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Love That Works" draws on history, psychology, and the theology and science of love to offer a proposal on how to be successful in love and romance.

This book contains a collection of John Templeton's favorite inspirational passages. "From the Bible, from philosophers and poets, and from other writers, we begin to form a clear understanding of the spiritual and ethical laws of life. The world's literature teaches us valuable lessons that no amount of money can buy. Those lessonsare there for everyone. They are free and they are priceless."--John Marks Templeton

Rolston's presentation of the methods of science, along with up-to-date summaries of the main achievements of the various sciences, is commendable for its clarity and critical acumen.

Technology is changing all the time, but does it also have the ability to change us and the way we approach religion and spirituality? In "Technology and Religion: Remaining Human in a Co-created World, " Noreen Herzfeld examines this and other provocative questions as she provides an accessible and fascinating overview of the relationship between religion and the ever-broadening world of technology.In order to consider fully a topic as wide a...

The sociologist Thomas Sowell writes, "We need to confront the most blatant fact that has persisted across centuries of social history--vast ddifferences in productivity among peoples, and the economic and other consequences of such differences." Poverty demeans dignity, shrinks the soul, wastes potential, and inflicts suffering on three billion people on our planet. We must also acknowledge that, during the past fifty yyears, the record in in...

Vision" is the all-important ability to picture the world around us as it should be. Crafting one's vision is the first step towards enacting meaningful change. This inspirational little book will help readers understand their potential to be visionaries.

Thus far, the dominant paradigms through which modern scientists have viewed nature have been structured primarily around Newtonian and Darwinian approaches. As theoretical ecologist Robert E. Ulanowicz observes in his new work, "A Third Window, " neither of these models is sufficient for explaining how real change--in the form of creative advance or emergence--takes place in nature.The metaphysical foundations laid by these great thinkers cen...

Words, "writes Chuang Tzu, "are for catching ideas, once you've caught the idea, you can forget the words." In "Do Nothing, " author Siroj Sorajjakool lends us some of his insightful words to help us all "catch" the provocative ideas of one of China's most important literary and philosophical giants--one who emerged at a time when China had several such giants philosophizing on Tao or "the Way."Though his thinking dates back to the fourth cent...

During the Middle Ages, philosophers and theologians argued over the extramental reality of universal forms or essences. In the early modern period, the relation between subjectivity and objectivity, the individual self and knowledge of the outside world, was a rich subject of debate. Today, there is considerable argument about the relation between spontaneity and determinism within the evolutionary process, whether a principle of spontaneous ...

Americans today often think of thrift as a negative value--a miserly hoarding of resources and a denial of pleasure. Even more telling, many Americans don't even think of thrift at all anymore. "Franklin's Thrift" challenges this state of mind by recovering the rich history of thrift as a quintessentially American virtue.The contributors to this volume trace how, from the eighteenth century on, the idea and practice of thrift has been a robust...

Is the call to spirituality embedded in human biology? Authors Nancy K. Morrison and Sally K. Severino draw on cutting edge research including the recent discovery of brain "mirror neurons" and the elucidation of the physiology of social affiliation and attachment to make a bold case that we are, in fact, biologically wired to seek oneness with the divine. They have termed this innate urge "sacred Desire." In their new book on the subject, Sac...

Tibetan Buddhism and Modern Physics: Toward a Union of Love and Knowledge addresses the complex issues of dialogue between Buddhism and science, revealing connections and differences between the two. In a clear and engaging style, author Vic Mansfield shows how the principle of emptiness, the philosophic heart of Tibetan Buddhism, connects intimately to quantum nonlocality and other foundational features of quantum mechanics. Detailed connecti...

David Daube (1909-1999) was a world renowned biblical law scholar. He was a fellow at All Souls College at Oxford and emeritus professor of law at both Oxford and University of California, Berkeley. Throughout his life and continuing today, scholars have hailed his important research on Roman law, biblical law, Hebraic Law, and ethics. Now, for the first time, the first ten of his twenty Gifford Lectures, delivered in 1962 and 1964, are availa...

Global Perspectives on Science and Spirituality is a collection of extraordinary essays by leading scholars from around the world. Their unique perspectives, founded on distinctly non-Western experience, tradition, philosophy and spiritual practice, give them novel insight into the complex challenges that face serious research into the mutual information of science and the human spirit.

Ted Malloch offers a fascinating argument for the idea that generosity is innate, and that to accept and reciprocate God's grace is ingrained within human nature. This book will offer sage advice on how to live more generously and create a more generous society.

Contemporary scholarship envisions biophysical and human nature in a variety of ways, each of which is entangled with related notions of science and religion. Envisioning Nature, Science, and Religion offers a great diversity of viewpoints on these matters from some of the preeminent thinkers in these fields.

This book sets out to answer the question of what it means to be alive. Though we are told today that it is all a matter of molecules and genetics, almost everything about our everyday experience of life seems to be at odds with this understanding. Rothman aims to enlighten readers of what it means to be alive by merging science with philosophy and religion.

Offers an study of the implications of scientific developments in psychology and neuroscience. This book explores the intersection of science and faith in defining what it means to be human. It also reports on scientific research on consciousness and the link between mind, brain and behaviour. It is useful for college and university professors.

With a focus on the function of 'meaning', this book presents the theory that healing is primarily the function of meaning and the importance of healing the soul as well as the body. Bringing together Eastern and Western resources, it incorporates the perspectives of theologians and philosophers, as well as references to religious literature.

In this book, Glenn R. Mosley chronicles the history of the movement, including biographical sketches and the philosophies of pioneers and influential leaders linked to the movement's development and growth. These include Charles and Myrtle Fillmore, the founders of Unity, Ernest Holmes, founder of the Science of Mind, Mary Baker Eddy, founder of the Church of Christ Science, Ralph Waldo Trine, philosopher, mystic, teacher, and early mentor of...