Is God the Only Reality? Science Points to a Deeper Meaning of the Universe - Hardcover

Templeton, John Marks; Herrmann, Robert L.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0826406505 ISBN 13: 9780826406507

Publisher: Continuum, 1994

Synopsis

The great paradox of science in the twentieth century is that the more we learn, the less we seem to know. In this volume, John Templeton and scientist Robert Herrmann address this paradox.Reviewing the latest findings in fields from particle physics to archaeology, from molecular biology to cosmology, the book leads the reader to see how mysterious the universe is, even to the very science that seeks to reduce it to a few simple principles.Far from concluding that religion and science are in opposition, the book shows how these two fields of inquiry are intimately linked, and how much they can offer to one another.Formerly published by Continuum in 1994.

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About the Author:

John Marks Templeton has been described by The New York Times Magazine as "the dean of global investing", and is the founder of the Templeton group of mutual funds. He retired in 1992 and now devotes his time to philanthropic activities, principally via the John Templeton Foundation, which is dedicated to progress in the areas of science and religion, spirituality and health, moral education and the appreciation of freedom, free markets and free societies.

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In all our scientific understanding of our world, what we are and how we have come to be yet eludes us. And the most astounding thing is that this ignorance is characteristic of all exploration. It seems that the deeper we probe into the nature of things, the more complex and mysterious they become...we have written this book to tell why, to describe the current state of some of the frontiers of physical and biological science, and to show how the exploration leads in each case to a greater mystery with ever deeper and more profound implications about what is real. What we see gradually coming into focus will be a surprise for many. We conclude that the only coherent explanation, the grand organizing paradigm, to which both science and religion point but which neither begins to exhaust, is the God of the universe - what Loren Eiseley called "the Great Face behind."

About this edition

• Publisher: Continuum
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0826406505
• ISBN 13: 9780826406507
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 190