Based on the scholarly study of our seven-million-year evolutionary story, this course explores the implications of naming and integrating our identity as Earthlings; along with the ensuing responsibilities that arise from this expanded understanding of our human identity. Diarmuid will offer us a version of the human story more appropriate to match the elegance of the cosmic story, grounded in the sacredness of Creation. He will speak to the new horizons for understanding our Christian faith arising from multidisciplinary research today.
- What do we mean by Incarnation?
- How can the Jesus story be made congruent with the enlarged story of science and cosmology?
- What new theological horizons might emerge from our evolving human story?
Details
DATES
March 23-25, 2026
TIME
9:30 am
LOCATION
An Tairseach Ecology Centre
CATEGORY
In Person 3 Day Course
FEE
Residential: €295, includes course content, 2 nights accommodation, tea/coffee/snacks and a delicious 2 course lunch each day prepared by our Chef with the best of organic produce from our An Tairseach Farm.
Non Residential: €150, includes course content, tea/coffee/snack & lunch.
Day Rate: €30 per day, includes course content, tea/coffee/snack.
Dr. Diarmuid O'Murchu
Diarmuid O'Murchu, a member of the Sacred Heart Missionary Order, and a graduate of Trinity College, Dublin Ireland, is a social psychologist whose early working life had been in social ministry, predominantly in London, UK. In more recent years he has worked as a workshop leader and group facilitator, conducting programmes on Adult Faith Development across several countries. He is a widely read author, with many of his books listed his webpage. Now as a retired missionary, he lives in Dublin, Ireland. His best-known books include Quantum Theology (1996 - revised in 2004), Ancestral Grace (2008), Jesus in the Power of Poetry (2009), Christianity's Dangerous Memory (2011), In the Beginning was the Spirit (2012), Incarnation: A New Evolutionary Threshold (2017), Beyond Original Sin: Recovering Humanity's Creative Urge (2018), When the Disciple Comes of Age (2019), Doing Theology in an Evolutionary Way (2019), Beyond the Pandemic: Spiritual and Ecological Challenges (2022).