Religions and extraterrestrial life
Subtitle: how will we deal with it?
By: David A. Weintraub
Series: Springer-Praxis books in popular astronomy; Springer-Praxis books in popular astronomy
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Cham, Switzerland
Language: eng
Number of pages: 234
ISBN-13: 9783319050553; 9783319050560
Subjects: Religious aspects; Life on other planets; Cosmology
Description: This book reveals what, if anything, the world's religions say about the possibility that extraterrestrial life exists and how, or if, a particular religion would work on other planets in distant parts of the universe.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Part I. Discovering extrasolar planets; title: Once upon a time; title: Pluralism through western hisotry; title: The discovery of the century; title: Detecting exoplanets; title: Are angels extraterrestrials?; title: Part II. Major religions of the world and extraterrestrial life; title: Judaism; title: Setting the stage for modern Christianity; title: Roman Catholicism; title: Orthodox Christianity The church of England and the Anglican communion; title: Mainline protestant Christianity; title: Evangelical and fundamentalist Christianity; title: From Christian books; title: Mormonism; title: Islam; title: Hinduism; title: Buddhism; title: Jainism; title: Sikhism; title: Bahá'í faith; title: Are we ready?