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Peter Harrison

Director, Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, University of Queensland Short Videos on Big Questions
  • Who are you? Does the New Testament include accounts of what we would call miracles?

    (4:59) Peter Harrison
  • Is there a symbiosis between the idea of miracles and the idea of nature?

    (2:21) Peter Harrison
  • How did the understanding of the natural-supernatural distinction change in the early modern period?

    (1:44) Peter Harrison
  • How was the notion of a nature evacuated in the early modern period?

    (3:10) Peter Harrison
  • Was the clockwork universe a root metaphor of the early modern period?

    (1:59) Peter Harrison
  • Would you comment on the difference between mathematical models of nature and causes?

    (1:20) Peter Harrison
  • What is the status of laws of nature today?

    (2:25) Peter Harrison
  • Are there worldviews that automatically exclude the miraculous?

    (2:01) Peter Harrison
  • How should historians approach the topic of special divine action?

    (3:16) Peter Harrison
  • Do you have advice for young scholars, especially in regard to the study of special divine action?

    (1:03) Peter Harrison
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