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Rubenstein rethinking modern cosmology leaving no room for gods (video)

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https://aeon.co/videos/if-you-think-that...magination

‘We’re not so much abandoning the idea of the gods, we’re just trying to pull them all the way into the Universe.’

INTRO: From the possibility of infinite universes to the prospect of panpsychism, puzzles have arisen in physics that can take science to some very counterintuitive places. According to Mary-Jane Rubenstein, assistant professor of religion and feminist, gender and sexuality studies at Wesleyan University in Connecticut, new theories and breakthroughs at the forefront of cosmology need not – and moreover, should not – elbow out theology from the conversation about our place in the cosmos. Instead, as she argues in this wide-ranging interview recorded at the HowTheLightGetsIn Festival from the Institute of Arts and Ideas in 2019, science should encourage us to build more durable myths and theologies to suit our times. (MORE - video)


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