Jesuits and Science – A Close Linkage                 Whenever I had occasion to say in public that the Jesuits played a major role in the origin and development of modern science, invariably I see several raising their eyebrows in dis…

VATICAN II ON SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY   Job Kozhamthadam, SJ Introduction   Although the Catholic Church is expected to be a Spirit-initiated, Spirit-filled and Spirit-governed institution, certain events in its 2000 odd history lead a critical mind to question this…

The traditional concept of an immaterial and immortal soul distinct from the body is not found in ancient Hebrew beliefs, but developed as a result of interaction with the Hellenistic philosophy. The only Hebrew word traditionally translated as “soul” in the…

The origins of the universe and the idea of the soul are associated.  The notion of the soul is contained in the ‘Big Bang’ or any other theory that claims to explain, how our universe came into being, and how…

Using theologian Karl Rahner’s understanding of the human soul as the capacity for the infinite, the concept of particle-wave complementarity in quantum physics gives us an analogy for thinking about the soul.  The soul is our wave of potential which…

In the year 1844, long before the establishment of neuroscience as a separate field of investigation and study, Orson Flower wrote, “This science shows … that a large section of the brain is set apart exclusively for the exercise of…

Can the exciting new developments in neurology and cognitive science bring us closer to unravelling the mystery of consciousness? The answer, from the Indic point of view, is both “yes” and “no.” Yes, in that we will learn more and…

There are three principal routes to the deeper truths of existence: mystic experience, metaphysical speculation, and scientific research. True to the Hindu tradition, Sri Aurobindo considered experience to be the most reliable route to Truth. But since he was not…