice: An Overlooked Relationship

In recent past, the prophetic corpus has gained renewed appreciation among Jews and Christians. Recognized as God’s messengers of justice, many scour the prophetic literature in search of rich and…