Excellent Beauty: The Naturalness of Religion and the Unnaturalness of the World

Chris Fields, former Associate Vice Provost for Research, New Mexico State University:Science, Eric Dietrich claims, is the most open door into profound mystery that human beings have yet invented. His new book Excellent Beauty urges science to wrest control of the discourse of mystery from religion...

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Main Author: Dietrich, Eric (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: New York, NY Columbia University Press [2015]
In:Year: 2015
Further subjects:B Systematic Theology and Philosophy of Religion
B Theology, Jewish Studies and Religious Studies
B Religion, Jewish Studies, Theology
B RELIGION / Religion & Science
B Natural Theology
B Religion, Religionsphilosophie
B Philosophy
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520 |a Chris Fields, former Associate Vice Provost for Research, New Mexico State University:Science, Eric Dietrich claims, is the most open door into profound mystery that human beings have yet invented. His new book Excellent Beauty urges science to wrest control of the discourse of mystery from religions, which have fiercely defended their claim to be the exclusive purveyors of mystery for centuries. The mystery science reveals is not a god who loves us, but an unknowable universe in which we must learn to take care of ourselves. Deepak Chopra, author of The Future of God:This book is the perfect answer to dogmatic atheism and religious fundamentalism, two dangerous trends in our polarized world. For me, just reading this book, became a spiritual experience! Eric Dietrich shows very elegantly how both science and philosophy deepen the mystery of existence and awareness of existence. If you are not perpetually surprised that you exist, your humanity is incomplete. To be fully human is to wonder, to have true humility, gratitude, and reverence for life. This book could get you there. William Egginton, The Johns Hopkins University:This is, quite simply, one of the most eloquent books on religion and science I have read in recent years. Dietrich writes clearly and accessibly, with a touch of humor and a great deal of personality. His book moves fluidly between historically supported arguments and pedagogically minded examples, all presented in a limpid style that will be attractive to the general reader. John Sullins, Sonoma State University:Excellent Beauty boldly breaks the code of silence that keeps coolly rational academics from attem 
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