Faith and Wisdom in Science [Audiobook] download free by Tom Mcleish
- Listen audiobook: Faith and Wisdom in Science
- Author: Tom Mcleish
- Release date: 2016/5/16
- Publisher: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
- Language: English
- Genre or Collection: Religious
- ISBN: 9780198757559
- Rating: 9.78 of 10
- Votes: 724
- Review by: Ariella Shields
- Review rating: 9.79 of 10
- Review Date: 2018/11/7
- Duration: 3H52M4S in 256 kbps (60.8 MB)
- Date of creation of the audiobook: 2018-09-12
- You can listen to this audiobook in formats: WAV, MP3, WMA, MPEG4, AC3, FLAC (compression ZIP, DEB, TAR.XZ, CBC, RAR, TAR.GZ)
- Total pages original book: 304
- Includes a PDF summary of 36 pages
- Duration of the summary (audio): 28M34S (7.2 MB)
- Description or summary of the audiobook: 'Can you Count the Clouds?' asks the voice of God from the whirlwind in the stunningly beautiful catalogue of nature-questions from the Old Testament Book of Job. Tom McLeish takes a scientist's reading of this ancient text as a centrepiece to make the case for science as a deeply human and ancient activity, embedded in some of the oldest stories told about human desire to understand the natural world. Drawing on stories from the modern science of chaos anduncertainty alongside medieval, patristic, classical and Biblical sources, Faith and Wisdom in Science challenges much of the current 'science and religion' debate as operating with the wrong assumptions and in the wrong space. Its narrative approach develops a natural critique of the cultural separation ofsciences and humanities, suggesting an approach to science, or in its more ancient form natural philosophy - the 'love of wisdom of natural things' - that can draw on theological and cultural roots. Following the theme of pain in human confrontation with nature, it develops a 'Theology of Science', recognising that both scientific and theological worldviews must be 'of' each other, not holding separate domains. Science finds its place within an old story of participative reconciliation with anature, of which we start ignorant and fearful, but learn to perceive and work with in wisdom. Surprisingly, science becomes a deeply religious activity. There are urgent lessons for education, the political process of decision-making on science and technology, our relationship with the globalenvironment, and the way that both religious and secular communities alike celebrate and govern science.
- Other categories, genre or collection: Old Testaments, Biblical Studies & Exegesis, Religion & Science, Philosophy Of Science, Popular Science
- Download servers: Box, Google Drive, Dropbox, SendMyWay, Uploaded, BitShare. Compressed in ZIP, DEB, TAR.XZ, CBC, RAR, TAR.GZ
- Format: Paperback
- Approximate value: 17.21 USD
- Dimensions: 135x215x14mm
- Weight: 408g
- Printed by: Not Available
- Published in: Oxford, United Kingdom
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