Daniel C. Matt

God and the Big Bang, (2nd Edition) (eBook, ePUB)

Discovering Harmony Between Science and Spirituality

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Mysticism and science: What do they have in common? How can one enlighten the other? By drawing on modern cosmology and ancient Kabbalah, Matt shows how science and religion can together enrich our spiritual awareness and help us recover a sense of wonder and find our place in the universe.

Drawing on the insights of physics and Jewish mysticism, Daniel Matt uncovers the sense of wonder and oneness that connects us with the universe and God. He describes in understandable terms the parallels between modern cosmology and ancient Kabbalah. He shows how science and religion together can enrich our spiritual understanding.

We "embody the energy" of the big bang, writes Matt. Furthermore, "God is not somewhere else, hidden from us. God is right here hidden from us." To discover the presence of God, Matt draws on both science and theology, fact and belief, and on the truths embodied in Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam and Christianity, as well as Judaism.

A rich dialogue between the physical and the spiritual, God & the Big Bangtakes us on a deeply personal, thoughtful and inspiring journey that helps us find our place in the universe-and the universe in ourselves.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Turner Publishing Company
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. März 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781580238472
• Artikelnr.: 49987926

Autorenporträt

Daniel C. Matt is a leading authority on the Zohar and Kabbalah. He is the author of the best-selling The Essential Kabbalah (translated into seven languages); Zohar: The Book of Enlightenment; God and the Big Bang: Discovering Harmony Between Science and Spirituality (Jewish Lights); and Zohar: Annotated and Explained (SkyLight Paths). He was professor of Jewish spirituality for over twenty years at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, and he continues to lecture around the country on Jewish mysticism and spirituality. He is the author of the first nine volumes of the annotated translation The Zohar: Pritzker Edition, hailed as "a monumental contribution to the history of Jewish thought."

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Acknowledgments
Part One: The Big Bang
1. In the Beginning
Part Two: God, Self, and Cosmos
2. Oneness and Nothingness
3. The Personal God¿and Beyond
4. Self and God
5. Cosmic Hide-and-Seek
Part Three: Torah and Wisdom
6. The Essence of Torah
7. The Ripening of Torah
8. Halakhah: Walking the Path
9. Loving God with the Evil Impulse
10. Israel's Covenant and Other Wisdoms
Hereafter
11. The End of Days
Notes
Glossary
Bibliography