Ten Ways to Weave the World: Matter, Mind, and God, Volume 1
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The idea of an ideological war between science and religion, Thompson argues, is founded on a mistake. But this does not mean that there is nothing at stake. For behind the ill-conceived conflict lie complex issues about the nature of mind, consciousness, experience, subjectivity, quality, value, and the like, all of which need to be disentangled and assessed in their own right.
Outgrowing Materialism leads the reader through a sequence of five "Worlds," each of which offers a distinct way of understanding (or failing to understand) these issues, and where God might belong (or not). Writing accessibly, but with a sharp eye for detail, Thompson sheds new light on the familiar territory of materialism, dualism, and structural realism, and evaluates the growing attraction of the multiverse. He argues that dualism mechanized the material world; then materialism exorcised the mental "ghost" from the machine; and finally, this machine is evaporating into pure mathematics.
Outgrowing Materialism is half of Ten Ways to Weave the World: Matter, Mind, and God. The sequel, Embodying Mind, discusses five "Worlds" that precede and follow those discussed here. However, Outgrowing Materialism stands in its own right as a critique of the modern science v. religion dilemma.
“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
- Title: Ten Ways to Weave the World: Matter, Mind, and God, Volume 1
- Author: Ross Thompson
- Publisher: Cascade Books
- Print Publication Date: 2022
- Logos Release Date: 2022
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Ebook
- ISBNs: 9781725276840, 9781725276826, 1725276828, 9781725276833, 1725276836, 1725276844
- Resource ID: LLS:9781725276840
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2024-03-19T10:58:01Z
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).