CONTENTS
Foreword by Archbishop Desmond Tutu
Foreword by Paul Davies
Introduction
Part I
Chapter 1 God Evolves
Chapter 2 A God That Can’t Be Real
Chapter 3 A God That Could Be Real
Part II
Chapter 4 Is There a Spiritual World?
Chapter 5 Does God Answer Prayers?
Chapter 6 Is There an Afterlife?
Part III
Chapter 7 Renewing God, Renewing Religion
Chapter 8 Planetary God, Planetary Morality
Chapter 9 A Big Picture for Our Time
Acknowledgments
Nancy Ellen Abrams is coauthor with Joel R. Primack, of The View from the Center of the Universe and The New Universe and the Human Future.
“A fine addition to the growing library of alternative approaches
to literalism in belief, this book is suitable for academic
libraries, liberal churches, and individual seekers.”
—Library Journal
“A truly extraordinary read from beginning to end...Informed,
informative, thoughtful, thought provoking, inspired and inspiring.
Very highly recommended.”
—Margaret Lane, Midwest Book Review
“Like everything else in life, Gods die. And when they do, new Gods
come to take their place. Ours is a time of new Gods birthing, and
Nancy Abrams’s magnificent book A God That Could Be Real is a
powerful act of midwifery. This is not a eulogy for the old Gods
but a prophecy of the new.”
—Rabbi Rami Shapiro, author of Perennial Wisdom for the
Spiritually Independent
“You will find that your beliefs are enriched by reading Abrams’s
book. I am thrilled that we have the creativity and
originality that is exhibited in this book, and I recommend it
highly to all, religious or secular, believer or atheist, who are
ready to explore honestly their understanding of the divine in our
beautiful, expanding universe.”
—Archbishop Desmond Tutu, from the Foreword
“Over the past two decades a largely sterile dispute has raged
between two diametrically opposing camps: atheists and religious
fundamentalists. It is surely time to move on and elevate the
discussion to a higher intellectual level. This ambitious and
thought-provoking book by Nancy Abrams on the interface of science
and religion is a timely and welcome contribution to a more
productive discussion of the topic.”
—Paul Davies, from the Foreword
“A God That Could Be Real is full of sparkling prose, memorable
quotes, and strikingly original insights that have never been
brought to the page before, despite the long-running culture wars
between organized religion and modern science over God and cosmic
knowledge. My family and I spent a long dinner and all of breakfast
the next day debating the meaning of this book. Give this book to
the other questing minds in your family and brace yourself for
heated discussions.”
—Sandra Moore Faber, National Medal of Science recipient and
University Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics at the
University of California, Santa Cruz
“Nancy Abrams dares to pose many of the important and challenging
questions that arise at the intersection of contemporary cosmology,
spirituality, and atheism. I respect Abrams’s moral passion
and honest search for a God that could be real, a search beckoning
us all.”
—Matthew Fox, founder of Creation Spirituality and author of
Meister Eckhart: A Mystic-Warrior for Our Times
“[Abrams] points to a way beyond the boring religion-science
debates, which pit secular fundamentalists against religious
fundamentalists.”
—Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg, Patheos
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