Résultats pour "Humanity and the Universe" dans Sciences sociales et politiques

From the perspective of Western modernity, humanity inhabits a disenchanted cosmos. Yet the vast majority of cultures throughout human history treat spirits as very real persons, members of a cosmic society who interact with humans and control their fate. In most cultures, even today, people are but a small part of an enchanted universe misconstrued by the transcendent categories of "religion" and the "supernatural." The New Science of the Enchanted Universe shows how anthropologists and other social scientists must rethink these cultures of immanence and study them by their own lights.

What is the afterlife? Do we ascend to heaven or descend to hell based on our deeds? Or do we simply relive existence in another human form? The truth is, only God—if He exists—knows the answer.In this thought-provoking episode, we dive deep into the mystery of God, human intelligence, religion, and the contradictions of our existence. We explore the philosophical question of whether God truly governs morality or if humanity itself has created the constructs of good and evil. If we are the most intelligent species, why do we create divisions in the name of religion, caste, and class? Are ...

An award-winning astronomer and physicist’s spellbinding and urgent call for a new Enlightenment and the recognition of the preciousness of life using reason and curiosity—the foundations of science—to study, nurture, and ultimately preserve humanity as we face the existential crisis of...