Overview
"In this sequel to Outgrowing Materialism, Thompson explores five conceptual """"Worlds"""" that preceded the dualist v. materialist divide and shows why recent philosophy--often little-known outside of academic circles--is now giving these old ideas a new relevance. In an approachable way, but without avoiding complexity, Embodying Mind leads the reader through the Worlds of panpsychism, idealism, Aristotelianism, emergence, and information theory, holism, and process theology, examining the ideas of ethics and God, and the difficult questions, accompanying each. Thompson concludes that causal processes harmonize as in a cosmic counterpoint. The world and its beautiful contents form a seamless material whole. It is not as if Mind or God glints obscurely through ever-narrowing chinks in otherwise seamless nature. There are no chinks, but the whole is full of Mind. Overall, imperfectly, things are moving towards their sustaining good: God is becoming God, surpassing God. Embodying Mind can be read independently from Outgrowing Materialism, but together the two volumes of Ten Ways to Weave the Word mount a robust, wide-ranging case that nobody interested in the science v. religion debate, or wishing more widely for an integrated understanding of """"Matter, Mind and God,"""" can afford to ignore."
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Author: Ross Thompson
Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers
Imprint: Wipf & Stock Publishers
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 1.60cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.422kg
ISBN: 9781725293274
ISBN 10: 1725293277
Pages: 286
Publication Date: 25 January 2023
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Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
What room is there for God, for consciousness, for value, in the world now described by scientists? Ross Thompson provides an openminded, adventurous tour of various competing answers. --John Leslie, author of Infinite Minds: A Philosophical Cosmology A remarkable tour de force--rare enough in a theological world of carefully policed methodological boundaries--Ross Thompson's work offers a wide-ranging exploration of key themes, philosophical and theological. It is a model of creative theological thinking. --Denys Turner, author of Faith, Reason, and the Existence of God What room is there for God, for consciousness, for value, in the world now described by scientists? Ross Thompson provides an openminded, adventurous tour of various competing answers. --John Leslie, author of Infinite Minds: A Philosophical Cosmology A remarkable tour de force--rare enough in a theological world of carefully policed methodological boundaries--Ross Thompson's work offers a wide-ranging exploration of key themes, philosophical and theological. It is a model of creative theological thinking. --Denys Turner, author of Faith, Reason, and the Existence of God
Author Information
Ross Thompson is a retired Anglican priest and freelance author. Publications include the SCM Studyguides to The Sacraments (2006) and Christian Spirituality (2008); Buddhist Christianity (2010); and The Interfaith Imperative (2017).
