John Haught's guest appearances

John Haught

Homebrewed Christianity Podcast

Evolving  Faith

Atheism: Religion in America - Video

Atheism: Religion in America - Audio

The Lumen Christi Institute

Rethinking Faith

Adherent Apologetics

Brian Zahnd

Mark Karris

Curtis Holtzen

Tony Jones

Diana Butler Bass

Dan Koch

Bonnie Kristian

Catherine Keller

Brian McLaren

Thomas Jay Oord

John Cobb

Greg Boyd

Tom Oord

Aaron Simmons

David Gushee

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This week Dr. John Haught joins us for a fun conversation about his book "The New Cosmic Story: Inside Our Awakening Universe". Over the past two centuries, scientific advances have made it clear that the universe is a story still unfolding. He contends that many have overlooked a crucial aspect of cosmic history: the drama of life’s awakening to interiority and religious awareness. Science may illuminate the outside story of the universe, but a full telling of the cosmic story cannot ignore the inside development that interiority represents. Haught addresses two primary questions: what does the arrival of religion tell us about the universe, and what does our understanding of the cosmos as an unfinished drama tell us about religion? Enjoy! RESOURCES: The New Cosmic Story (book)

This week Dr. John Haught joins us for a fun conversation about his book "The New Cosmic Story: Inside Our Awakening Universe". Over the past two centuries, scientific advances have made it clear that the universe is a story still unfolding. He contends that many have overlooked a crucial aspect of cosmic history: the drama of life’s awakening to interiority and religious awareness. Science may illuminate the outside story of the universe, but a full telling of the cosmic story cannot ignore the inside development that interiority represents. Haught addresses two primary questions: what does the arrival of religion tell us about the universe, and what does our understanding of the cosmos as an unfinished drama tell us about religion? Enjoy! RESOURCES: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/New-Cosmic-Story-Awakening-Universe/dp/030021703X/ref=sr_1_1?crid=NVXJB4PRAB1L&amp;dchild=1&amp;keywords=the+new+cosmic+story&amp;qid=1618401883&amp;sprefix=the+new+cosmic+%2Caps%2C157&amp;sr=8-1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The New Cosmic Story</a> (book)

The New Cosmic Story - With John Haught

This talk was delivered February 21, 2015, by John F. Haught, Distinguished Research Professor and Professor Emeritus of Theology at Georgetown University. His area of specialization is systematic theology, with a particular interest in issues pertaining to science, cosmology, evolution, ecology, and religion.-The bestselling books by the “New Atheists” Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, Daniel Dennett and Christopher Hitchens provide colorful portraits of the evils of religions, especially those that profess belief in a personal God. In their passionate denunciation of faith in God, the New Atheists appeal not only to morality but also to reason to convince readers of the absolute wrongness of belief in God. This lecture aims to summarize the main claims of the New Atheists and examine whether these claims are themselves reasonable.

This talk was delivered February 21, 2015, by John F. Haught, Distinguished Research Professor and Professor Emeritus of Theology at Georgetown University. His area of specialization is systematic theology, with a particular interest in issues pertaining to science, cosmology, evolution, ecology, and religion. - The bestselling books by the “New Atheists” Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, Daniel Dennett and Christopher Hitchens provide colorful portraits of the evils of religions, especially those that profess belief in a personal God. In their passionate denunciation of faith in God, the New Atheists appeal not only to morality but also to reason to convince readers of the absolute wrongness of belief in God. This lecture aims to summarize the main claims of the New Atheists and examine whether these claims are themselves reasonable.

John Haught - Science, Faith, and the New Atheism

 For a long time I have been a fan of John Haught’s work. He is a Catholic theologian, invested in the conversation between religion and science, who brings together two of my favorite thinkers – Pierre Teilhard de Chardin and Alfred North Whitehead. His recent award winning book, The New Cosmic Story: Inside Our Awakening Universe, Haught’s mature theological voice is at work in a serious way. There he argues that an adequate understanding of cosmic history requires attention to the emergence of interiority, including religious aspiration.  We discuss that and a number of other topics in this conversation including…  Big History and its inside story the relationship of religion and science Layered Explanations of reality and meaning 3-fold pattern of growth: Divergence, Convergence, and Emergence the cosmological literalism of the New Atheists – a modernist form of fundamentalism the narrative shape of the cosmos Teilhard, Lonergan, Whitehead, Polyani the nature of religion in the evolution of homo sapiens ethical predicaments from the ecological crisis to abortion the role of beauty in the cosmos His article, Trashing Teilhard: How Not to Read a Great Religious Thinker  John F. Haught is Senior Fellow, Science &amp; Religion, Woodstock Theological Center, Georgetown University. He was formerly Professor in the Department of Theology at Georgetown University (1970-2005) and Chair (1990-95). His area of specialization is systematic theology, with a particular interest in issues pertaining to science, cosmology, evolution, ecology, and religion. Zesty books from John Haught

For a long time I have been a fan of John Haught’s work. He is a Catholic theologian, invested in the conversation between religion and science, who brings together two of my favorite thinkers – Pierre Teilhard de Chardin and Alfred North Whitehead. His recent<a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnfarrell/2017/12/31/book-of-the-year-the-new-cosmic-story/#442ce337478b" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> award winning</a> book, T<a href="https://www.amazon.com/New-Cosmic-Story-Awakening-Universe/dp/030021703X/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=john+haught&amp;qid=1557420711&amp;s=gateway&amp;sr=8-1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">he New Cosmic Story: Inside Our Awakening Universe</a>, Haught’s mature theological voice is at work in a serious way. There he argues that an adequate understanding of cosmic history requires attention to the emergence of interiority, including religious aspiration.  We discuss that and a number of other topics in this conversation including… <ul> <li>Big History and its inside story</li> <li>the relationship of religion and science</li> <li>Layered Explanations of reality and meaning</li> <li>3-fold pattern of growth: Divergence, Convergence, and Emergence</li> <li>the cosmological literalism of the New Atheists – a modernist form of fundamentalism</li> <li>the narrative shape of the cosmos</li> <li>Teilhard, Lonergan, Whitehead, Polyani</li> <li>the nature of religion in the evolution of homo sapiens</li> <li>ethical predicaments from the ecological crisis to abortion</li> <li>the role of beauty in the cosmos</li> <li><a href="https://www.commonwealmagazine.org/trashing-teilhard" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">His article, Trashing Teilhard: How Not to Read a Great Religious Thinker</a></li> </ul> <a href="https://gufaculty360.georgetown.edu/s/contact/00336000014TkWYAA0/john-haught" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">John F. Haught</a> is Senior Fellow, Science &amp; Religion, Woodstock Theological Center, Georgetown University. He was formerly Professor in the Department of Theology at Georgetown University (1970-2005) and Chair (1990-95). His area of specialization is systematic theology, with a particular interest in issues pertaining to science, cosmology, evolution, ecology, and religion. <h3>Zesty books from John Haught</h3>

John Haught: the New Cosmic Story