|
|
|
|
New Addition!
|
William James and a Science of Religions
Reexperiencing The Varieties of Religious Experience
Edited by Wayne Proudfoot
Hardcover: 152 pages
Publisher: Columbia University Press (July 14, 2004)
ISBN: 0231132042, $34.50
Buy this Book
Reviews |
The "science of religion" is an important element in the interpretation of William James's work and in the methodology of the study of religion. An authority on pragmatism and the philosophy of religion, Wayne Proudfoot and a stellar group of contributors from a variety of disciplines including religion, philosophy, psychology, and history, bring innovative perspectives to James's work. Each contributor focuses on a specific theme in The Varieties of Religious Experience and suggests how James's treatment of that theme can fruitfully be brought to bear, sometimes with revisions or extensions, on current debate about religious experience.
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Buddhism and Science
Breaking New Ground
Edited by B. Alan Wallace
Paperback: 432 pages
Publisher: Columbia University Press (April 15, 2003)
ISBN: 0231123353, $31.00
Buy this Book
Reviews |
Distinguished philosophers, Buddhist scholars, physicists, and cognitive scientists examine the contrasts and connections between the worlds of Western science and Buddhism. Contributors, the Dalai Lama among them, assess not only the fruits of inquiry from East and West, they shed light on the underlying assumptions of these disparate world views.
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Environmental Ethics, Ecological Theology and Natural Selection
Suffering and Responsibility
by Lisa Sideris
Paperback: 320 pages
Publisher: Columbia University Press (August 15, 2003)
ISBN: 0231126611, $26.00
Buy this Book
Reviews |
In the last few decades, religious and secular thinkers have tackled the world's escalating environmental crisis by attempting to develop an ecological ethic that is both scientifically accurate and free of human-centered preconceptions. This groundbreaking study shows that many of these environmental ethicists continue to model their positions on romantic, pre-Darwinian concepts that disregard the predatory and cruelly competitive realities of the natural world. Sideris proposes a more realistic ethic that combines evolutionary theory with theological insight, advocates a minimally interventionist stance toward nature, and values the processes over the products of the natural world.
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
The Faith of Biology and the Biology of Faith
Order, Meaning, & Free Will in Modern Medical Science
by Robert Pollack
Hardcover: 144 pages
Publisher: Columbia University
Press (November 15, 2000)
ISBN: 0231115067, $19.95
Buy this Book
Reviews |
Are there parallels between the "moment of insight" in science and the emergence of the "unknowable" in religious faith? Where does scientific insight come from? Award-winning biologist Robert Pollack argues that an alliance between religious faith and science is not necessarily an argument in favor of irrationality: the two can inform each other's visions of the world.
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
The Missing Moment
by Robert Pollack
Hardcover: 288 pages
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin (September 1, 1999)
ISBN: 0395709857, $25.00
Buy this Book
Reviews |
In The Missing Moment Robert Pollack explores the nature of time and argues for a radical rethinking of how time affects our sense of self, our mortality, and the future of science and medicine. Only in the past few years have we learned enough about the brain for this remarkable book to be written. All thought, even the most rational, is permeated with unconscious feelings, fears, and emotions. Scientists, like the rest of us, make choices for reasons they don't understand. The time has come for scientists and others to abandon the notion that there is any such thing as the disinterested pursuit of truth. Instead, they must strive for a therapeutic self-awareness of their unconscious agendas and work for larger goals than personal immortality.
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Science of Life
The Language and Meanings of DNA
by Robert Pollack
Paperback: 224 pages
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin; Reprint edition (April 4, 1995)
ISBN: 0395735300
Buy this Book
Reviews
Additional Review |
Called "provocative," "magnificent," and "lucid" by critics, Signs of Life presents a fresh and engaging look at nature's most wondrous chemical. DNA, Robert Pollack suggests, should be seen as a work of great natural literature, a three-billion-year-old, continuously evolving text. Displaying a rare gift for metaphor, Pollack draws on his thirty years of research and study to show how DNA provides a complete instruction book for all living things. Until recently, the book has been indecipherable, but we are now beginning to read and edit this text in ways that will transform all our lives. Yet the power to change the human genome brings with it enormous responsibilities, and Pollack argues that if we fail to achieve a fuller understanding of the multiple meanings of DNA, we risk disaster. With the grace of a born writer and teacher, Pollack has written a book that will change the way people think about science, literature, and the future of our species.
Displaying a rare gift for metaphor, Pollack draws on his 30 years of research and study to show how DNA provides a complete instruction book for all living things. "The most distinguished book about science I have seen so far this decade." Horace Freeland Judson, Nature
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
