- Paperback: 256 pages
- Publisher: HarperSanFrancisco; First Edition edition (18 Nov 1996)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0060628642
- ISBN-13: 978-0060628642
- Product Dimensions: 23.1 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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- #11 in Books > Mind, Body & Spirit > Thought & Practice > Metaphysical Phenomena
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What are angels? Many people believe in angels, but few can define these enigmatic spirits. Now visionary theologian Matthew Fox and acclaimed biologist Rupert Sheldrake - pioneers in modern religious thinking and scientific theory - launch a groundbreaking exploration into the ancient concept of the angel and restore dignity, meaning, and joy to our time-honored belief in these heavenly beings.
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'Creating a profound, intelligent vision of angels for the next millennium. Fox and Sheldrake chart new territory in the relationship between religion and science.'
What are angels? Many people believe in angels, but few can define these enigmatic sprits. Now visionary theologian Matthew Fox and acclaimed biologist Rupert Sheldrake – pioneers in modern religious thinking and scientific theory launch a groundbreaking exploration into the ancient concept of the angel and restore dignity, meaning and joy to our time-honoured belief in these heavenly beings.
Their guides on this journey: voices of classical religious though – including the great Christian mystics and the Bible itself – and startling revelations of modern physics and cosmology. Their discovery: Angels are far greater and more powerful beings than we ever knew, and our belief in them can revolutionise our lives and have profound implications for the future.
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This review is from: The Physics of Angels: Exploring the Realm Where Science and Spirit Meet (Paperback)
Both Fox and Sheldrake offer a convincing argument regarding the existence of beings whether of light or angelic. They provide strong evidence on both sides that there is most definitely an etheric force that works in tandem with mankind. Whether it is beneficial or malign is a matter of debate according to one's personal view or belief. Fox and Sheldrake endeavour to open up a field that has in the past only been viewed through religious eyes, and with a clever use of exploratory language brought The Physics of Angels into our realm of understanding - I thoroughly recommend this book.
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A new perspective!,
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This review is from: The Physics of Angels: Exploring the Realm Where Science and Spirit Meet (Paperback)
A conversation between a theologian and a physicist - the points at where the two disciplines converge inspire deep thought - I will never regard a photon in the same way again.
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Finally, a real angel book without the New Age pap!,
By Crystal Di'anno - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Physics of Angels: Exploring the Realm Where Science and Spirit Meet (Paperback)
If you, like me, believe that angels exist but are sick to death of mass-market New Age pablum books on angels, this book is for you. A highly respected theologian (Fox) and an equally respected biologist (Sheldrake) talk about science, nature, and angels, both the good and the bad. I think even an agnostic or skeptic would enjoy this book.
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This review is from: The Physics of Angels: Exploring the Realm Where Science and Spirit Meet (Paperback)
This was a Very thought provoking book, but I would not expect anything less from Sheldrake and Fox. I highly recommend reading other books by both of these men. They are both "fringe" thinkers but so was Galileo.
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THE FIRST DIALOGUE BETWEEN THESE TWO FIGURES,
By Steven H. Propp - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Physics of Angels: Exploring the Realm Where Science and Spirit Meet (Paperback)
Matthew Fox (born 1940) is a theologian and bestselling advocate of "Creation Spirituality." He became a Catholic priest of the Dominican order, but was removed in 1992, and has subsequently become an Episcopalian priest. He has published an autobiography, Confessions: The Making of a Post-Denominational Priest. Rupert Sheldrake (born 1942) is an English biochemist and plant physiologist, perhaps best-known for his theory of "morphic resonance" that was proposed in his book A New Science of Life. They have also jointly written the book Natural Grace: Dialogues on creation, darkness, and the soul in spirituality and science.
They state in the Preface of this 1996 book, "It may seem unlikely that a scientist and a theologian would sit down at the end of the twentieth century to discuss angels. Both disciplines at the end of the modern era appear equally embarrassed by this subject. Nevertheless, although angels have been ignored by the scientific and theological establishments, recent surveys have shown that many people still believe in them... We are entering a new phase of both science and theology, and the subject of angels becomes surprisingly relevant again." Here are some representative quotations from the book: MF: "For theologians it became an embarrassment for three hundred years even to mention angels. But angels are mentioned throughout the Bible. Whenever you talk about cosmology, the angels come out." MF: "We should put up a sign: ANGELS NEEDED. There's plenty of work for angels in a period of interconnectivity." MF: "Imagination sets us off from the angels. It shows how we have something they don't have." MF: "We are a bridge between the material world and the spirit world, and it gets us down. How badly we fail both worlds!" |
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