The Rebirth of Nature: The Greening of Science and God

by Sheldrake, Rupert

• ISBN13: 9780892815104
• ISBN10: 0892815108
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1994-04-01
• Publisher: Inner Traditions

Summary

Rupert Sheldrake, one of the world's preeminent biologists, has revolutionized scientific thinking with his vision of a living, developing universe--one with its own inherent memory. In The Rebirth of Nature, Sheldrake urges us to move beyond the centuries-old mechanistic view of nature, explaining why we can no longer regard the world as inanimate and purposeless. Sheldrake shows how recent developments in science itself have brought us to the threshold of a new synthesis in which traditional wisdom, intuitive experience, and scientific insight canA be mutually enriching.

Author Biography

Rupert Sheldrake, one of the world’s foremost biologists, has revolutionized scientific thinking with his vision of living, developing universe with it’s own inherent memory. In The Rebirth of Nature Sheldrake urges us to move beyond the centuries-old mechanistic view of nature, explaining in lucid terms why we can no longer regard the world as inanimate and purposeless. Through an astute critique of the dominant scientific paradigm, Sheldrake shows how recent developments in science itself have brought us to the threshold of a new synthesis in which traditional wisdom, intuitive experience, and scientific insight can be mutually enriching.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Part 1:  Historical Roots
1.  Mother Nature and the Desecration of the World
2.  The conquest of Nature and The Scientific Priesthood
3.  Returning To Nature

Part 2:  The Rebirth of Nature in Science
4.  The Reanimation of the Physical World
5.  The Nature of Life
6.  Cosmic Evolution and the Habits of Nature

Part 3:  The Revival of Animism
7.  The Earth Comes Back to Life
8.  Sacred Times and Places 
9.  The Greening of God
10.  Life in a Living World

Notes

References 

Index