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Emergentism | 8. Ethics and Practices, Part III
Level 3 Practices: Embodiment
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Emergentism | 8. Ethics and Practices, Part II
Level 1 Practices: Organization. But first things first. Developing an Emergentist spiritual practice begins by coming into right relationship with the…
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Emergentism | 8. Ethics and Practices, Part I
So, we live in an evolving Universe ceaselessly complexifying, generating novel emergent levels of existence which deepen in consciousness and richness…
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Emergentism | 7. Lineage: V - Integral Theory
The last conceptual paradigm that we will consider here as a meaningful theological lineage of Emergentism is integral theory.
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Emergentism | 7. Lineage: IV - Process Theology
Another intellectual lineage rich in Emergentist insight is so-called “process theology,” a theological paradigm that parts with traditional notions of…
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Emergentism | 7. Lineage: III - Analytical Psychology
Another paradigm with remarkable overlap with Emergentism, despite coming from a very different starting place, is the analytical psychology pioneered…
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Emergentism | 7. Lineage: II - German Idealism
With the advent of modernity, the religious worldview’s belief in an immaterial, eternal supernatural realm became no longer tenable (as we have seen).
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Emergentism | 7. Lineage: I - Eastern and Western Mysticism
Emergentism is a novel spiritual framework informed by the revelations of complexity science, non-equilibrium thermodynamics, consciousness studies…
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Emergentism | Chapter 6: Myth: Poeticizing Reality
We have articulated the contours of the new Emergentist worldview, and have even begun to populate its social imaginary with symbols and icons in our…
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Emergentism | Chapter 5: Designing Meaning 3.0
By now, it should be clear that, far from being some opportunistic scam or intriguing art project, re-designing religion is a spiritual imperative in…
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Emergentism | Chapter 4: Interpreting the Universe, Part II
God is evolving, along with knowledge, goodness, and power. With time, God is becoming realized. Simply put, time is the locus of theophany. But what…
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Emergentism | Chapter 4: Interpreting the Universe, Part I
The Meaning of the Universe
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