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Touching the Face of the Cosmos: On the Intersection of Space Travel and Religion
Paul Levinson
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Description for Touching the Face of the Cosmos: On the Intersection of Space Travel and Religion
Paperback. Editor(s): Levinson, Paul. Num Pages: 280 pages, 12 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAM3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 399.
Military advantage, scientific knowledge, and commerce have thus far been the main motives to human exploration of outer space. Touching the Face of the Cosmos explores what may be the best motive of all, largely untapped: the desire of every human being, essentially spiritual, to understand more about our place in the universe, how our lives on Earth are inextricably part of that bigger picture. Drawing on leading scientists,religious thinkers, and science fiction writers—including a new interview with John Glenn and an essay by Director of the Vatican Observatory Guy Consolmagno, S.J.—Paul Levinson and Michael Waltemathe have assembled a volume ... Read more
Military advantage, scientific knowledge, and commerce have thus far been the main motives to human exploration of outer space. Touching the Face of the Cosmos explores what may be the best motive of all, largely untapped: the desire of every human being, essentially spiritual, to understand more about our place in the universe, how our lives on Earth are inextricably part of that bigger picture. Drawing on leading scientists,religious thinkers, and science fiction writers—including a new interview with John Glenn and an essay by Director of the Vatican Observatory Guy Consolmagno, S.J.—Paul Levinson and Michael Waltemathe have assembled a volume ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780823272112
SKU
V9780823272112
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About Paul Levinson
Paul Levinson, PhD, is Professor of Communication and Media Studies at Fordham University, and author of 16 scholarly books and novels, including Realspace: The Fate of Physical Presence in the Digital Age, On and Off Planet. Michael Waltemathe, PhD, is Senior Lecturer in Religious Education, Department of Protestant Theology, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany, and author of Computer Worlds and Religion, ... Read more
Reviews for Touching the Face of the Cosmos: On the Intersection of Space Travel and Religion
"Readers who wish to explore the implications of space travel on Christian and personal spirituality will find much in this anthology to contemplate." -National Space Society Review