I had the pleasure of attending a lecture last year given by Fr. Robert Spitzer, S.J.[1], held at the Catholic Student Center next door to Washington University in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA.
The lecture was a shortened presentation of the ideas explained in his recent book New Proofs for the Existence of God: Contributions of Contemporary Physics and Philosophy[2].
Fr. Spitzer has recorded a number of videos presenting the same or related ideas, which are freely available online[3].
For background on the "Abrahamic" concepts, from a Christian perspective, there is a fine article[4] in the old Catholic Encyclopedia. As it was authored circa 1913, it doesn't take into consideration developments in modern physical cosmology or quantum mechanics, but is still a good resource.
A friend of mine told me about another author, Wolfgang Smith[5], who holds that the conundrums involved in quantum mechanics are owing to "Cartesian hangups", and goes on to argue that an ontology and metaphysics grounded in Aristotle provide a kind of solution. He published a book[6] to promote those ideas, but I've not read it myself so can't comment further.
The lecture was a shortened presentation of the ideas explained in his recent book New Proofs for the Existence of God: Contributions of Contemporary Physics and Philosophy[2].
Fr. Spitzer has recorded a number of videos presenting the same or related ideas, which are freely available online[3].
For background on the "Abrahamic" concepts, from a Christian perspective, there is a fine article[4] in the old Catholic Encyclopedia. As it was authored circa 1913, it doesn't take into consideration developments in modern physical cosmology or quantum mechanics, but is still a good resource.
A friend of mine told me about another author, Wolfgang Smith[5], who holds that the conundrums involved in quantum mechanics are owing to "Cartesian hangups", and goes on to argue that an ontology and metaphysics grounded in Aristotle provide a kind of solution. He published a book[6] to promote those ideas, but I've not read it myself so can't comment further.
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Spitzer_(priest)
[2] http://www.amazon.com/New-Proofs-Existence-God-Contributions...
[3] http://www.magisreasonfaith.org/spitzer_videos.html
[4] http://oce.catholic.com/index.php?title=Creation
[5] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfgang_Smith
[6] http://www.amazon.com/Quantum-Enigma-Finding-Hidden-Key/dp/0...