Quantum Theology Spiritual Implications of the New Physics

Name: Quantum Theology Spiritual Implications of the New Physics
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ISBN: 9780824522636

ISBN-10: 082452263X

ISBN-13: 9780824522636

Edition: 2004 (Revised)

Authors: Diarmuid O'Murchu

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From black holes to holograms, from relativity theory to the discovery of quarks, this book is anoriginal and rich exposition of quantum theory and the way it unravels profound theological questions.

Book details

List price: $19.95
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Crossroad Publishing Company, The
Publication date: 4/1/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.25" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English

Diarmuid O'Murchu is a social psychologist and priest in the Sacred Heart Missionary Order. He has written Quantum Theory: Spiritual Implication of the New Physics, a book about the quantum theory and spirituality, and Reclaiming Spirituality: A New Spiritual Framework for Today's World, a book about Roman Catholicism and modern knowledge.



Introduction to the Revised Edition



The Invitation



You Are Invited ...



What do We Mean by Theology?


Theology and Religion


Theology and Spirituality


Contemporary Theology


Conclusion



What is the Quantum All About?


The Classical Model


The Quantum Theory


Do We Create Our Own Reality?


Wholistic Consciousness



The Dance



Energy, Movement, and Rhythm


Dancing to Our Sacredness


Dance of the Gods


Dance as a Scientific Metaphor


The Symmetry Within


Music as a Pulse of Creation


The God Question



Wholes and Parts


Beyond the Mechanistic Metaphor


Wholes and Parts


Our Holographic Universe


The World as Subject


Wholeness and Uniqueness



The Relationship



The Horizon of Belonging


Fields of Influence


In Relation to the Whole


Whither Revelation?



Beyond Our Isolation


Trinitarian Relatedness


Individual Uniqueness


The Search for Community



The Story



In the Beginning


The Potential for Self-Organization


The Gaia Hypothesis


Propensity for Self-Regulation


The Creative Vacuum


The Anthropic Principle


Humans and Gaia


Theological Implications



Stories Generate Meaning


Stories Stretch the Imagination


The Word as Story


The Central Myth of the Christian Story


Interpreting Sacred Texts


Story in Peril?



The Shadow



Embracing the Dark


Black Holes


The Theory of Chaos


Being and Nothingness


Salvation and Redemption



Integrating the Shadow


The Power of Dualisms


Integrating the Shadow


Sins of Our Time



The Light



The Search for Enlightenment


The Light That Shines


The Path to Enlightenment


The Sacrament of Light


The Sacramental Process



Reaching Toward Infinity


Resurrection from the Dead


The Universal Will to Life


Whither Afterlife?


World without End?



The Future



The Promise and the Peril


Our Calvary Moment


Quantum Yearnings: Within and Without


God and Creation in Process



No Greater Love...


Power of Love or Love of Power?


The Embodiment of Love


New Horizons of Human Sexuality


The Spirit as Friend


The Love That Liberates



Principles of Quantum Theology



Doing Theology in a Space-Time Continuum


Notes


Bibliography


Index