Search
-
Intelligent Evolution
Is the belief in God something only to be accepted on faith? In his new book, Schwartz suggests that some kind of grand organizing principle is revealing itself in physics ...
- Publications Articles
- June - August 2006
- 5 pages
-
Faith, Science, and Life
Toward a Coherent Cosmology
The story we tell ourselves about the origins of the universe determines to a great extent the purpose and meaning of our lives.
- Publications Articles
- June - August 2006
- 4 pages
-
Talking to God
Portrait of a World at Prayer
Essays by internationally renowned writers of faith explore the universal significance of prayer in this inspirational volume of lush images and meditative words.
- Publications Books
- October 28, 2006
- 176 pages
-
The End of Faith
Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason
This important and timely book delivers a startling analysis of the clash of faith and reason in today's world. Harris offers a vivid historical tour of mankind's willingness to suspend reason in favor of religious beliefs, even when those beliefs are used to justify harmful behavior and sometimes-heinous crimes.
- Publications Books
- August 2004
- 336 pages
-
The Sacred Neuron
Extraordinary New Discoveries Linking Science and Religion
The Sacred Neuron provides a new way of understanding our emotionsand faith. Drawing on cognitive science, John Bowker examines such questions as, Why do we think that things happen in the way that they do? Or, that some things are beautiful, and other things ugly, some good, and others evil?
- Publications Books
- May 12, 2005
- 150 pages
-
-
-
Reinventing the Sacred
A New View of Science, Reason, and Religion
Consider the woven integrated complexity of a living cell after 3.8 billion years of evolution. Is it more awe-inspiring to suppose that a transcendent God fashioned the cell, or to consider that the living organism was created by the evolving...
- Publications Books
- May 6, 2008
- 320 pages
-
Spiritual Evolution
A Scientific Defense of Faith
In our current era of holy terror, passionate faith has come to seem like a present danger. Writers such as Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, and Christopher Hitchens have been happy to throw the baby out with the bathwater and declare ...
- Publications Books
- May 20, 2008
- 256 pages
-
-
Fingerprints of God
The Search for the Science of Spirituality
From the award-winning NPR religion correspondent comes a fascinating investigation of how science is seeking to answer the question that has puzzled humanity for generations: Can science explain God?
- Publications Books
- May 14, 2009
- 336 pages
-
Esalen
America and the Religion of No Religion
Jeffrey Kripal here recounts the spectacular history of Esalen, the institute that has long been a world leader in alternative and experiential education and stands today at the center of the human potential movement.
- Publications Books
- April 15, 2007
- 594 pages
-
Men in Black Dresses
A Quest for the Future Among Wisdom Makers of the Middle East
Men In Black Dresses takes the reader behind the walls of desert monasteries, Sufi enclaves, ancient cathedrals and mosques -- where the author knocks, uninvited, and waits for the wise men to allow her in ...
- Publications Books
- November 1, 2003
- 284 pages
-
Embracing Mind
The Common Ground of Science and Spirituality
What is Mind? For this ancient question we are still seeking answers. B. Alan Wallace and Brian Hodel propose a science of the mind based on the contemplative wisdom of Buddhism, Hinduism, Taoism, Christianity, and Islam.
- Publications Books
- December 23, 2008
- 272 pages
-
-
-
Shift Issue 11
THE LIVING UNIVERSE
INTELLIGENT EVOLUTION
by Gary E. SchwartzSACRED GEOMETRY
by Robert J. GilbertEXPLORING A SENTIENT WORLD
by Franci Prowse with Cleve BacksterSEEING WHERE WE ARE
by Laura SewallFAITH, SCIENCE, AND LIFE: TOWARD A COHERENT COSMOLOGY
by Rabbi Kevin LindOUR ETHNOSPHERE AT RISK
by Wade DavisSEVEN REASONS WHY I REMAIN AN OPTIMIST
by Elisabet SahtourisFrontiers of Research
Meditation: An Integral Perspective
by Marilyn Schlitz- June - August 2006
-
"Metaphysics in Popular Culture" with Jeff Kripal
Jeffrey Kripal discusses the realm of the noetic, located somewhere between entertainment and the arts and esotericism. One thing that marks this realm is its resistance to easy dualism. He describes the history of “metaphysical religion” where mind is ultimate in some sense, and it is mind that creates the reality. These concepts are as recent as The Secret and as old as Plato’s Cave, and have never entirely disappeared from the culture.
- Audio Teleseminars
- 2010-09-29
- 01:01:33
-
A Spiritual Hitchhiker's Guide to the Universe
Travel Tips for the Spiritually Perplexed
A Spiritual Hitchhiker's Guide to the Universe is the perfect book for readers who feel that their religious tradition no longer satisfies their spiritual needs. An elegantly written memoir and meditation, the book explores the many paths of enlightenment available to readers looking beyond today's churches, temples, and synagogues.
- Publications Books
- May 22, 2009
- 296 pages
-
The Way of the Explorer
IONS founder and Apollo astronaut, Edgar Mitchell, details his quest to reconcile the seemingly disparate worlds of science and faith, combining elements of history, science, and theology to explain the mysteries of human consciousness, the universal connectedness of life, miracles, and human destiny.
- Publications Books
- May 7, 1996
- 288 pages