Swedenborg Foundation Releases New Book Title “The Universe and I: Where Science & Spirituality Meet”
WEST CHESTER, Pa. (PRWEB) June 15, 2018 -- “The Universe and I: Where Science & Spirituality Meet” offers scholar and theologian George F. Dole’s thought-provoking insights on the dynamic nature of the ongoing science and religion debate.
As experts continue to work out the relationship between cosmology and human evolution, Dole, who has spent a lifetime making sense of the spiritual world, joins the conversation with a clarity that only he can provide. Shaped primarily as a response to the scientific community, he engages with a wide spectrum of thinkers, including Stephen Hawking, Richard Dawkins, and eighteenth-century polymath Emanuel Swedenborg, just to name a few.
Accessing a wealth of knowledge from across a wide variety of disciplines—philosophy, religion, biology, physics, and more—Dole presents his own model for physical and spiritual existence. Starting with what is not known and what can be observed about the fundamentals of existence, Dole explores “the creative tension between differentiation and integration”—the drive to be individual and yet be united to a greater whole, a tension whose persistent progress since the Big Bang has brought about such gifts as the emergence of life and consciousness.
Dole not only presents the empirical evidence of science but also provides an understanding of the spiritual dimension and how it might inform the way grand speculations on the meaning of the universe and of life are considered. Reflecting on how life began leads to questions of how people will continue to advance humanity and goodwill for all—both as a species and as individuals striving for personal growth.
Asking the question “How can I, infinitesimal I, have the gall to regard myself as significant in the context of the universe?”, Dole embarks on a journey that spans the life of the universe itself, making every effort along the way to answer this question—for all of humankind.
“The Universe and I: Where Science & Spirituality Meet” is available in paperback for $11.95 and e-book editions for $5.99.
About the Author
George F. Dole holds a BA from Yale, an MA from Oxford, and a PhD from Harvard. Now professor emeritus, Dr. Dole taught ancient languages, the Bible, and theology at the Swedenborg School of Religion in Newton, Massachusetts. He has served as a translator for the New Century Edition of the Works of Emanuel Swedenborg, and he is also the author of “Freedom and Evil,” “Sorting Things Out,” and “A Book about Us.” He lives in Bath, Maine.
About the Swedenborg Foundation
The Swedenborg Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, independent, educational organization that explores faith and spirituality based on the prolific writings left behind by eighteenth-century spiritual explorer Emanuel Swedenborg. In addition to book publishing, the Foundation also produces a highly-rated weekly webcast called Swedenborg and Life on the offTheLeftEye YouTube channel and generates content for multiple social media communities and two blogs for spiritual seekers and academic scholars.
Amy Acquarola, Swedenborg Foundation, http://www.swedenborg.com, +1 610-430-3222, [email protected]
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