John F. Haught

John F. Haught is Distinguished Research Professor at Georgetown University and author of The New Cosmic Story: Inside Our Awakening Universe (Yale University Press, 2017).

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An Awakening Universe

Human thought marks nature coming to know itself. As stewards of creation, we are also stewards of consciousness.

By John F. Haught

November 12, 2023

Science

Spirituality

Technology

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Trashing Teilhard

The Jesuit theologian has recently come under fire for his supposed racism and support of eugenics; but great religious thinkers must be read with care and precision

By John F. Haught

February 12, 2019

Theology

Race

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Unwarranted Certainty

An increasing number of cosmologists now believe in the existence of a multiverse. It’s a thrilling prospect; but does a multiverse really exist?

By John F. Haught

April 19, 2014

Books

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Darwin’s Nagging Doubt

Nagel’s writings about mind have long provoked controversy, but his latest book is, to many of his fellow intellectuals, outrageous. I think he's on to something.

By John F. Haught

September 30, 2013

Evolution

Secularism and Modernity

Theology