Honey from Stone

- A Naturalist's Search for God

  • Format
  • Bog, paperback
  • Engelsk
  • 188 sider

Beskrivelse

What is the relevance of traditional religion in the world described by contemporary science? Is scientific knowledge a satisfactory ground for the religious experience? Can the language of traditional religion constitute an appropriately modern language of praise? from Honey from Stone Framing his meditations as a Book of Hours, scientist Chet Raymo exercises the languages of theology and science to express the majesty of Ireland s remote Dingle Peninsula. As he wanders the land year upon year, Raymo gathers the revelations embedded in the geological and cultural history of this wild and ancient place. When I called out for the Absolute, I was answered by the wind, Raymo writes. If it was God s voice in the wind, then I heard it. In poetic prose grounded in a mind trained to discover fact, Honey from Stone enters the wonder of the material world in search of our deepest nature."

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Detaljer
  • SprogEngelsk
  • Sidetal188
  • Udgivelsesdato25-08-2005
  • ISBN139781561012350
  • Forlag Cowley Publications
  • FormatPaperback
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Størrelse og vægt
  • Vægt340 g
  • Dybde1,3 cm
  • coffee cup img
    10 cm
    book img
    15,4 cm
    22,9 cm

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