Out of the Labyrinth For Those Who Want to Believe But Can't

by Walters, J. Donald

• ISBN13: 9781565891487
• ISBN10: 1565891481
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-06-04
• Publisher: Crystal Clarity Publishers

Summary

"The last hundred years of scientific and philosophical thought have caused dramatic upheavals inhow we view our universe, our spiritual beliefs, and ourselves. Increasingly, people are wonderingif enduring spiritual and moral truths even exist.Out of the Labyrinth brings fresh insight and understanding to this difficult problem. Waltersdemonstrates the genuine compatibility of scientific and religious values, and how science and ourmost cherished moral values actually enrich and reinforce one another."

Table of Contents

Foreword	9	(4)
Introduction	13	(3)
Preface to the 1988 (revised) edition	16	(1)
Preface to the 2001 (revised) edition	17	(4)
The Crises	21	(12)
Institutions and the Individual	33	(14)
Nihilism and the Search for Values	47	(18)
Values---Absolute, or Relative?	65	(16)
Truth Is Not Reasonable!	81	(28)
Catching the Right Wave	109	(14)
Truth in Relativity---Part I The Discipline of Experience	123	(16)
Truth in Relativity---Part II Directional Relativity	139	(24)
Meaning in Evolution?---Part I	163	(20)
Meaning in Evolution?---Part II What Is Life?	183	(12)
Meaning in Evolution?---Part III What Is Matter?	195	(16)
Meaning in Evolution?---Part IV Is Evolution Progressive?	211	(16)
In Search of an Absolute	227	(18)
The Law of Transcendence	245	(24)
About the Author	269	(2)
Index	271