A God that could be real : spirituality, science, and the future of our planet
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Boston : Beacon Press, [2015].
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xxxi, 165 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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Northwest Reno Library - Adult Nonfiction
215 ABRAMS 2015
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215 ABRAMS 2015
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Downtown Reno Library - Adult Nonfiction
215 ABRAMS 2015
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215 ABRAMS 2015
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Boston : Beacon Press, [2015].
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English
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2014036506
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A paradigm-shifting blend of science, religion, and philosophy for agnostic, spiritual-but-not-religious, and scientifically minded readers. Many people are fed up with the way traditional religion alienates them: too easily it can perpetuate conflict, vilify science, and undermine reason. Nancy Abrams, a philosopher of science, lawyer, and lifelong atheist, is among them. And yet, when she turned to the recovery community to face a personal struggle, she found that imagining a higher power gave her a new freedom. Intellectually, this was quite surprising. Meanwhile her husband, famed astrophysicist Joel Primack, was helping create a new theory of the universe based on dark matter and dark energy, and Abrams was collaborating with him on two books that put the new scientific picture into a social and political context. She wondered, "Could anything actually exist in this strange new universe that is worthy of the name 'God?' " In A God That Could Be Real, Abrams explores a radically new way of thinking about God. She dismantles several common assumptions about God and shows why an omniscient, omnipotent God that created the universe and plans what happens is incompatible with science—but that this doesn’t preclude a God that can comfort and empower us.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Abrams, N. E. (2015). A God that could be real: spirituality, science, and the future of our planet . Beacon Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Abrams, Nancy Ellen, 1948-. 2015. A God That Could Be Real: Spirituality, Science, and the Future of Our Planet. Beacon Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Abrams, Nancy Ellen, 1948-. A God That Could Be Real: Spirituality, Science, and the Future of Our Planet Beacon Press, 2015.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Abrams, Nancy Ellen. A God That Could Be Real: Spirituality, Science, and the Future of Our Planet Beacon Press, 2015.
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