Curious Obsessions In The History Of Science And Spirituality

Author : ATF Press
Publisher : ATF Press
ISBN 13 : 192567987X
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Curious Obsessions in the History of Science and Spirituality written by ATF Press and published by ATF Press. This book was released on 2020-12-09 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The frontiers of religion and science have always been pushed forward by curious and obsessed individuals, like: the monk who kept banned books in a secret library under the nose of the pope; the explorers who searched for the lost tribes of Israel but found a new continent instead; the eccentric doctor and a mad monk who intuited scientific truths well before future generations would prove their theories correct; the archaeologists who discovered the goddess just in time for feminism; the utopians who never quite found what they were looking for; and a current flock of priests and nuns who go wherever knowledge takes them. It is a delicious quirk of history that individuals dismissed by their contemporaries as eccentrics and troublemakers are often those with the most impact on the world. Curious Obsessions in the History of Science and Spirituality is a captivating look at the famous and the forgotten who emerged in times of extreme change and social disruption to change science and spirituality for ever. During our current Covid19 pandemic, this collection is highly relevant to a world still seeking novel answers to the human condition and also drawn to old theories long ago debunked.

Author : Rachael Kohn
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780733316388
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Curious Obsessions written by Rachael Kohn and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Astonishing stories of religious quests that have spurred humankind on to great discoveries, from popular ABC Radio National presenter and author Rachael Kohn. A monk who kept banned books in secret library under the nose of the pope; an abbess who designed extravagant royal garments for her nuns; utopians who never quite found what they were looking for; explorers who searched for the lost tribes of Israel but found new continents instead; an eccentric doctor and a mad monk who intuited scientific truths well before future generations would prove their theories correct... It is one of the delicious quirks of history that individuals dismissed by their contemporaries as eccentrics and mad are often those who have most impact on the world. The frontiers of religion and science have always been pushed forward by obsessive passion and vision. 'Curious Obsessions in the History of Science and Spirituality' is a captivating look at the famous and the forgotten, at episodes - both extraordinary and disastrous - from the past that, whether in astronomy or medicine or the New Age, exert their far-reaching influences today.Rachael Kohn, Ph.D. LLD, produces and presents 'The Ark' and 'The Spirit of Things' on ABC Radio National. Her previous book is 'The New Believers: Re-imagining God'.

Author : Elizabeth MacKinlay
Publisher : Jessica Kingsley Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1849050066
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ageing and Spirituality Across Faiths and Cultures written by Elizabeth MacKinlay and published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. This book was released on 2010 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines ageing in the context of the many faiths and cultures that make up Western society, and provides carers with the knowledge they need to deliver appropriate care to people of all faiths. Chapters are written by authoritative figures from each of the world's major faith groups about the beliefs and practices of their older people.

Author : John Edward Fletcher
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004216324
Total Pages : 654 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Study of the Life and Works of Athanasius Kircher, ‘Germanus Incredibilis’ written by John Edward Fletcher and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2011-08-26 with total page 654 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Athanasius Kircher, a German Jesuit in 17th-century Rome, was an extraordinary polymath. His fascinating correspondence with popes, princes and priests was a key to the mind-set of the period, and the transition from medieval to modern scientific thinking.

Author : Alan Cadwallader
Publisher : ATF Press
ISBN 13 : 1921511001
Total Pages : 13 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book In the Land of Larks and Heroes written by Alan Cadwallader and published by ATF Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 13 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Michael Kelly
Publisher : ATF Press
ISBN 13 : 1922239305
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ave Atque Vale written by Michael Kelly and published by ATF Press. This book was released on 2013-06-30 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume of essays examines a short one month period in the life of the Catholic Church in 2013. From the announcement of the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI on 11 February 2013 through the election of Pope Francis on 13 March, these essays come from a number of writers, theologians and poets. Ave Atque Vale - Hail and Farewell - is how the Roman poet Catullus ends his elegiac tribute to his deceased brother and has always been used to mark an end and a beginning. Whether it was 600 or 900 years since a pope resigned, the action is unprecedented in the modern papacy. This volume of essays is edited by Michael Kelly SJ and has contributions by Anne Elvey, Andrew Hamilton SJ, Joe Hodge, Anne Hunt, Rachael Kohn, Brian Lucas, James McEvoy, Andrew McGowan, Constant Mews, Michael Mullins, Desmond O'Grady, Neil Ormerod, and Philip Harvey, as well as poets Barry Gittins, Brian Doyle and BA Green. Most of the pieces first appeared in Australia's Eureka Street magazine in February and March 2013.

Author : Yves Gingras
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1509518967
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Science and Religion written by Yves Gingras and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2017-06-16 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today we hear renewed calls for a dialogue between science and religion: why has the old question of the relations between science and religion now returned to the public domain and what is at stake in this debate? To answer these questions, historian and sociologist of science Yves Gingras retraces the long history of the troubled relationship between science and religion, from the condemnation of Galileo for heresy in 1633 until his rehabilitation by John Paul II in 1992. He reconstructs the process of the gradual separation of science from theology and religion, showing how God and natural theology became marginalized in the scientific field in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. In contrast to the dominant trend among historians of science, Gingras argues that science and religion are social institutions that give rise to incompatible ways of knowing, rooted in different methodologies and forms of knowledge, and that there never was, and cannot be, a genuine dialogue between them. Wide-ranging and authoritative, this new book on one of the fundamental questions of Western thought will be of great interest to students and scholars of the history of science and of religion as well as to general readers who are intrigued by the new and much-publicized conversations about the alleged links between science and religion.

Author : Rudolf Allers
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1444659979
Total Pages : 277 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book What's Wrong With Freud? - A Critical Study of Freudian Psychoanalysis - Originally Titled The Successful Error written by Rudolf Allers and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2013-04-26 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Author : Anne Runehov
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3031522923
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Science, Religion, the Humanities and Hope written by Anne Runehov and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Steve Paulson
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199781508
Total Pages : 320 pages
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Download or read book Atoms and Eden written by Steve Paulson and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2010-11-01 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here is an unprecedented collection of twenty freewheeling and revealing interviews with major players in the ongoing--and increasingly heated--debate about the relationship between religion and science. These lively conversations cover the most important and interesting topics imaginable: the Big Bang, the origins of life, the nature of consciousness, the foundations of religion, the meaning of God, and much more. In Atoms and Eden, Peabody Award-winning journalist Steve Paulson explores these topics with some of the most prominent public intellectuals of our time, including Richard Dawkins, Karen Armstrong, E. O. Wilson, Sam Harris, Elaine Pagels, Francis Collins, Daniel Dennett, Jane Goodall, Paul Davies, and Steven Weinberg. The interviewees include Christians, Buddhists, Jews, and Muslims, as well as agnostics, atheists, and other scholars who hold perspectives that are hard to categorize. Paulson's interviews sweep across a broad range of scientific disciplines--evolutionary biology, quantum physics, cosmology, and neuroscience--and also explore key issues in theology, religious history, and what William James called ''the varieties of religious experience.'' Collectively, these engaging dialogues cover the major issues that have often pitted science against religion--from the origins of the universe to debates about God, Darwin, the nature of reality, and the limits of human reason. These are complex, intellectually rich discussions, presented in an accessible and engaging manner. Most of these interviews were originally published as individual cover stories for Salon.com, where they generated a huge reader response. Public Radio's "To the Best of Our Knowledge" will present a major companion series on related topics this fall. A feast of ideas and competing perspectives, this volume will appeal to scientists, spiritual seekers, and the intellectually curious.