Nancy Ellen Abrams
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In this deep dialogue we look at a new theory of God based on science. Our guest suggests that we need a God that can connect us spiritually to the "real" universe and can guide our now globally conscious species toward a long-term and honorable civilization. Abrams says, "God, as I see it, is our bridge to the universe. God did not create the universe but God created the meaning of the universe. God is an emergent phenomenon from us human beings....
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Beacon Press
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"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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"After a four-century rupture between science and the questions of value and meaning, this groundbreaking book presents an explosive and potentially life-altering idea: if the world could agree on a shared creation story based on modern cosmology and biology--a story that has just become available--it would redefine our relationship with Planet Earth and benefit all of humanity, now and into the distant future. Written in eloquent, accessible prose...