Connie Barlow

Green Space, Green Time (eBook, PDF)

The Way of Science

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Over the last few centuries, science has usurped domains of knowledge that were once the province of religion. At the same time, however, both science and religion have enforced strict boundaries throughout. Science can describe the world to us, but it cannot tell us about meaning or values. This is a compelling case for breaching this barrier - in effect, for a reunification of science and religion.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer US
• Seitenzahl: 329
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Dezember 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781461206736
• Artikelnr.: 44042650

Inhaltsangabe

1 The Way of Science.- A Surprise from Sociobiology.- Varieties of Ecoreligious Experience.- Science and Meaning.- 2 Science and the Coming of a New Story.- The Epic of Evolution.- Science into Story.- A Conversation with Catalysts.- Celebrating the Epic.- 3 Biology and the Celebration of Diversity.- Re-Storying Biodiversity.- Islands Everywhere.- A Conversation with an Earth Ecstatic.- Life Loves Life.- 4 Ecology and the Birth of Bioregionalism.- Keystones, Aliens, and Ghosts.- Polarities.- A Conversation with Hands-Off Stewards.- Creating Science-Based Rituals.- 5 Geophysiology and the Revival of Gaia.- Powers of Persistence.- A Developing Biosphere.- A Conversation with the F1 and F2.- Beyond the Science.- 6 Meaning-Making.- A Federation of Meaning.- Value-Making.- Meaning-Makers.- Living Dangerously.- Endnotes.

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"Green Space, Green Time could well mark a turning point in humanity's troubled relationship with nature." -John Davis Editor, Wild Earth Magazine