Reason and Wonder
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Reason and Wonder

A Copernican Revolution in Science and Spirit

  1. 424 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Reason and Wonder

A Copernican Revolution in Science and Spirit

About this book

In this enlightening and provocative exploration, Dave Pruett sets out a revolutionary new understanding of our place in the universe, one that reconciles the rational demands of science with the deeper tugs of spirituality. Defining a moment in human self-awareness four centuries in the making, Reason and Wonder: A Copernican Revolution in Science and Spirit offers a way to move beyond the either/or choice of reason versus intuition—a dichotomy that ultimately leaves either the mind or the heart wanting. In doing so, it seeks to resolve an age-old conflict at the root of much human dysfunction, including today's global ecological crisis. An outgrowth of C. David Pruett's breakthrough undergraduate honors course, "From Black Elk to Black Holes: Shaping Myth for a New Millennium, " Reason and Wonder embraces the insights of modern science and the wisdom of spiritual traditions to "re-enchant the universe." The new "myth of meaning" unfolds as the story of three successive "Copernican revolutions"—cosmological, biological, and spiritual—offers an expansive view of human potential as revolutionary as the work of Copernicus, Galilleo, and Darwin.

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Information

Publisher
Praeger
Year
2012
Print ISBN
9780313399190
eBook ISBN
9780313399206

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. REASON AND WONDER
  3. Gaseous Pillars in M16: from the Hubble Space Telescope.
  4. Title
  5. Copyright
  6. Dedications
  7. Contents
  8. Preface
  9. Acknowledgments
  10. Introduction
  11. PART I The Copernican Revolution: Cosmology
  12. PART II The Second ā€œCopernicanā€ Revolution: Biology
  13. PART III Lifting the Veil
  14. PART IV The Third ā€œCopernicanā€ Revolution: Psychology/Spirituality
  15. Epilogue
  16. Notes
  17. Bibliography
  18. Index
  19. About the Author