Robert Nicastro is a Ph.D. candidate in the Theology and Religious Studies program at Villanova University. He earned a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy from Gannon University in Erie, Pennsylvania, and a Master of Arts in Theology from Saint Mary’s Seminary and University in Baltimore, Maryland.
His research focuses on the interrelationship of natural science, philosophy, and theology, and the implications of a coherent metaphysical worldview for addressing issues of social and enhancement technologies. He is currently writing his dissertation on scripture and Teilhard’s hyperphysics.
What is a Closed System?
Austrian biologist Ludwig von Bertalanffy was among the first in his guild to develop the concept of an “open system,” an idea that transcended the traditional methods of the physical…
Harnessing the Forces of Unification: Come Together, Stay Together
Question: “Can you explain the concept of “oneness”?” As one who passionately participated in the mysterious matrix of materiality, Jesuit scientist Pierre Teilhard de Chardin recognized—in a personal and…
Love as the Energetic Power of Union
Q: “I read/hear much ‘about’ love, especially from C4C…but I have yet to hear/understand exactly what love ‘is’ other than an overwhelming affectation. Is it “not this, not that”? Robert: …
The Sinister Situation of Evil: Problem or Necessity?
Q: I try to understand evil itself – what is it? Brokenness from the biology of the human being, brokenness from the things that have happened sometimes before and sometimes…
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