Christian Humanist Profiles 235: God after Einstein

October 16, 2022 01:13:47
Christian Humanist Profiles 235: God after Einstein
Christian Humanist Profiles
Christian Humanist Profiles 235: God after Einstein

Oct 16 2022 | 01:13:47

/

Hosted By

Nathan P Gilmour

Show Notes

As a student in a good Old Testament Introduction class will be able to tell you, Genesis 1 borrows structures and symbols and maybe even vocabulary from Babylonian texts like Enuma Elish to paint its particular picture of creation.  Likewise Proverbs 8 casts world-making in terms of international wisdom traditions, and John 1 appropriates Greek philosophical vocabularies to tell us of the logos who becomes sarx.  In his recent book God After Einstein: What’s Really Going on in the Universe, John Haught presents some possibilities for God-talk in light of three great immensities with which modern science concerns itself: the great spans of time from the Big Bang to last week; the great spans of distance that an expanding universe encompasses; and the great spans of complexity that emerge with life, consciousness, and everything that comes with them.  Christian Humanist Profiles is glad to welcome Dr. Haught to talk about all that and more.

Other Episodes

Episode

November 13, 2017 00:49:26
Episode Cover

Christian Humanist Profiles 119: Saint Columban: His Life, Rule, and Legacy

David Grubbs interviews Terrence Kardong about his recent book "Saint Columban: His Life, Rule, and Legacy."

Listen

Episode

January 07, 2019 00:55:00
Episode Cover

Christian Humanist Profiles 144: God Can't

Nathan Gilmour interviews Thomas Jay Oord about his recent book "God Can't."

Listen

Episode

December 07, 2020 01:08:45
Episode Cover

Christian Humanist Profiles 209: Solzhenitsyn and American Culture

Michial Farmer interviews David Deavel and Jessica Hooten Wilson about their recent edited collection "Solzhenitsyn and American Culture."

Listen