The following is an excerpt from a manuscript in drafts, Searching for the Cosmos. It is from a chapter concerned with whether history is an essential property of the cosmos as a whole. Comments, criticism, and questions are welcome! Does the cosmos have a beginning in time or is it temporally beginningless? Drawing on key … Continue reading Searching for the Beginning of Time
From the ongoing drafts of Searching for the Cosmos. Let’s say that the universe or cosmos is the unity of order of all mobile beings according to place, duration, and causality. What is a “unity of order”? A “unity of order” is dependent upon a certain type of relation, in this case a certain relationship … Continue reading The universe as a whole
Updated: The following is based upon my remarks at the inaugural meeting of the Institute on the Catechism. I have been tasked with talking about the place of human nature and sexuality in the cosmos. To fulfill this task, I would like to sketch two competing paradigms for understanding that place. The first is older, … Continue reading The Harmony of Creation
The folks over at Church Life Journal at the University of Notre Dame are publishing a special series during September on the relationship between science and religion. The series especially focuses on “the demise of the conflictual model of science and religion.” All of the posts in the series can be found through this link, and my … Continue reading Ah, to Live in a Cosmos Again!
The following is the prepared text for a lecture delivered at Anthem Preparatory Academy, a Great Hearts charter high school in Anthem, AZ. The lecture was a part of a two-day colloquium for the junior and senior class, “Making Worlds,” also with guest speaker Dr. Andrew Seeley. The texts of the colloquium were selections from … Continue reading Making Images of the Cosmos
John G. Brungardt 