Consecrating Science: Wonder, Knowledge, and the Natural World

by Lisa H. Sideris

Book Overview

Debunking myths behind what is known collectively as the new cosmology--a grand, overlapping set of narratives that claim to bring science and spirituality together--Lisa H. Sideris offers a searing critique of the movement's anthropocentric vision of the world. In Consecrating Science , Sideris argues that instead of cultivating an ethic of respect for nature, the new cosmology encourages human arrogance, uncritical reverence for science, and indifference...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520294998
• ISBN13: 9780520294998
• Release Date: August 2017
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"