CIIS Professor Brian Swimme Quoted in the New York Times

John Shields started his adult life in seminary and worked as a priest, but his view of life and spirituality all changed after hearing CIIS Philosophy, Cosmology, and Consciousness Professor Brian Swimme.

Mr. Shields became a spiritual cosmologist after attending a lecture of Dr. Swimme and later wrote in his own memoir The Priest Who Left His Religion in Pursuit of Cosmic Spirituality, "we come out of the universe to play a role in the unfolding of the universe".

Read more about Mr. Shields life and death in a fascinating article from the New York Times about physician-assisted suicide in Canada.