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The Luminous Web

Author : Barbara Brown Taylor
Publisher : Canterbury Press
ISBN 13 : 1848259654
Total Pages : 97 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (482 download)

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Download or read book The Luminous Web written by Barbara Brown Taylor and published by Canterbury Press. This book was released on 2017-03-31 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 in the “web of creation” where nothing is without consequence, where all things coexist, where faith and science together seek to discover the same truths about the universe.

Expanding Humanitys Vision Of God

Author : Robert Herrmann
Publisher : Templeton Foundation Press
ISBN 13 : 1599470977
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (994 download)

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Download or read book Expanding Humanitys Vision Of God written by Robert Herrmann and published by Templeton Foundation Press. This book was released on 2009-08-15 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How has our understanding of our world and our place in the universe changed in recent decades through the momentous discoveries of science? Do recent developments in the philosophy of science, which place limitations on scientific knowing, provide a more level playing field? This collection of essays and sermons, which have not been readily available before, address these thought-provoking questions. The John Templeton Foundation sponsored an essay and sermon contest to convey an expanded vision of God, one that is informed by recent discoveries of science on the nature of the universe and the place we have in the world. These selections are the winners of that competition. The book is divided into three sections: “Contemporary Science Raising Theological Questions,” “New Visions of Theology,” and “Historical and Philosophical Perspectives on the Science-Religion Dialogue.” The essays cover such areas as physics, theology, cosmology, origins, and artificial intelligence. “There is another way to conceive our life together. There is another way to conceive of our life in God, but it requires a different worldview—not a clockwork universe in which individuals function as discrete springs and gears, but one that looks more like a luminous web, in which the whole is far more than the parts. In this universe, there is no such thing as an individual apart from his or her relationships. Every interaction—between people and people, between people and things, between things and things—changes the face of history. Life on earth cannot be reduced to four sure-fire rules. It is an ever-unfolding mystery that defies precise prediction. Meanwhile, in this universe, there is no such thing as 'parts‚' The whole is the fundamental unit of reality.” —Barbara Brown Taylor, “Physics and Faith,”

The Preaching Life

Author : Barbara Brown Taylor
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 156101074X
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (61 download)

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Download or read book The Preaching Life written by Barbara Brown Taylor and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 1993 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Like Annie Dillard's The Writing Life, Taylor emphasizes the holy dimensions of ordinary life and describes the essentials of faith with insight and humor, touching on the vocations, imagination, worship, sacraments, ministry and the Bible as they relate to the life of faith.

An Altar in the World

Author : Barbara Brown Taylor
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0061971294
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (619 download)

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Download or read book An Altar in the World written by Barbara Brown Taylor and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-10-06 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the New York Times bestseller An Altar in the World, acclaimed author Barbara Brown Taylor continues her spiritual journey by building upon where she left off in Leaving Church. With the honesty of Elizabeth Gilbert (Eat, Pray, Love) and the spiritual depth of Anne Lamott (Grace, Eventually), Taylor shares how she learned to find God beyond the church walls by embracing the sacred as a natural part of everyday life. In An Altar in the World, Taylor shows us how to discover altars everywhere we go and in nearly everything we do as we learn to live with purpose, pay attention, slow down, and revere the world we live in. The eBook includes a special excerpt from Barbara Brown Taylor's Learning to Walk in the Dark.

The Life of Meaning

Author : Bob Abernethy
Publisher : Seven Stories Press
ISBN 13 : 1609800001
Total Pages : 398 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (98 download)

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Download or read book The Life of Meaning written by Bob Abernethy and published by Seven Stories Press. This book was released on 2011-01-04 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: PBS's Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly, which Bob Abernethy conceived and anchors, has been described as "the best spot on the television landscape to take in the broad view of the spiritual dimension of American life . . ." by the Christian Science Monitor. "Finally," wrote the San Francisco Chronicle, "something intelligent on TV about religion." Now, together with his coauthor William Bole, Abernethy has turned his attention to making a book that asks all the big questions—and elicits the most surprising answers from a who’s-who of today’s serious religious and spiritual thinkers from across the spectrum of faiths and denominations. In this thoughtful collection, extraordinary people give their personal and private accounts of their own spiritual struggle. Their insights on community, prayer, suffering, religious observance, the choice to live with or without a god, and the meanings that are gleaned from everyday life form an elegant meditation on the desire for something beyond what we can see and measure. More than fifty contributors, including Jimmy Carter, Francis Collins, The Dalai Lama, Robert Franklin, Irving Greenberg, Seyyed Hossein Nasr, Harold Kushner, Anne Lamott, Madeleine L’Engle, Thomas Lynch, Martin Marty, Mark Noll, Rachel Remen, Marilynne Robinson, Barbara Brown Taylor, Studs Terkel, Thich Nhat Hanh, Phyllis Tickle, Desmond Tutu, Jean Vanier, and Marianne Williamson.

