Two Worlds Exist

Two Worlds Exist
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ISBN-10 : 0990691799
ISBN-13 : 9780990691792
Rating : 4/5 (99 Downloads)

Synopsis Two Worlds Exist by : Yehoshua November

Finalist for the 2016 National Jewish Book Award in Poetry Yehoshua November's second poetry collection, ''Two Worlds Exist,'' movingly examines the harmonies and dissonances involved in practicing an ancient religious tradition in contemporary America. November's beautiful and profound meditations on work and family life, and the intersections of the sacred and the secular, invite the reader--regardless of background--to imaginatively inhabit a life of religious devotion in the midst of our society's commotion.

Why Does the World Exist

Why Does the World Exist
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Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages : 321
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ISBN-10 : 9780871404091
ISBN-13 : 0871404095
Rating : 4/5 (91 Downloads)

Synopsis Why Does the World Exist by : Jim Holt

In this astonishing and profound work, an irreverent sleuth traces the riddleof existence from the ancient world to modern times.

Song of Two Worlds

Song of Two Worlds
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Publisher : CRC Press
Total Pages : 112
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ISBN-10 : 9781439865477
ISBN-13 : 1439865477
Rating : 4/5 (77 Downloads)

Synopsis Song of Two Worlds by : Alan Lightman

In Alan Lightman's new book, a verse narrative, we meet a man who has lost his faith in all things following a mysterious personal tragedy. After decades of living "hung like a dried fly," emptied and haunted by his past, the narrator awakens one morning revitalized and begins a Dante-like journey to find something to believe in, first turning to t

One People, Two Worlds

One People, Two Worlds
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Publisher : Schocken
Total Pages : 336
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ISBN-10 : 9780307489098
ISBN-13 : 0307489094
Rating : 4/5 (98 Downloads)

Synopsis One People, Two Worlds by : Ammiel Hirsch

After being introduced by a mutual friend in the winter of 2000, Reform Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch and Orthodox Rabbi Yosef Reinman embarked on an unprecedented eighteen-month e-mail correspondence on the fundamental principles of Jewish faith and practice. What resulted is this book: an honest, intelligent, no-holds-barred discussion of virtually every “hot button” issue on which Reform and Orthodox Jews differ, among them the existence of a Supreme Being, the origins and authenticity of the Bible and the Oral Law, the role of women, assimilation, the value of secular culture, and Israel. Sometimes they agree; more often than not they disagree—and quite sharply, too. But the important thing is that, as they keep talking to each other, they discover that they actually like each other, and, above all, they respect each other. Their journey from mutual suspicion to mutual regard is an extraordinary one; from it, both Jews and non-Jews of all backgrounds can learn a great deal about the practice of Judaism today and about the continuity of the Jewish people into the future.

God's Optimism

God's Optimism
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Publisher : Main Street Rag
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 1599482649
ISBN-13 : 9781599482644
Rating : 4/5 (49 Downloads)

Synopsis God's Optimism by : Yehoshua November

"Winner of the 2010 Main Street Rag Poetry Book Award."

Between Two Worlds

Between Two Worlds
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Publisher : Princeton University Press
Total Pages : 538
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ISBN-10 : 9780691135618
ISBN-13 : 0691135614
Rating : 4/5 (18 Downloads)

Synopsis Between Two Worlds by : John Carriero

Between Two Worlds is an authoritative commentary on--and powerful reinterpretation of--the founding work of modern philosophy, Descartes's Meditations. Philosophers have tended to read Descartes's seminal work in an occasional way, examining its treatment of individual topics while ignoring other parts of the text. In contrast, John Carriero provides a sustained, systematic reading of the whole text, giving a detailed account of the positions against which Descartes was reacting, and revealing anew the unity, meaning, and originality of the Meditations. Carriero finds in the Meditations a nearly continuous argument against Thomistic Aristotelian ways of thinking about cognition, and shows more clearly than ever before how Descartes bridged the old world of scholasticism and the new one of mechanistic naturalism. Rather than casting Descartes's project primarily in terms of skepticism, knowledge, and certainty, Carriero focuses on fundamental disagreements between Descartes and the scholastics over the nature of understanding, the relation between the senses and the intellect, the nature of the human being, and how and to what extent God is cognized by human beings. Against this background, Carriero shows, Descartes developed his own conceptions of mind, body, and the relation between them, creating a coherent, philosophically rich project in the Meditations and setting the agenda for a century of rationalist metaphysics.

