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Spiritual Evolution: Scientists Discuss Their Beliefs describes the intellectual and emotional journeys traveled by esteemed scientists worldwide. Authors share the personal steps they have taken to blend an understanding of the Divine with their scientific perspectives. Charles Birch, S. Jocelyn Bell Burnell, Larry Dossey, Owen Gingerich, Peter E. Hodgson, Stanley L. Jaki, Arthur Peacocke, John Polkinghorne, Russell Stannard, and Carl Friedrich von WeizsÄcker offer accounts of their spirituality and scientific inquiry. Noting the impact of religious upbringing, academic and spiritual mentors, personal devotional practice, and study, these authors make a compelling case for the blending of both scientific and spiritual worlds. They share insights that keep them attending church, engaging in prayer, and continuing the search to understand the Infinite.  

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"""(A)n engaging set of personal essays exploring how ten prominent scientists have sought to integrate what they were learning professionally with their most private intuitions and perspectives."""

(A)n engaging set of personal essays exploring how ten prominent scientists have sought to integrate what they were learning professionally with their most private intuitions and perspectives.

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Kenneth Seeman Giniger heads a New York publishing company and is chairman emeritus of the Layman's National Bible Association. He edited the best-selling Compact Treasury of Inspiration. Sir John Templeton was born in Winchester, Tennessee, went to Yale, and then to Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar. He is known for his astute investment skills on Wall Street and through the Templeton Mutual Funds. In 1987 he founded the John Templeton Foundation, and he currently funds the Templeton Prize for Progress in Religion.  

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