Sleuthing the Divine

by Sharpe, Kevin

• ISBN13: 9780800632366
• ISBN10: 0800632362
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-10-01
• Publisher: Fortress Pr

Summary

A spiritual quest is at the heart this introduction to the chief questions raised at the nexus of science and religion. Sharpe, a leader in the field, engagingly seeks the reality of God in the world, even as he eschews traditional theological terms and authorities.

Author Biography

Kevin Sharpe is Professor in the Graduate College of the Union Institute, Cincinnati and Associate Director (Research) at the Ian Ramsay Centre, Oxford University. He is also editor of Science and Spirit.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Part One: Searching Meaning	1	(30)
Scientific and Spiritual Thought: Their Mutual Relevance	3	(11)
Connection	14	(9)
Separation with Connection	23	(8)
Part Two: Searching the Divine	31	(62)
The Subuniverse Divine	33	(8)
It Just Is	41	(6)
The Divine Acts?	47	(10)
What Does the Divine Do?	57	(9)
The Real Divine	66	(6)
Mystery	72	(9)
The Character of the Divine	81	(12)
Part Three: Searching Morality	93	(52)
Freedom	95	(6)
Liberation and Values	101	(5)
Histories of the Universe	106	(9)
Sociobiology	115	(10)
Does Morality Come from the Divine?	125	(5)
Does Morality Come from Biology?	130	(7)
Creating a Morality	137	(8)
Part Four: The Spiritual Quest	145	(23)
Suffering and Evil and Humanization	147	(7)
Christian Belief	154	(9)
Scientific and Spiritual Thought: Open to Change	163	(5)
Notes	168	(4)
Bibliography	172	(7)
Index	179