Religion / Mythology
We have a small section of reference books about religion in general, and specific religions, as well as new age and mythology books.
Going Beyond the Jesus Story
Douglas Lockhart
O-Books ISBN 9781846944659
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Subtitled 'An Examination of Christian Belief, Mystical Experience and the Ongoing Development of Conscious Awareness', the book ranges freely across complex and intriguing subject areas such as the nature of religious belief, lucid dreaming, the role of feeling in our appreciation of reality, the inherently spiritual nature of asking questions, and our need to go beyond the Jesus story as it has come down to us. Directing our attention to the nature of attention itself, we are introduced, step by carefully constructed step, to the idea that consciousness is not what we have assumed it to be, or conscious awareness quite as conscious as we like to think it is. Delving into history, theology and philosophy in an attempt to reach an integrated understanding of the religious and secular problems we face as human beings, the book examines ideas that confront and challenge on just about every level, ideas that carry us towards an appreciation of what it means to presence the self to the self as an experience in its own right.
War of the World Views: Science vs Spirituality
Deepak Chopra and Leonard Mlodinow
Rider ISBN 9781846043048
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Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens and Stephen Hawking have had a major impact on the recent and popular debate between atheists and religion.
Now Deepak Chopra is entering this debate. Sparring with leading physicist, Professor Leonard Mlodinow (the co-author, with Stephen Hawking, of The Grand Design), Chopra argues that there is design in our universe and a deep intelligence behind life. Without defending organised religion, he debunks randomness as an explanation for how Nature evolves and shows how consciousness comes first and matter second. On the other side, Mlodinow argues the viewpoint of science, specifically what modern quantum physics can tell us about our world. In his view, physics, genetics and cosmology will shed far more light on the big questions than rethinking ancient spiritual concepts can ever do.