The sacred depths of nature : how life has emerged and evolved /

"When people talk about religion, most soon mention the major religious traditions of our times, but then, thinking further, most mention as well the religions of Indigenous peoples and of such vanished civilizations as ancient Greece and Egypt and Persia. That is, we have come to understand th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Goodenough, Ursula (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2023]
Edition:Second edition.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Origins of the earth
  • Origins of life
  • How life works
  • How an organism works
  • How evolution works
  • The evolution of biodiversity
  • Awareness and the I-self
  • Interpretations and feelings
  • Sex
  • Intimacy
  • Multicellularity and death
  • Human evolution
  • Human morality and ecomorality
  • Epilogue: Emergent religious principles
  • Epilogue: The religious naturalist orientation.