Gaia s Gift Earth Ourselves and God After Copernicus 1st Edition by Anne Primavesi 0415288355 9780415288354

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ISBN 10: 0415288355
ISBN 13: 9780415288354
Author: Anne Primavesi
Gaia’s Gift, the second of Anne Primavesi’s explorations of human relationships with the earth, asks that we complete the ideological revolution set in motion by Copernicus and Darwin concerning human importancene. They challenged the notion of our God-given centrality within the universe and within earth’s evolutionary history. Yet as our continuing exploitation of earth’s resources and species demonstrates, we remain wedded to the theological assumption that these are there for our sole use and benefit. Now James Lovelock’s scientific understanding of the existential reality of Gaia’s gift of life again raises the question of our proper place within the universe. It turns us decisively towards an understanding of ourselves as dependent on, rather than in control of, the whole earth community.

Gaia’s Gift: Earth, Ourselves and God After Copernicus 1st Table of contents:

1 The astronomical revolution
Personal background
Pre-Copernican worldview
Ptolemaic cosmology
Theological anthropology

2 After Copernicus
The role of knowledge
Scientific privilege
The Anthropic Principle
Against anthropism

3 Theological challenges to Copernicus
Christian chronology
Post-Copernican challenges
Theological challenges
Galileo’s challenge

4 The incomplete revolution
Observing the universe
Copernicus’s observations and frame of reference
Copernicus’s overall frame of reference
Human knowledge and total knowledge (omniscience)
Heliocentrism and homocentrism
Homocentrism today

5 Revolution within ourselves
Changing the frame of reference
The biological revolution
Obstacles to self-revolution
Earth and self
A shift in perception
Deep and deeper into time

6 Heaven on earth
Death and heaven
Unnatural death?
Claiming immortality
Heaven on earth

7 Life on earth
Death and life in a heliocentric community
Darkness and light
Speaking of death

8 Gift exchanges
The nature of gift exchange
The present context for gift exchange
The practice of gift exchange

9 Gift exchange today
Symbol and myth
The concept of givenness
The cultural perception of givenness today
Religious perceptions of givenness today

 

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