The Luminous Web: Essays on Science and Religion
- ISBN-10
- 156101169X
- ISBN-13
- 9781561011698
- Category
- Religion and science
- Pages
- 109
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2000-01-01
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield
- Author
- Barbara Brown Taylor
Description
An introduction to the contemporary debate between science and religion. The author describes her journey as a preacher who is trying to learn what the insights of quantum physics, the new biology, and chaos theory can teach the believer.
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