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The Luminous Web: Faith, science and the experience of wonder
Barbara Brown Taylor
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Description for The Luminous Web: Faith, science and the experience of wonder
Paperback. With her customary grace, intelligence and wit, Barbara Brown Taylor explores what quantum physics, the new biology and chaos theory can teach people of faith and why scientists sound like poets and why physicists use the language of imagination, ambiguity, and mystery that is also found in scripture. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: HRAM3; HRCM; PDR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135. .
With her customary grace, intelligence and wit, Barbara Brown Taylor wonders why science and faith have become polarized in the popular imagination. She explores what quantum physics, the new biology and chaos theory can teach people of faith and why scientists sound like poets and why physicists use the language of imagination, ambiguity, and mystery that is also found in scripture. In explaining why the church should care about the new insights of science, Taylor suggests ways we might close the gap between spirit and matter, between the sacred and the secular, and celebrate our shared life ... Read more
With her customary grace, intelligence and wit, Barbara Brown Taylor wonders why science and faith have become polarized in the popular imagination. She explores what quantum physics, the new biology and chaos theory can teach people of faith and why scientists sound like poets and why physicists use the language of imagination, ambiguity, and mystery that is also found in scripture. In explaining why the church should care about the new insights of science, Taylor suggests ways we might close the gap between spirit and matter, between the sacred and the secular, and celebrate our shared life ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Canterbury Press Norwich
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
96
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781848259652
SKU
V9781848259652
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-4
About Barbara Brown Taylor
Barbara Brown Taylor is a priest in the Episcopal church and the author of twelve books which have been showered with awards. She is on the Board of Advisors of Yale Divinity School.
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