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Welcome to the The Theology Company (ttc). Our product (we hope) is peace, personal, local and global. Ttc is the trading arm of the natural religion project (tnrp). Religion
Our key resource is a theology based on the notion that the universe is itself divine. This is in contrast to many ancient religions which see world as an arbitrary creation of an invisible God.
Such world has no nature of its own that cannot be changed at God's fiat. In the past this world was perfect, but the first humans upset God, who retaliated by rendering the world defective.
If the world is divine it is no longer a puppet. Further, theology can be scientific. Science is based on observation, and to say the world is divine is to say god is observable.
Since god traditionally represents the whole of reality, it follows that every human experience is experience of divinity. This is as true when we observe god with cyclotrons or telescopes as when we observe god in our own hearts.
The current source of this theology is my own experience, but I hope ultimately to connect with other people with a similar view of the world: it, and we as part of it, are divine, not defective.
This theology has practical consequences. Theology is the science that corresponds to the art of religion, that is the art of peace.
Our approach does away with the need for religious institutions to interpret and enforce the word of god. We can all feel for ourselves, and compare and refine our views by communicating through whatever channels.
The ancient religions often act like brands competing for market share. They sometimes develop friction at their interfaces. Here we see an underlying unity in all religions. From an abstract point of view, every religion is a communication protocol.
A shared religion allows an group of individuals to act as a team, that is to share a common goals and agreed methods of attaining them.
In a good team, we are all peers on the network. In the notion of peerage we find solid foundation for human rights and freedoms. The network picture also allows us to see similar structures contributing to the creation of the world at all scales.
What scientific maturity we have has led us to see that we are not the centre of the universe. We often think that communication, intelligence, bonding and so on are special to ourselves, overlooking the skill of the universe that created us. It is not all chaos.
We have to understand that cosmic art if we are to fit in, that is, survive. As a species we are only a few hundred thousands years old. As far as we know the earth will remain habitable for at least another billion years, if we don't muck it up. And there's the rub.
The current theological situation is similar to that found in physics and biology in past centuries. Everybody had different ideas which were often in conflict with reality. Time and work have created broad areas of consensus in these sciences because everybody is observing the same reality using reliable methods.
The scientific community has no serious doubts about evolution, for instance, or recursive function theory.
On our definition of god, theology and religion can follow the same trajectory, toward reality based consensus.
This would be a valuable achievement. The purpose of ttc is to manage the exposure, development and trade of enough of this value to survive and grow.
(revised 25 february 2008)
Further reading
Books
| Darwin, Charles, and Greg Suriano (editor), The Origin of Species, Gramercy 1998 Introduction: 'In considering the Origin of Species, it is quite conceivable that a naturalist, reflecting on the mutual affinities of organic beings, on their embryological relations, their geographical distribution, geological succession, and other such facts, might come to the conclusion that each species has not been independently created, but has descended, like varieties, from other species.' (66) Amazon back |
| Davis, Martin, Computability and Unsolvability, Dover 1982 Preface: 'This book is an introduction to the theory of computability and non-computability ususally referred to as the theory of recursive functions. The subject is concerned with the existence of purely mechanical procedures for solving problems. ... The existence of absolutely unsolvable problems and the Goedel incompleteness theorem are among the results in the theory of computability that have philosophical significance.' Amazon back |
| Galilei, Galileo, and Stillman Drake (translator), Discoveries and Opinions of Galileo: Including the Starry Messenger (1610 Letter to the Grand Duchess Christina) , Doubleday Anchor 1957 Amazon: 'Although the introductory sections are a bit dated, this book contains some of the best translations available of Galileo's works in English. It includes a broad range of his theories (both those we recognize as "correct" and those in which he was "in error"). Both types indicate his creativity. The reproductions of his sketches of the moons of Jupiter (in "The Starry Messenger") are accurate enough to match to modern computer programs which show the positions of the moons for any date in history. The appendix with a chronological summary of Galileo's life is very useful in placing the readings in context.' A Reader. Amazon back |
| Genesis, and Alexander Jones (editor), in The Jerusalem Bible, Darton Longman and Todd 1966 'In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was a formless void, there was darkness over the deep, and God's spirit hovered over the water.' (I, 1-2) Amazon back |
| Lonergan, Bernard J F, Insight : A Study of Human Understanding (Collected Works of Bernard Lonergan : Volume 3), University of Toronto Press 1992 '... Bernard Lonergan's masterwork. Its aim is nothing less than insight into insight itself, an understanding of understanding' Amazon back |
| Teilhard de Chardin, Pierre, The Phenomenon of Man, Collins 1965 Sir Julian Huxley, Introduction: 'We, mankind, contain the possibilities of the earth's immense future, and can realise more and more of them on condition that we increase our knowledge and our love. That, it seems to me, is the distillation of the Phenomenon of Man.' Amazon back |
| von Neumann, John, and Robert T Beyer (translator), Mathematical Foundations of Quantum Mechanics, Princeton University Press 1983 Jacket: '... a revolutionary book that caused a sea change in theoretical physics. ... JvN begins by presenting the theory of Hermitean operators and Hilbert spaces. These provide the framework for transformation theory, which vN regards as the definitive form of quantum mechanics. ... Regarded as a tour de force at the time of its publication, this book is still indispensible for those interested in the fundamental issues of quantum mechanics.' Amazon back |
Links
| Aquinas Thomas Aquinas in English: A Bibliography THOMAS AQUINAS IN ENGLISH: A Bibliography Welcome! Select a category for a list of Latin titles, with clues in English, and then a Latin title for a list of its English versions. (For the most part, extracts are noted only in the absence of complete translations.) back |
| Aquinas Aquinas Latinus I intend to post here as many of Aquinas's Latin texts as I can. My own source is the CD-ROM version of Busa's Opera Omnia. back |
| Aristotle Index of /Aristotle Index of /Aristotle: The works of Aristotle online. back |
| Augustine Works, online Browse to Augustine of Hippo for a list of Augustine's works online. back |
| Lonergan The Bernard Lonergan Website 'A virtual place for collaboration in Lonergan studies. back |
| Plato Index of /Plato Index of /Plato, his works online. back |
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