Project Leibowitz
A creative and intellectual endeavor inspired by the classic novel
Project Leibowitz
About UsIn the Spring of 2023 our community of scholars, scientists, physicians, and thinkers became enamored with Walter Miller’s novel A Canticle for Leibowitz. We passed around over one hundred copies between us and discussions of the classic novel seemed inexhaustible. We were impressed by the novel’s offense against claims of techno-salvation in modernity, along with rich world-building and a compelling narrative. We realized that the themes of Canticle are pertinent to our own lives. Walter Miller’s novel offers an interpretation of our past where theology is foundational to civilization, rather than a feature of it. The ecclesiocentric world of Canticle demands a measured response from those willing and able to speak to ethics and morality in the domain of science and technology- or perhaps more accurately science and technology in the domain of ethics and morality. Rather than infinitely ruminating on this book, we decided to gather as a community. |
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