Religions and Extraterrestrial Life: How Will We Deal with It?

by David A. Weintraub

Part I: Discovering Extrasolar Planets.- Once Upon a Time.- Pluralism Through Western History.- The Discovery of the Century.- Detecting Exoplanets.- Are Angels Extraterrestrials?.- Part II: Major Religions of the World and Extraterrestrial Life.- Judaism.- Setting the Stage for Modern Christianity.- Roman Catholicism.- Orthodox Christianity.- The Church of England and the Anglican Communion.- Mainline Protestant Christianity.- Evangelical and Fundamentalist Christianity.- From Christian Roots.- Mormonism.- Islam.- Hinduism.- Buddhism.- Jainism.- Sikhism.- Bah?'? Faith.- Are We Ready?.- Appendix: The Exoplanets Revealed by the Kepler Mission Through 2013.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319050559
• ISBN13: 9783319050553
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 234 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.7" x 9.6"