Chapter 1 Happiness and Spiritual Traditions Chapter 2 Happiness and Contemporary Science Chapter 3 Interlude 1: An Unhappy Conflagration Chapter 4 Love and Spiritual Traditions Chapter 5 Love and Contemporary Science Chapter 6 Interlude 2: An Unloving Conflagration Chapter 7 Evolutionary Psychology: A Science Background Chapter 8 Evolutionary Psychology: A Spiritual Background Chapter 9 Interlude 3: Philip Hefner's Conflagration Band-Aid Chapter 10 Interlude 4: Ted Peter's Conflagration Band-Aid Chapter 11 Divine Projections Chapter 12 Scientific Hypotheses Chapter 13 Interlude 5: Happiness, Love, and the Divine
Kevin Sharpe is a professor in the Graduate College of Union Institute and University in Cincinnati, Ohio. He is a member of the Harris Manchester College, Oxford University, and co-directs the Oxford Institute for Science and Spirit. Originally from New Zealand, he now splits his time between Harrington Park, New Jersey, and Oxford, England.
Kevin Sharpe's new book, Has Science Displaced the Soul? is a
stimulating look at some of the most important issues that lie
between science and religion. He approaches these issues with the
strength of a scientist and with the conviction of a Christian,
having things to say of much value about the natural process and
about the physical and spiritual nature of human beings—their hopes
and their futures. There is much for us all to learn from this
work.
*Michael Ruse, Lucyle T. Werkmeister Professor of Philosophy,
Florida State University*
Has Science Displaced the Soul? Debating Love & Happiness is a
fascinating and very readable description of how love and happiness
can be viewed from both the scientific and religious perspectives.
By comparing these two approaches, Kevin Sharpe has illustrated the
important differences and similarities between science and
religion. This book provides a new and exciting synthesis to the
issues of love and happiness and lays a foundation for future
studies of love and happiness from both the scientific as well as
the religious perspective.
*Andrew Newberg M.D., author of How God Changes Your Brain;
Professor of Emergency Medicine and Radiology and Director of
Research, Myrna Brind Center of Integrative Medicine, Thomas
Jefferson University and Hospital*
Amid all the triumphal talk in science these days, increasing
numbers of individuals have come to believe we are merely the sum
total of our genes and DNA. This book is a bold attempt to
reconcile clashes such as this that have erupted between science
and spiritual thought. Sharpe contends we need contributions from
both science and spirituality to understand our place in the
cosmos. Highly provocative, there is something herein to challenge
everyone.
*Larry Dossey, MD, Author of Healing Beyond the Body,
Reinventing Medicine, and Healing Words*
It is a reflection of and a tribute to Sharpe's scholarship that he
challenges our contemporary and obsolete manner of conceiving the
subject. I look forward to Sharpe and Bryant's future elaboration
of the Divine and the dialog that they envision between science,
values, and spirituality.
*The European Legacy – Toward New Paradigms*
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