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 Has Science Displaced the Soul? Debating Love and Happiness
by Kevin Sharpe with Rebecca Bryant.
Religion tells us that God is love but neuroscience counters with love as a well-timed trickle of transmitters and hormones. With doctorates in both mathematics and theology, Kevin Sharpe explores these notions and asks the question Has Science Displaced the Soul? From the back cover:
'Amid all the triumphal talk in science these days,
increasing numbers of individuals have come to believe we are merely the
sum of our genes and DNA. This book is a bold attempt to reconcile
clashes that have erupted between science and spiritual thought. Kevin
Sharpe contends we need contributions from both science and spirituality
to understand our place in the cosmos. Highly provocative, there is
something herein to challenge everyone.'
― Larry Dossey.
'Has Science Displaced the Soul? Debating Love and
Happiness is a fascinating and very readable description of how love
and happiness can be viewed from both the scientific and religious
perspectives. By comparing thes two approaches, Kevin Sharpe has
illustrated the important differences and similarities between science
and religion. This book provides a new and exciting synthesis to the
issues of love and happiness and lays a foundation for future studies of
love and happiness from both the scientificand the religious
perspective.'
― Andrew Newberg.
'Kevin Sharpe's new book is a stimulating look at some
of the most important issues that lie between science and religion. He
approaches these issues with the strength of a scientist and with the
conviction of a Christian, having things to say of much value about the
natural process and about the physical and spiritual nature of human
beings―their hopes and their futures. There is much for us all
to learn from this work.'
― Michael Ruse.
Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2005.
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Sleuthing the Divine: The Nexus of Science and
Spirit
by Kevin Sharpe.
From the back cover:
"The religious relevance of contemporary science....
"Science and the spiritual quest come together in
this work to produce a reliable and engaging introduction to this
fascinating field. Ably and engagingly, Kevin Sharpe seeks the reality
of God in the world, even as he eschews traditional theological terms
and authorities.
"Well-versed in and appreciative of the latest
developments in physics and cosmology, biology and neuroscience, Sharpe
provides insightful accounts of how contemporary knowledge expands our
stodgy notions of reality. He queries the new scientific gurus for the
substance and religious pertinence of their visions. Weaving through
these tangled matters, Sharpe shows how they bear on questions of the
origins of the universe, divine action, immanence and transcendence,
human freedom, morality, the presence of evil, and the mystery at the
heart of the universe."
Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2000.
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 David Bohm's World: New Physics and New Religion
by Kevin J. Sharpe.
From the dust cover:
"David Bohm started his career as a
physicist at Princeton University, where he wrote Quantum
Theory (1951), a still standard work of conventional quantum
physics. While most physicists did not and still do not accept
Bohm's controversial theories, he nevertheless continued to
wrestle with basic questions raised by contemporary quantum
physics. In David Bohm's World, author Kevin J. Sharpe
examines those areas of Bohm's work that have been influential
in mainstream physics and those that are considered to be on the
fringe of science. He describes Bohm's various physical theories
and the continuing research interest in ideas which the
physicist played a major part in developing. The author contends
that, while Bohm contributed a great deal of importance, the
status of his hidden variables theories (including the quantum
potential theory) and his holomovement theory remains
questionable.
"One of Bohm's principal drives was to
clarify the idea of connectedness or unbroken wholeness and deny
the currently dominant picture of the world as being made up of
separate and independent parts. Bohm believed that everything
connects with everything else, and he found this at the heart of
quantum physics as expressed in what is termed nonlocality.
"Sharpe also describes Bohm's metaphysical
beliefs, which lie under as well as inspire his physics, beliefs
that could be called religious. The author argues that Bohm,
like Fritjof Capra, used his religion in his physics. Both do
this in two ways: one is to take the theories and concepts of
religion as hypotheses for physics; the other is that their
religious convictions provide the motivation to pursue the
physical theories and hypotheses.
"The final chapters of this work explore
the relation between Bohm's holomovement metaphysics and
theology, as well as the relation between science and theology
in general, and the reactions of theologians to Bohm's work. In
conclusion, Sharpe points out that there is one error often made
in such evaluations, and that has to do with the way writers
think Bohm sees God's relation to the world. He indicates that
Bohm's metaphysics has the potential for developing into a
theology, and he suggests in particular a theology that models
God and Bohm's idea of the holomovement."
xxxxxxBucknell University Press,
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 From Science to an Adequate Mythology
by Kevin J. Sharpe.
From the back cover:
"This work seeks to justify the
integration of science and Christian theology, and to propose a
model for that integration.
"Many of Western society's social
problems have been created by the process of secularization with
its lack of a clear and encompassing ethical code and moral
base. Having undermined the ethics of Christianity, secularity
is unable to replace them satisfactorily. Our need is for a
source of adequate values, an adequate mythology.
"Myth is used as the central theme of
this work. It is claimed that the knowledge of science functions
as myth for modem Western culture, in fact is the core of our
society's mythology. Having recognized the need for a mythology
adequate to our society, science and two Christian options –
the conservative and the liberal – are examined and found
wanting as candidates.
"The integration of theology and science
is suggested as the solution, and a model is proposed whereby
this might happen."
Auckland: Interface Press, 1984. Out of Print.
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 Religion's Response to Change: Papers Presented to the
Auckland Religious Studies Colloquium, 26-28 August 1983 at the
University of Auckland
edited by John M. Ker and Kevin J. Sharpe.
Auckland: The Auckland University Chaplaincy Publishing
Trust, 1985.
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 Religion and New Zealand's Future: Proceedings of the
Seventh Auckland Religious Studies Colloquium, May 2-3, 1981
edited by Kevin J. Sharpe.
From the back cover:
"New Zealand is sometimes described as the most
areligious and agnostic country on earth. Very few people attend
church or appear interested in organized religion. This
collection of papers presented at the Seventh Auckland Religious
Studies Colloquium looks at the many aspects of religion in this
country and how it might feature in our society in the
future."
Palmerston North: The Dunmore Press, 1982.
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Toward an Authentic New Zealand Theology: Proceedings
of the 1982 Auckland Theology Forum
Religion and Nature -- with Charles Birch and Others