Other worlds : spirituality and the search for invisible dimensions /

For a long time, people have argued that the rise of science has caused the decline of religion. Other Worlds presents a different perspective, showing that modern Europeans and Americans often used scientific ideas in imaginative ways to develop new, enchanted views of nature, its fantastic borderl...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: White, Christopher G., 1969- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2018.
Subjects:
Religion and science > United States.
Religion and science > Great Britain.
Arts and religion > United States.
Arts and religion > Great Britain.
Fourth dimension.
Hyperspace.
Religion et sciences > États-Unis.
Religion et sciences > Grande-Bretagne.
Arts > Aspect religieux > États-Unis.
Arts > Aspect religieux > Grande-Bretagne.
Quatrième dimension.
Hyperespace.
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT > Gaia & Earth Energies.
RELIGION > Christianity > General.
RELIGION > Religion & Science.
Arts and religion
Fourth dimension
Hyperspace
Religion and science
Great Britain
United States
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Science and heavenly realms: Edwin Abbott's otherworldly visions
  • The man who saw the fourth dimension
  • New heaven, new earth
  • Cathedrals without walls
  • Max Weber and the art of an invisible geometry
  • The spacetime of dreams
  • Mirrors, doorways, and otherworldy openings
  • Madeleine L'Engle disturbs the universe
  • One step beyond
  • Epilogue: The astonishing afterlife of a square.

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