by Peter J Adams | Dec 4, 2020 | Existential Issues, Spirituality
On Thursday 12 November, the School of Population Health hosted the launch of two sole-authored books by Professor Peter Adams. This was the first time that an event like this had been held in the new Building 507. The first book, How to Talk about Spiritual...
by Peter J Adams | Nov 8, 2020 | Existential Issues
The concept of “finitude” is used by a number of thinkers as a catch-all concept that refers to myriad of ways we encounter what bounds and constrains us as we go about our daily lives. The nature of these boundaries is signaled in momentary flashes that pass us at...
by Peter J Adams | Oct 10, 2020 | Existential Issues
Fifteen years have passed by since I was first diagnosed with celiac disease. It was news I did not wish to hear. Initially I was reluctant to take it on board, but I had little choice in the matter. A few months later a letter arrived from our Ministry of Health...
by Peter J Adams | Oct 2, 2020 | Existential Issues
When someone close dies, it presents an opportunity to think about what it means to lose someone and what it means for them to die. But it also offers an opportunity to think about the nature of one’s own death. When other people die, I can observe what is going on as...
by Peter J Adams | Jun 14, 2020 | Existential Issues
The main challenge in reflecting on one’s own death is the way the various aspects of death and dying are intertwined which make it difficult to discern personal mortality. First there is the prospect of me dying; of me entering whatever is in store at the end of my...
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