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A Biologist Looks at Religion
EN USISBN: 0967663407 bzw. 9780967663401, in Englisch, Authors' Advantage, gebraucht.
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religion and spirituality,religious studies,science and religion,spirituality, --About 85 percent of the world's people adhere to one or another of the world's 5,000 religions. --Nearly half of the members of the Unitarian Church are college graduates. --Only 7 percent of the members of the National Academy of Sciences believe in a personal god. These are some of the facts that Victor Scheffer, nearing the end of a career in wildlife biology, has gleaned from the literature of science, philosophy, and religion. In the present essay he reflects on the implications of religion for our wellbeing and wellfeeling. He believes that the universe is infinite and timeless and that we can never know its fullness. In the meanwhile, we wonder about its architecture and dimensions--a preoccupation which nourishes our spiritual need for "meaning." Scheffer sees commonalities in the ritualized methods of big-brained social wild animals and the ritualized methods of humans in religious systems. In both systems, the driving energy is fueled by a combination of emotion and reason (broadly defined). Christianity, a monotheistic religion, evolved from primitive ideas of a god-as-moralist and a god-as-creator. Ultimately the two merged into one humanoid Being--the One who was to play leading roles in the Holy Scriptures. Religion has a bright side and a dark side--the former showing itself as good works and the latter as disputation and intolerance. Certain issues in public thought, such as church vs. state, special creation vs. Darwinian evolution, A.
religion and spirituality,religious studies,science and religion,spirituality, --About 85 percent of the world's people adhere to one or another of the world's 5,000 religions. --Nearly half of the members of the Unitarian Church are college graduates. --Only 7 percent of the members of the National Academy of Sciences believe in a personal god. These are some of the facts that Victor Scheffer, nearing the end of a career in wildlife biology, has gleaned from the literature of science, philosophy, and religion. In the present essay he reflects on the implications of religion for our wellbeing and wellfeeling. He believes that the universe is infinite and timeless and that we can never know its fullness. In the meanwhile, we wonder about its architecture and dimensions--a preoccupation which nourishes our spiritual need for "meaning." Scheffer sees commonalities in the ritualized methods of big-brained social wild animals and the ritualized methods of humans in religious systems. In both systems, the driving energy is fueled by a combination of emotion and reason (broadly defined). Christianity, a monotheistic religion, evolved from primitive ideas of a god-as-moralist and a god-as-creator. Ultimately the two merged into one humanoid Being--the One who was to play leading roles in the Holy Scriptures. Religion has a bright side and a dark side--the former showing itself as good works and the latter as disputation and intolerance. Certain issues in public thought, such as church vs. state, special creation vs. Darwinian evolution, A.
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A Biologist Looks at Religion
EN PB USISBN: 9780967663401 bzw. 0967663407, in Englisch, Authors' Advantage, Taschenbuch, gebraucht.
Lieferung aus: Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, Free shipping.
Von Händler/Antiquariat, ThriftBooks - Free State [56683468], Halethorpe, MD, U.S.A.
This copy shows very minor wear.
Von Händler/Antiquariat, ThriftBooks - Free State [56683468], Halethorpe, MD, U.S.A.
This copy shows very minor wear.
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Biologist Looks at Religion (1994)
EN PB USISBN: 9780967663401 bzw. 0967663407, in Englisch, UNSPECIFIED VENDOR, Taschenbuch, gebraucht.
Lieferung aus: Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, plus shipping, Shipping area: DOM.
Von Händler/Antiquariat, Powell's Books, OR, Portland, [RE:4].
S Softcover.
Von Händler/Antiquariat, Powell's Books, OR, Portland, [RE:4].
S Softcover.
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Biologist Looks At Religion (1994)
EN PB USISBN: 9780967663401 bzw. 0967663407, in Englisch, UNSPECIFIED VENDOR, Taschenbuch, gebraucht.
Von Händler/Antiquariat, Powell's Books [9859], Portland, OR, U.S.A.
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