Jonah Sachs

Evan Steiner

Philip Clayton

Kelli M. Archie

2020 upended every aspect of our lives. But where is our world heading next? Will pandemic, protests, economic instability, and social distance lead to deeper inequalities, more nationalism, and further erosion of democracies around the world? Or are we moving toward a global re-awakening to the importance of community, mutual support, and the natural world? In our lifetimes, the future has never been so up for grabs. The New Possible offers twenty-eight unique visions of what can be, if instead of choosing to go back to normal, we choose to go forward to something far better. Assembled from global leaders on six continents, these essays are not simply speculation. They are an inspiration and a roadmap for action. With essays by: Kim Stanley Robinson, Michael Pollan, Varshini Prakash, Vandana Shiva, Jack Kornfield, Mamphela Ramphele, Justin Rosenstein, Jack Kornfield, Helena Nordberg-Hodge, David Korten, Tristan Harris, Eileen Crist, Francis Deng, Riane Eisler, Arturo Escobar, Rebecca Kiddle, Mike Joy, Natalie Foster, Jess Rimington, Jeremy Lent, Atossa Soltani, Mark Anielski, Ellen Brown, John Restakis, Zak Stein, Oren Slozberg, Anisa Nanavati, and Fr. Joshtrom Isaac Kureethadam

Visions of Our World beyond Crisis

The New Possible

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Religion and Science

Andrew M. Davis

Leaders of theological and personal transformation share their visions of the divine in light of their own personal journeys

An Anthology of Spiritual Memoirs

How I Found God in Everyone and Everywhere

Zachary Simpson

The field of `science and religion' is exploding in popularity among both academics and the reading public. This is a comprehensive and authoritative introduction to the debate, written by the leading experts yet accessible to the general reader.

The Oxford Handbook of Religion and Science

Arthur Robert Peacocke

Foreword by Mary Ann Meyers Recent years have seen an explosion of interest in the doctrine of panentheism -- the belief that the world is contained within the Divine, although God is also more than the world. Here for the first time leading scientists and theologians meet to debate the merits of this compelling new understanding of the God-world relation. Atheist and theist, Eastern and Western, conservative and liberal, modern and postmodern, physicist and biologist, Orthodox and Protestant -- the authors explore the tensions between traditional views of God and contemporary science and ask whether panentheism provides a more credible account of divine action for our age. Their responses, which vary from deeply appreciative to sharply critical, are preceded by an overview of the history and key tenets of panentheism and followed by a concluding evaluation and synthesis. Contributors: Joseph A. Bracken Michael W. Brierley Philip Clayton Paul Davies Celia E. Deane-Drummond Denis Edwards Niels Henrik Gregersen David Ray Griffin Robert L. Herrmann Christopher C. Knight Andrew Louth Harold J. Morowitz Alexei V. Nesteruk Ruth Page Arthur Peacocke Russell Stannard Keith Ward Kallistos Ware

Panentheistic Reflections on God's Presence in a Scientific World

In Whom We Live and Move and Have Our Being

This text is part of the Edinburgh Studies in Constructive Theology series, which aims to provide a dialogue between the history of Western theological traditions and the contemporary interpretative context. Intended for those with no particular historical or theological training, it guides students through the core theological issues, searching out common ground by surveying the classic works of the theological tradition.

God and Contemporary Science

James W. Walters

Are humans free, or are we determined by our genes and the world around us? The question of freedom is not only one of philosophy’s greatest conundrums, but also one of the most fundamental questions of human existence. It’s particularly pressing in societies like ours, where our core institutions of law, ethics, and religion are built around the belief in individual freedom. Can one still affirm human freedom in an age of science? And if free will doesn’t exist, does it make sense to act as though it does? These are the issues that are presented, probed, and debated in the following chapters. A dozen experts―specialists in medicine, psychology, ethics, theology, and philosophy—grapple with the multiple and often profound challenges presented by today’s brain science. After examining the arguments against traditional notions of free will, several of the authors champion the idea of a chastened but robust free will for today, one that allows us still to affirm the value of first-person experience.

Ethics and Religion after Neuroscience

What's with Free Will?

English summary: Science deeply challenges classical descriptions of the human person as free and as spirit. This survey of contemporary neuroscience and evolutionary biology explores why these challenges have arisen. At the same time it finds in the religious dimension of human existence powerful resources for speaking of the emergence of spirit and of a deeper sense of human freedom. German description: Erzwingen die Fortschritte der Neurowissenschaften die Verabschiedung oder die radikale Revision bisheriger fundamentaler philosophischer und theologischer Uberzeugungen in Bezug auf die Freiheit und die Verantwortlichkeit des Menschen? Implizieren diese Forschungsergebnisse einen strengen Determinismus, oder ware darin eine Fehlinterpretation empirischer Daten zu sehen? Worin kann der Beitrag der modernen Theologie zu dieser Diskussion bestehen, sofern sie die affektive Grundlage des religiosen Glaubens thematisiert? Im Rahmen der ersten Staffel der Frankfurt Templeton Lectures zu dem Thema Beherrscht die Materie den Geist? Neurowissenschaften und Willensfreiheit hat Philip D. Clayton im Sommersemester 2006 sechs Vorlesungen gehalten, deren Manuskripte jetzt uberarbeitet in Buchform vorliegen.

Philip Clayton

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