Holy Envy

Author : Barbara Brown Taylor
Publisher : Canterbury Press
ISBN 13 : 1786220792
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (862 download)

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Download or read book Holy Envy written by Barbara Brown Taylor and published by Canterbury Press. This book was released on 2019-03-30 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The renowned Christian preacher and New York Times bestselling author of An Altar in the World recounts her moving discoveries of finding the sacred in unexpected places while teaching world religions to undergraduates in Baptist-saturated rural Georgia, revealing how God delights in confounding our expectations. Christians are taught that God is everywhere--a tenet that is central to Barbara Brown Taylor's life and faith. In Holy Envy, she continues her spiritual journey, contemplating the myriad ways she encountered God while exploring other faiths with her students in the classroom, and on field trips to diverse places of worship. Both she and her students ponder how the knowledge and insights they have gained raise important questions about belief, and explore how different practices relate to their own faith. Inspired by this intellectual and spiritual quest, Barbara turns once again to the Bible for guidance, to see what secrets lay buried there. Throughout Holy Envy, Barbara weaves together stories from her classroom with reflections on how her own spiritual journey has been challenged and renewed by connecting with people of other traditions--and by meeting God in them. At the heart of her odyssey is her trust that it is God who pushes her beyond her comfortable boundaries and calls us to "disown" our privatised versions of the divine--a change that ultimately deepens her relationship with both the world and with God, and ours.

Learning to Walk in the Dark

Author : Barbara Brown Taylor
Publisher : Canterbury Press
ISBN 13 : 1848256175
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (482 download)

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Download or read book Learning to Walk in the Dark written by Barbara Brown Taylor and published by Canterbury Press. This book was released on 2014-06-30 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this long awaited follow-up to the best-selling An Altar in the World, Barbara Brown Taylor explores ‘the treasures of darkness’ that the Bible speaks about. What can we learn about the ways of God when we cannot see the way ahead, are lost, alone, frightened, not in control or when the world around us seems to have descended into darkness?

Saving God from Religion

Author : Robin R. Meyers
Publisher : Convergent Books
ISBN 13 : 1984822527
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (848 download)

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Download or read book Saving God from Religion written by Robin R. Meyers and published by Convergent Books. This book was released on 2020-01-28 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A revelatory manifesto on how we can reclaim faith from abstract doctrines and rigid morals to find God in the joys and ambiguities of everyday life, from the acclaimed author of Saving Jesus from the Church “In this book of stories from four decades of ministry, Meyers powerfully captures what it means to believe in a God who’s revealed not in creeds or morals but in the struggles and beauty of our ordinary lives.”—Richard Rohr, bestselling author of The Universal Christ People across the theological and political spectrum are struggling with what it means to say that they believe in God. For centuries, Christians have seen him as a deity who shows favor to some and dispenses punishment to others according to right belief and correct behavior. But this transactional approach to a God “up there”—famously depicted by Michelangelo on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel—no longer works, if it ever did, leaving an increasing number of Christians upset, disappointed, and heading for the exits. In this groundbreaking, inspiring book, Robin R. Meyers, the senior minister of Oklahoma City’s Mayflower Congregational United Church of Christ, shows how readers can move from a theology of obedience to one of consequence. He argues that we need to stop seeing our actions as a means for pleasing a distant God and rediscover how God has empowered us to care for ourselves and the world. Drawing on stories from his decades of active ministry, Meyers captures how the struggles of ordinary people hint at how we can approach faith as a radical act of trust in a God who is all around us, even in our doubts and the moments of life we fear the most.

The Luminous Brush

Author : Altoon Sultan
Publisher : Altoon Sultan
ISBN 13 : 9780823028887
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (288 download)

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Download or read book The Luminous Brush written by Altoon Sultan and published by Altoon Sultan. This book was released on 1999 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Illustrated with 150 beautiful paintings by the author as well as some by old masters and other contemporary artists working in the medium, The Luminous Brush is the most comprehensive how-to guide on this luminous painting medium that is experiencing a newfound popularity among today's artists."--BOOK JACKET.

God in Pain

Author : Barbara Brown Taylor
Publisher : Canterbury Press
ISBN 13 : 1786220946
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (862 download)

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Download or read book God in Pain written by Barbara Brown Taylor and published by Canterbury Press. This book was released on 2018-08-30 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To speak of God in pain is to consider no only the biblical accounts of Christ's suffering and death, but also to proclaim that God is present in our pain. Barbara Brown Taylor explores the eternal mystery of suffering from human and divine perspectives with her characteristic grace, sensitivity and profound biblical insight. In this collection of addresses, she explores pain experienced both in life and around death, with subjects including: • The Gift of Disillusionment; • Learning to Hate Your Family; • Feeding the Enemy; • The Triumphant Victim; • The Myth of Redemptive Violence; • May He Not Rest in Peace.

