Paul Brockelman

Cosmology and Creation (eBook, PDF)

The Spiritual Significance of Contemporary Cosmology

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Produktbeschreibung

The Big Bang is a myth, says Paul Brockelman in this fascinating look at the spiritual side of modern cosmology. But it is a myth in the best sense--a fully realized creation story, one that, for all its scientific origins, has the power to transform us spiritually. In Cosmology and Creation, philosopher and religious scholar Brockelman seeks to bridge the gap between the scientific and the spiritual, to bring together (as he puts it) the head and the heart. We have isolated the two realms from each other for so long, he argues, that we have begun to lose a mystical sense of our place in the universe. But Brockelman believes that contemporary physics has advanced far beyond the mechanical view of nature, as propagated in the Enlightenment; the cosmology of the Big Bang has fostered a new way of understanding existence itself. To illustrate, he examines creation myths of the past, showing how they transcend simple explanations of the world to provide a deeper understanding of what our lives mean. And the fifteen-billion-year tale of the universe embraced by scientific cosmology serves precisely the same purpose, Brockelman claims; it bears a close resemblance to classic creation myths--and, indeed, it can transform our inner relationship with nature. The new scientific cosmology, Brockelman argues, offers something never before seen in human history: a scientifically accurate understanding of the entire universe and a spiritual vision of a "wider order of being" to which we all belong. Passionate and provocative, Cosmology and Creation promises to spark a lively debate about the new links between science and religion.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Mai 1999
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780195353150
• Artikelnr.: 38146035

Autorenporträt

Paul Brockelman is University Professor of Religious Studies and Professor of Philosophy at the University of New Hampshire. He is the author of a number of books, including The Greening of Faith: God, the Environment, and the Good Life. He lives in Durham, New Hampshire.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: The Unfurnished Eye
1: This Side of Paradise: Creation Mythology
2: The New Cosmology
3: Wonder and the Miracle of Being
4: The Transcendence of God in Nature
5: But Does God Exist?
6: La Vita Nuova
7: The Argument so Far
8: Within View of the Promised Land
Notes
Index