Touching the Face of the Cosmos: On the Intersection of Space Travel and Religion

by Paul Levinson

Book Overview

Military advantage, scientific knowledge, and commerce have thus far been the main motives to human exploration of outer space. Touching the Face of the Cosmos explores what may be the best motive of all, largely untapped: the desire of every human being, essentially spiritual, to understand more about our place in the universe, how our lives on Earth are inextricably part of that bigger picture. Drawing on leading scientists, religious thinkers,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0823272117
• ISBN13: 9780823272112
• Release Date: March 2016
• Publisher: Fordham University Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"