Mystical Hope

Author : Cynthia Bourgeault
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1561011932
Total Pages : 118 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (61 download)

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Download or read book Mystical Hope written by Cynthia Bourgeault and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2001 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In five interwoven meditations, Mystical Hope shows how to recognize hope in our own lives, where it comes from, how to deepen it through prayer, and how to carry it into the world as a source of strength and renewal.

When God is Silent

Author : Barbara Brown Taylor
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1561011576
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (61 download)

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Download or read book When God is Silent written by Barbara Brown Taylor and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 1998 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In these 1997 Lyman Beecher Lectures in Preaching delivered at Yale Divinity School, the author focuses on the task of those who preach and those who hear sermons in a world where people thirst for a word from God.

Threads from the Web of Life

Author : Stephen Daubert
Publisher : Vanderbilt University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780826515094
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (15 download)

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Download or read book Threads from the Web of Life written by Stephen Daubert and published by Vanderbilt University Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Creative, science-grounded stories about nature for the curious and imaginative of all ages.

The Cosmic Web

Author : J. Richard Gott
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691181179
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (911 download)

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Download or read book The Cosmic Web written by J. Richard Gott and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2018-06-26 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Semi-autobiographical discussion of astronomy and astronomers, and history of astronomy and cosmology.--

Here Is the Southwestern Desert

Author : Madeleine Dunphy
Publisher : Web of Life Children's Book
ISBN 13 : 0988330288
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (883 download)

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Download or read book Here Is the Southwestern Desert written by Madeleine Dunphy and published by Web of Life Children's Book. This book was released on 2012-10-24 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite its stark landscape and harsh climate, the Sonoran Desert teems with life. Hare, hawks, lizards, bobcats, badgers, coyote — all live among the desert’s fragrant mesquite and spiny cactus, and none can exist without the others. Madeleine Dunphy’s poetic text explores all the warm and native elements that make the American Southwest such a mystical place, while Anne Coe's stunning paintings portray the desert’s plants and animals as well as the dazzling colors reflected in the rocks and skies of the Sonoran Desert.

The Luminous and the Grey

Author : David Batchelor
Publisher : Reaktion Books
ISBN 13 : 1780233191
Total Pages : 113 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (82 download)

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Download or read book The Luminous and the Grey written by David Batchelor and published by Reaktion Books. This book was released on 2014-02-15 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Color surrounds us: the lush green hues of trees and grasses, the variant blues of water and the sky, the bright pops of yellow and red from flowers. But at the same time, color lies at the limits of language and understanding. In this absorbing sequel to Chromophobia—which addresses the extremes of love and loathing provoked by color since antiquity—David Batchelor charts color’s more ambiguous terrain. The Luminous and the Grey explores the places where color comes into being and where it fades away, probing when it begins and when it ends both in the imagination and in the material world. Batchelor draws on neuroscience, philosophy, novels, films, and artists’ writings—as well as his own experience as an artist working with color—to understand how we see and use colors. He considers the role of color in creation myths, industrial chemistry, and optics, and examines the particular forms of luminosity that saturate the modern city. Following this inquiry into the hues that we face every day, he turns to one that is both color and noncolor: grey itself, which he reveals is as much a mood, feeling, and existential condition as a shade that we experience with our eyes. Deftly argued, always thought-provoking, and ever entertaining, The Luminous and the Grey is a beautiful study of how we see and feel our multicolored world.

The Great Mystery

Author : Alister E McGrath
Publisher : Hachette UK
ISBN 13 : 1473634342
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (736 download)

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Download or read book The Great Mystery written by Alister E McGrath and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2017-05-04 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is currently huge interest in the question of human nature and identity, and what the human future might look like. Who are we? Why are we here? What is our future? Are we alone? And what can religion bring, alongside biology and anthropology, to these important and exciting questions? The Great Mystery focuses on this fascinating field of study. Alister McGrath, bestselling author and Andreas Idreos Professor of Science and Religion at Oxford University, explores the question of human nature from both scientific and religious perspectives, and weaves together the results to open up and explore some of the deepest and most important questions about who we are, why we matter, and what our future might be. A follow-up to his critically acclaimed Inventing the Universe, in The Great Mystery Alister McGrath once again brings together science with religion to yield an enriched vision of reality, along with rigorous and thoroughly up-to-date scholarship and intellectual accessibility.