Quantum Theology: Spiritual Implications of the New Physics - Softcover

O'Murchu, Diarmuid

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0824516303 ISBN 13: 9780824516307

Publisher: Crossroad, 1997

Synopsis

From black holes to holograms,f rom relativity theory to the discovery of quarks, an original exposition of quantum theory that unravels profound theological questions.

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From Publishers Weekly:

Postulating a new theology is, by any standard, no mean feat. Attempting to define, as O'Murchu valiantly does, a theology that embraces the latest advances in quantum physics can only be considered a task of Herculean proportions. While well-intentioned and well-researched, this book extrapolates farther and farther away from quantum mechanical insights into realms which, at times, are quite speculative in order to create a basis for a quantum theology. For example, O'Murchu begins his system with synergy, the principle that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts, a principle that is not inherently a quantum mechanical conclusion at all. O'Murchu gives his argument sharper focus when he describes Stephen Hawking's concept of the birth of the universe, and he does a workmanlike job of creating what might best be called a cosmological theology. Unfortunately, the author's circuitous prose is difficult to follow. However, putting O'Murchu's audacious work into perspective, even Roger Penrose, in his Shadows of the Mind, admitted he was challenged to find a basis for consciousness in quantum mechanics. Finding a basis for God in quantum mechanics may be something else altogether.

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About this edition

• Publisher: Crossroad
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0824516303
• ISBN 13: 9780824516307
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 240