"Re-Imaging Nature demonstrates how the Christian tradition enables an approach to the natural world which opens up a meaningful and positive dialogue with the natural sciences on the one hand, and the humanities on the other. At the same time, it provides Christianity with an a…
Hinduism and nature
Présentation de l'éditeur : "The basis of Hinduism is dharma or righteousness, incorporating duty, cosmic law and justice. Five thousand years ago, the Vedas showed a clear appreciation of the natural world and its ecology, the importance of the environment and the management of…
The author introduces readers to the religious naturalism of the seventeenth-century English philosopher Anne Conway. White shows how Conway's spirituality provides an alternative to the dominant mechanistic models advanced by her leading male contemporaries, especially Descarte…
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"Carol Wayne White introduces readers to the religious naturalism of the seventeenth-century English philosopher Anne Conway, whose work offers an analysis of the mechanical conception of nature. White shows how Conway's mystical cosmology provides an alternative to the dominant…
