\u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n by Susan Blackmore<\/p>\n Copyright: 2011 Summary:<\/p>\n Who are you? When are you? What were you conscious of a moment ago?<\/p>\n This groundbreaking book sees acclaimed psychologist Susan Blackmore combining the latest scientific theories about mind, self, and consciousness with a lifetime\u2019s practice of Zen.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n by Stephen Batchelor<\/p>\n Copyright: 1998 Summary:<\/p>\n In this simple but important volume, Stephen Batchelor reminds us that the Buddha was not a mystic who claimed privileged, esoteric knowledge of the universe, but a man who challenged us to understand the nature of anguish, let go of its origins, and bring into being a way of life that is available to us all. What the Buddha taught, says Batchelor, is not something to\u00a0believe in<\/strong>\u00a0but something to\u00a0do<\/strong>\u2014and as he explains clearly and compellingly, it is a practice that we can engage in, regardless of our background or beliefs, as we live every day on the path to awakening.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n by Michael Dowd<\/p>\n Copyright: 2009 Summary:<\/p>\n With evidence from contemporary astrophysics, geology, biology, anthropology, and evolutionary psychology,Thank God for Evolution<\/em>\u00a0lays out a compelling argument for how religion and science can be mutually enriching forces in our lives.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n by Thomas W. Clark<\/p>\n Copyright: 2007 Summary:<\/p>\n Most of us have a worldview, an overarching context for life that helps to shape our beliefs, goals and actions. This book explores the science-based worldview known as naturalism, a comprehensive and fulfilling alternative to faith-based religion and other varieties of dualism. Taking empirical science as the route to reliable knowledge, naturalism holds that we inhabit a single, natural world; there is no separate supernatural realm. We are fully physical beings whose origins lie in cosmic and biological evolution, thus we are entirely at home in the universe. By understanding and accepting our complete connection to the natural world, naturalism provides a secure foundation for human flourishing, an effective basis for achieving our purposes and addressing our deepest concerns. We don t need belief in the supernatural to sustain us. Nature, it turns out, is enough.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n by Jennifer Hancock<\/p>\n Copyright: 2010 Summary:<\/p>\n The Humanist Approach to Happiness is a book that basically says \u2013 here are personal ethics, here is why they are important, and here is how you can apply them to your daily life and why doing so will help you live a happier more productive life. It isn\u2019t a philosophy book so much as a book about the pragmatic reasons for being an ethical, compassionate and responsible person.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n by Ursula Goodenough<\/p>\n Copyright: 2000 Summary:<\/p>\n For many of us, the great scientific discoveries of the modern age\u2013the Big Bang, evolution, quantum physics, relativity\u2013point to an existence that is bleak, devoid of meaning, pointless. But in\u00a0The Sacred Depths of Nature<\/em>, eminent biologist Ursula Goodenough shows us that the scientific world view need not be a source of despair. Indeed, it can be a wellspring of solace and hope.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n by Michael S. Hogue<\/p>\n Copyright: 2010 Summary:<\/p>\n The Promise of Religious Naturalism explores religious naturalism as a distinctly promising form of contemporary religious ethics. Examining how religious naturalism responds to the challenges of recent religious transformations and ecological peril worldwide, author Michael Hogue argues that religious naturalism is emerging as an increasingly plausible and potentially rewarding form of religious moral life. Beginning with an introduction of religious naturalism in the larger context of religious and ethical theories, the book undertakes the first extended study of the works of religious naturalists Loyal Rue, Donald Crosby, Jerome Stone, and Ursula Goodenough. Hogue pays particular attention to the ethical components of religious naturalism in relation to religious pluralism and ecological issues.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n by Loyal Rue<\/p>\n Copyright: 2012 Summary:<\/p>\n Claims that the natural world, as opposed to a supernatural realm, can inspire a religious sensibility and a conviction that life is meaningful.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u00a0 Zen and the Art of Consciousness \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 by Susan Blackmore Copyright: 2011 Publisher: Oneworld Summary: Who are you? When are you? What were you conscious of a moment ago? 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\nPublisher: Oneworld<\/p>\nBuddhism Without Beliefs: A Contemporary Guide to Awakening<\/em><\/h2>\n
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\nPublisher: Riverhead Trade<\/p>\nThank God for Evolution: How the Marriage of Science and Religion Will Transform Your Life and Our World<\/em><\/h2>\n
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\nPublisher: Plume<\/p>\nEncountering Naturalism: A Worldview and Its Uses<\/em><\/h2>\n
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\nPublisher: Center for Naturalism<\/p>\nThe Humanist Approach to Happiness: Practical Wisdom<\/em><\/h2>\n
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\nPublisher: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.<\/p>\nThe Sacred Depths of Nature<\/em><\/h2>\n
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\nPublisher: Oxford University Press<\/p>\nThe Promise of Religious Naturalism<\/h2>\n
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\nPublisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers<\/p>\nNature is Enough: Religious Naturalism and the Meaning of Life<\/em><\/h2>\n
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