Mind in the balance : meditation in science, Buddhism, and Christianity /
By establishing a dialogue in which the meditative practices of Buddhism and Christianity speak to the theories of modern philosophy and science, B. Alan Wallace reveals the theoretical similarities underlying these disparate disciplines and their unified approach to making sense of the objective wo...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York ; Chichester, England :
Columbia University Press,
2014.
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| Series: | Columbia series in science and religion.
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| Online Access: | Full text (Emerson users only) Full text (Emmanuel users only) Full text (NECO users only) Full text (MCPHS users only) Access E-Book Full text (Wentworth users only) |
| Summary: | By establishing a dialogue in which the meditative practices of Buddhism and Christianity speak to the theories of modern philosophy and science, B. Alan Wallace reveals the theoretical similarities underlying these disparate disciplines and their unified approach to making sense of the objective world. Wallace begins by exploring the relationship between Christian and Buddhist meditative practices. He outlines a sequence of meditations the reader can undertake, showing that, though Buddhism and Christianity differ in their belief systems, their methods of cognitive inquiry provi. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (259 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780231519700 0231519702 |