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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 who we are as humans. Wonder, for Heschel, is not merely an emotion, but an existential experience, a fundamental orientation to the world. All religious awareness and insight are rooted in wonder.  One of the principal responsibilities of religion, therefore, is to fight against the anesthetizing effects of becoming "too familiar" with life and reality, and to instill in us a sense of perpetual surprise, a willingness to encounter the world again and again as if for the first time.[2] In this way, religion has nothing to fear from science. The...
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Trust For The Meditation Process Grant

Dear Friends,   I am very proud and happy to announce that the Center for Christogenesis has received its very first grant! The Trust for the Meditation Process will be…

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Human Potential in an Age of Anxiety

Early Christian writers such as Irenaeus of Lyons (2nd c. AD and Gregory of Nyssa (4th c. AD) were cosmic, creative and bold in their thinking. The incarnation of God…

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‘Fratelli Tutti’: Papal dreams or Vatican diversion?

On Oct. 3, the feast of the transitus of St. Francis of Assisi, Pope Francis signed his new encyclical, Fratelli Tutti, on social order and universal brotherhood. As in his…

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Christogenesis By Any Other Name?

The new name for our Center has caused some concern among our followers; hence, I thought it best to try to explain why this name is fitting for a world…

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Why the “Center for Christogenesis”?

The Omega Center has been in search of a new name for several months. Recently, we decided that the best fit is “Christogenesis.” This is a term that Teilhard de…

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INFINITE POTENTIAL

INFINITE POTENTIAL tells the story of the man Einstein called his “spiritual son” and the Dalai Lama his “science guru.” A brilliant physicist and explorer of consciousness, Bohm’s profound insights…

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Christianity, Justice and Ecology in An Age of Crisis

“But ask the animals and they will teach you; the birds of the air and they will tell you; speak to the Earth and it will teach you; and the…

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Social Justice without Cosmic Theology is Blind

Religious disaffiliation has been on the rise since the late twentieth century.  The term “spiritual but not religious” is now increasingly a way for primarily younger generations to define themselves.…

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Understanding the Christic in an Open Universe

Let me begin this essay with an anecdote. The other day I was listening to Catholic Mass online – there was nothing wrong with it but there was nothing right…

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Heart of Matter: “The Divine Entanglement”

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