“The Creative Universe – Science and Spirituality in Dialogue” is the title of a film shown by the Technische Hochschule Mittelhessen as part of its cultural film series in Friedberg.

In his work, filmmaker Rüdiger Sünner (Berlin) addresses the problematic relationship between the scientific explanation of the world and worldviews that are shaped by religion, esotericism and mysticism. He asks, "Are we living in a kind of cultural schizophrenia where people publicly profess the theory of evolution but privately prefer to believe in angels, shamans, gods and spirits?"

In times, according to Sünner, in which science can explain more and more phenomena, more and more people followed spiritual world views and looked there for answers to questions about the meaning of the world and life. Scientists such as the physicist Hans-Peter Dürr or the biologist Stuart Kauffmann have their say in the film "The Creative Universe" and explain their concept of spirituality and how it fits their thoughts and actions as scientists. According to longtime director of the Vatican Observatory George Coyne, scientific knowledge need not be at odds with spirituality.

In a panel discussion in the packed Audimax, documentary filmmaker Rüdiger Sünner then explained his ideas and reported on the making of the film. “The scientists’ answers encourage further thinking and can thus show a way to a new view of the world,” summed up moderator Prof. Dr. Michael Guckert.