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The Order of Time

Posted by Dr Terry Cooke-Davies | Aug 8, 2022 | Books |

Time is a mystery that does not cease to puzzle us. Philosophers, artists and poets have long explored its meaning while scientists have found that its structure is different from the simple intuition we have of it. From Boltzmann to quantum theory, from Einstein to loop quantum gravity, our understanding of time has been undergoing radical transformations. Time flows at a different speed in different places, the past and the future differ far less than we might think, and the very notion of the present evaporates in the vast universe. — amazon.co.uk

The New Testament and the People of God (Christian Origins and the Question of God series Book 1)

Posted by Dr Terry Cooke-Davies | Jul 23, 2022 | Books |

Part of a five-volume project on the theological questions surrounding the origins of Christianity, this book offers a reappraisal of literary, historical and theological readings of the New Testament, arguing for a form of “critical realism” that facilitates different readings of the text.

Age of Enlightenment: A History From Beginning to End

Posted by Dr Terry Cooke-Davies | Jul 19, 2022 | Books |

From its beginnings as a loosely definable group of philosophical ideas to the culmination of its revolutionary effect on public life in Europe, the Age of Enlightenment is the defining intellectual and cultural movement of the modern world. Using reason as its core value, the Enlightenment believed that progress and the betterment of the human condition was inevitable. — amamzon.co.uk

The Web of Meaning: Integrating Science and Traditional Wisdom to Find Our Place in the Universe

Posted by Dr Terry Cooke-Davies | Jul 19, 2022 | Books |

Award-winning author, Jeremy Lent, investigates humanity’s age-old questions – who am I? why am I? how should I live? – from a fresh perspective, weaving together findings from modern systems thinking, evolutionary biology and cognitive neuroscience with insights from Buddhism, Taoism and indigenous wisdom. — amamzon.co.uk

The Invention of Science: A New History of the Scientific Revolution

Posted by Dr Terry Cooke-Davies | Jul 19, 2022 | Books |

We live in a world made by science. How and when did this happen? This book tells the story of the extraordinary intellectual and cultural revolution that gave birth to modern science, and mounts a major challenge to the prevailing orthodoxy of its history. — amazon.co.uk

Subject: Historical and philosophical studies

The Order of Time

The New Testament and the People of God (Christian Origins and the Question of God series Book 1)

Age of Enlightenment: A History From Beginning to End

The Invention of Science: A New History of the Scientific Revolution

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