This paper explores how Big History affects political identity and ideas of security. It is for the 2016 IBHA conference. Comments, suggestions, and criticisms are welcomed!
My paper on this topic for the 2016 IBHA conference; comments, suggestions, and criticisms are welcome!
Newsletter reviews Symbiogenetics, the 4th edition of Lynn Margulis’s magnum opus (Symbiosis...
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Origins, the bulletin of the International Big History Association, highlights the many activities, projects, and reflections that IBHA members and friends have on Big History.
Orbis Books has started a new series: Catholicity in an Evolving Universe Series. This book by Ilia Delio demonstrates that catholicity is a conscious awareness of how everything–sun and stars, maple trees and muddy rivers, and all organisms from the single-celled to homo sapiens–forms one thing. It is a dynamic, spiritual quality that quite literally […]
From the introduction: Since the earliest expressions of culture, humans have sought to understand and efine our place in the universe. To this end, we have developed cosolgies, which are stories that invoke our common experience of reality. These stories describe where have come fro and where we are going. The religioius and philosophical traditions […]
The Deep Time Walk is a 4.6km walking audio history of life. This unfolding takes you from 4.6bn years ago to the present day, with each metre representing one million years. As you walk you begin to recognise the long geological processes and self-regulating patterns that have produced the conditions for the evolution of life. […]
Various news articles and links. A discussion of the context and background for Lynn...
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“To figure out the origin of life might take a conceptual shift towards seeing it as a pattern of molecular energy.” This article suggests a process for the chemical formation of life within deep-see geologic formations.
6-day RETREAT offering guided by Maureen Wild, SC, with musical accompaniment by Joyce Rouse
Our Vision is to ignite our sense of connectedness with Earth and nurture a spirituality of Earth care through learning circles.
Creation Spirituality: Reawakening Mysticism, Protecting Our Planet
Gladwyne Montessori is an independent Montessori school on Philadelphia’s Main Line.
Committed to guiding adults in their journey as they discover the truths about childhood and study Montessori pedagogy. Personal growth and deep understanding prepares us for success.
The result is transformative.
