| Description |
1 online resource (289 p.) |
| Contents |
Cover -- THE SACRED DEPTHS OF NATURE -- Copyright -- Dedication -- CONTENTS -- Personal 1997 (first edition) -- Personal 2022 (second edition) -- Introduction -- How This Book Is Put Together -- 1 Origins of the Earth -- 2 Origins of Life -- 3 How Life Works -- 4 How an Organism Works -- 5 How Evolution Works -- 6 The Evolution of Biodiversity -- 7 Awareness and the I-Self -- 8 Interpretations and Feelings -- 9 Sex -- 10 Intimacy -- 11 Multicellularity and Death -- 12 Human Evolution -- 13 Human Morality and Ecomorality -- Epilogue: Emergent Religious Principles |
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Epilogue: The Religious Naturalist Orientation -- Endnotes 1: Legends to Cover and Chapter Frontispieces and Text Figure Credits -- Endnotes 2: Further Readings/Resources and Text Credits -- Index |
| Summary |
This eloquent volume reconciles our contemporary scientific understanding of reality with our timeless spiritual yearnings. Addressing ideas like evolution, emotions, sexuality, and death, The Sacred Depths of Nature allows even non-scientists to appreciate that the origins of life and the universe are no less meaningful in light of our scientific understanding of them. This new edition offers a deepened consideration of emergent properties and emergent dynamics, as well as an exploration of their role as the generators of life's complexity. Goodenough also expands upon the ethic of ecomoralit |
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Description based upon print version of record |
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Biology -- Philosophy.
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Biology -- Religious aspects.
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Naturalism -- Religious aspects.
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Nature -- Religious aspects.
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Biology -- Philosophy
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Biology -- Religious aspects
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Naturalism -- Religious aspects
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Nature -- Religious aspects
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780197662076 |
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0197662072 |
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