Religions and Extraterrestrial Life How Will We Deal With It? /

In the twenty-first century, the debate about life on other worlds is quickly changing from the realm of speculation to the domain of hard science. Within a few years, as a consequence of the rapid discovery by astronomers of planets around other stars, astronomers very likely will have discovered c...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Weintraub, David A. (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
Edición:1st ed. 2014.
Colección:Popular Astronomy,
Temas:
Religion.
Astronomy.
Astrobiology.
Solar system.
Religion-Philosophy.
Astronomy, Cosmology and Space Sciences.
Space Physics.
Philosophy of Religion.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part I: Discovering Extrasolar Planets
  • Once Upon a Time
  • Pluralism Through Western History
  • The Discovery of the Century
  • Detecting Exoplanets
  • Are Angels Extraterrestrials?
  • Part II: Major Religions of the World and Extraterrestrial Life
  • Judaism
  • Setting the Stage for Modern Christianity
  • Roman Catholicism
  • Orthodox Christianity
  • The Church of England and the Anglican Communion
  • Mainline Protestant Christianity
  • Evangelical and Fundamentalist Christianity
  • From Christian Roots
  • Mormonism
  • Islam
  • Hinduism
  • Buddhism
  • Jainism
  • Sikhism
  • Bahá'í Faith
  • Are We Ready?
  • Appendix: The Exoplanets Revealed by the Kepler Mission Through 2013.

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