Yesterday I gave a lecture on science and religion, as part of a series on Reason and Religion. My part of these evening lectures is supposed to draw a conclusion from the three previous ones. Because I didn’t have the time to read the other three lectures in detail – and I only had the […]
Category: Uncategorized
Death and Religious Diversity
My current job is really fascinating. I work for the “education authority” Catholic Education Flanders, offering support to Catholic schools on the theme of Catholic dialogue schools. This results in an interesting mix of theology, educational theory, and practical concerns. One example of that mix is a letter that was forwarded to me by my […]
Hammurabi
What do you go see at the Louvre museum in Paris? Most people would probably put the Mona Lisa, the Nike of Samotrache, and the Venus of Milo on their todo list. At least, that’s what we – my wife and our two kids – noticed when we visited the Louvre ourselves in August 2016. […]
The trouble with borrowing ideas from outside your field of expertise
The reason I reblog this, is because it addresses one of the most difficult aspects of the science and religion field. As a theologian, it takes a lot of effort to make sure you understand what science is doing, before you can even start contemplating the theological implications of scientific theories. And, as mentioned in […]
Our Latest Scientific Collaborator was a Medieval Bishop
The myth that science and religion always have been and always will be in conflict with each other, is still believed in, although historical research has shown that the conflict thesis is far too simplistic. This blogpost offers a very interesting example of the complex relation between science and religion. Ordered Universe Our Latest Scientific […]
# MAPS /// Manifesto for an Alternative Cartography
Originally posted on The Funambulist:
Map created by Léopold Lambert for The Funambulist (2015) / Access a high-quality version here (6MB) (license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommerical-ShareAlike 4.0) I made this map in complement of last week’s article that introduced a few hypotheses about new ways of envisioning governance. It represents the world, no longer by its national borders…
Fairness? It’s all in the brain! (and it’s maybe closely related to money)
From experience to meaning… How come we know what’s fair or not? And what makes us act fair? It’s easy to think it’s located somewhere in the brain, although we will say the person has a good heart. According to a new brain study, people appreciate fairness in much the same way as they appreciate […]
New results from an UK Twin study: genes are more than an influence on intelligence
From experience to meaning… Last year I discussed a twin study on 11000 twins in the UK showing the effect genetics have an test results in school. Now there is a new study on 13000 twins in the UK published on PLOSOne. The title makes it already clear: “The high heritability of educational achievement reflects […]
Group Selection and Religion: Some Theological Remarks
One of the key lectures today, on the Schillebeeckx Centenary Conference, was delivered by Siobhán Garrigan. Her hermeneutics of the notion ‘home’ struck me as relevant for a theological reflection on evolutionary studies of religion that assume group selection to be an important factor. In short, group selection theories argue that religion supports social cohesion […]
Ideas Having Sex
Originally posted on use of knowledge:
People take the current level technological innovation as a given. It’s not. We are as prosperous and rich as we are today because of specific habits, customs and institutions that have evolved over generations. People often imagine that humanity is on a linear progression of innovation. That no matter what…
Weekly Gardening 