Engaging the cosmos
Subtitle: astronomy, philosophy, and faith
By: Neville Brown.
Publisher: Sussex Academic Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Brighton; Portland, Or
Language: eng
Number of pages: 367
Subjects: Religion and faith.; Cosmology.; Astrobiology.; Astrophysics.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The heavens in history; title: Ages of stone; title: Hammurabi to Ptolemy; title: Late antiquity to Copernicus; title: A Renaissance continuum; title: The cosmological revolution; title: The life dimension; title: Astrobiology; title: Consciousness; title: Utopia lost?; title: An end to nature?; title: Retreat from reason; title: Conflict in heaven; title: A dissolving heritage?; title: Judaism fulcral; title: Christ and the humanists; title: Countervalent Islam; title: Indian pluralism; title: Japanese togetherness; title: To here from eternity; title: Yearnings for belief; title: Creative convergence; title: Fulfilment regained?