Reason and Wonder: A Copernican Revolution in Science and Spirit

When Copernicus Galileo and Kepler -- all deeply religious -- dislodged the earth from the center of the universe science and religion separated. Darwins theory of evolution brought outright divorce. But now as Pruett writes a third scientific revolution promises the reconciliation of reason and intuition by bringing a new dimension of spirituality to our scientific understanding of the cosmos -- and to the unique place of humans in it.Reason and Wonder embraces the insights of modern science and the wisdom of spiritual traditions to re-enchant the universe and to provide a new myth of meaning appropriate to the current era. The new myth which unfolds through the stories of three successive Copernican revolutions -- cosmological biological and spiritual -- offers both an expansive view of human potential and hope for a future currently in grave jeopardy.