Expanding Mind – Sacred Matter

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Expanding Mind – Sacred Matter

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May 16, 2019

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A conversation with philosopher of religion Mary-Jane Rubenstein about wonder, horror, animism, the multiverse, Heidegger, Einstein, Hawaiian telescopes, and her book Pantheologies: Gods, Worlds, Monsters (Columbia).

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May 16, 2019

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