A Life in Two Worlds

A Life in Two Worlds
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Publisher : Paper Moon Publishing
Total Pages : 136
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ISBN-10 : WISC:89091287615
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Rating : 4/5 (15 Downloads)

Synopsis A Life in Two Worlds by : Betty Powell Skoog

A Life in Two Worlds chronicles Betty Skoog's years on Saganagon's Lake before it became part of Quetico Park.

Many Worlds in One

Many Worlds in One
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Publisher : Hill and Wang
Total Pages : 248
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ISBN-10 : 9780374707149
ISBN-13 : 0374707146
Rating : 4/5 (49 Downloads)

Synopsis Many Worlds in One by : Alex Vilenkin

A Leading Figure in the Development of the New Cosmology Explains What It All Means Among his peers, Alex Vilenkin is regarded as one of the most imaginative and creative cosmologists of our time. His contributions to our current understanding of the universe include a number of novel ideas, two of which—eternal cosmic inflation and the quantum creation of the universe from nothing—have provided a scientific foundation for the possible existence of multiple universes. With this book—his first for the general reader—Vilenkin joins another select group: the handful of first-rank scientists who are equally adept at explaining their work to nonspecialists. With engaging, well-paced storytelling, a droll sense of humor, and a generous sprinkling of helpful cartoons, he conjures up a bizarre and fascinating new worldview that—to paraphrase Niels Bohr—just might be crazy enough to be true.

Worlds Without End

Worlds Without End
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Publisher : Columbia University Press
Total Pages : 360
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ISBN-10 : 9780231156622
ISBN-13 : 0231156626
Rating : 4/5 (22 Downloads)

Synopsis Worlds Without End by : Mary-Jane Rubenstein

“Multiverse” cosmologies imagine our universe as just one of a vast number of others. While this idea has captivated philosophy, religion, and literature for millennia, it is now being considered as a scientific hypothesis—with different models emerging from cosmology, quantum mechanics, and string theory. Beginning with ancient Atomist and Stoic philosophies, Mary-Jane Rubenstein links contemporary models of the multiverse to their forerunners and explores their current emergence. One reason is the so-called fine-tuning of the universe: nature’s constants are so delicately calibrated, it seems they have been set just right to allow life to emerge. For some theologians, these “fine-tunings” are proof of God; for others, “God” is an insufficient explanation. One compelling solution: if all possible worlds exist somewhere, then it is no surprise one of them happens to be suitable for life. Yet this hypothesis replaces God with an equally baffling article of faith: the existence of universes beyond, before, or after our own, eternally generated yet forever inaccessible. In sidestepping metaphysics, multiverse scenarios collide with it, producing their own counter-theological narratives. Rubenstein argues, however, that this interdisciplinary collision provides the condition of its scientific viability, reconfiguring the boundaries among physics, philosophy, and religion.

Parallel Universes of Children

Parallel Universes of Children
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ISBN-10 : 1944920161
ISBN-13 : 9781944920166
Rating : 4/5 (61 Downloads)

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In honor of World Children's Day, artist Ugur Gallenkus is debuting his first book, Parallel Universes of Children. The book features selections from Gallenkus' ongoing series of collages juxtaposing the starkly different worlds today's children inhabit globally. Parallel Universes of Children, an 11x11-inch, 120-page hardcover volume, contains 52 collages representing children's rights and pairs each artwork with quotes and facts about children's lived realities. Every page of this book bears witness to the lives and plights of children around the world-acknowledging their fears, tears, and pain.