Author: Raju Sitaram Chidambaram
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1456794981
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
In the Bhagavad Gita, Lord has thus ordained : ye yatha mam prapadyante tanstathaiva bhajamyaha ? | mama vartmanuvartante manu?ya ? partha sarvasa ? || Tr: The way they approach me, I too approach them in the same (reciprocating) manner. O Partha, all human beings follow paths leading to me. To the seers of the Rigveda, the Brahma revealed Itself in the form of Rcs; to the saints as all powerful deities manifesting in different forms; to the philosophers as dual existence dealt in the sankhya philosophy; while to a mathematician It is manifested in the form of mathematical equations. Dr. Chidambarams work ushers readers into the mathematical landscape of spirituality. It is simple enough to understand with some basic knowledge of mathematics. It will pave way for coming generations of mathematicians to chart novel ways to understand the Ultimate reality, the Supreme Brahman, through mathematics as laid down here. Dr. Pramod Pathak, Author and Indologist, Panaji,Goa
Law of Love & the Mathematics of Spirituality
Author: Raju Sitaram Chidambaram
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1456794981
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
In the Bhagavad Gita, Lord has thus ordained : ye yatha mam prapadyante tanstathaiva bhajamyaha ? | mama vartmanuvartante manu?ya ? partha sarvasa ? || Tr: The way they approach me, I too approach them in the same (reciprocating) manner. O Partha, all human beings follow paths leading to me. To the seers of the Rigveda, the Brahma revealed Itself in the form of Rcs; to the saints as all powerful deities manifesting in different forms; to the philosophers as dual existence dealt in the sankhya philosophy; while to a mathematician It is manifested in the form of mathematical equations. Dr. Chidambarams work ushers readers into the mathematical landscape of spirituality. It is simple enough to understand with some basic knowledge of mathematics. It will pave way for coming generations of mathematicians to chart novel ways to understand the Ultimate reality, the Supreme Brahman, through mathematics as laid down here. Dr. Pramod Pathak, Author and Indologist, Panaji,Goa
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1456794981
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
In the Bhagavad Gita, Lord has thus ordained : ye yatha mam prapadyante tanstathaiva bhajamyaha ? | mama vartmanuvartante manu?ya ? partha sarvasa ? || Tr: The way they approach me, I too approach them in the same (reciprocating) manner. O Partha, all human beings follow paths leading to me. To the seers of the Rigveda, the Brahma revealed Itself in the form of Rcs; to the saints as all powerful deities manifesting in different forms; to the philosophers as dual existence dealt in the sankhya philosophy; while to a mathematician It is manifested in the form of mathematical equations. Dr. Chidambarams work ushers readers into the mathematical landscape of spirituality. It is simple enough to understand with some basic knowledge of mathematics. It will pave way for coming generations of mathematicians to chart novel ways to understand the Ultimate reality, the Supreme Brahman, through mathematics as laid down here. Dr. Pramod Pathak, Author and Indologist, Panaji,Goa
Law of Love and the Mathematics of Spirituality
Author: Raju Sitaram Chidambaram Ph. D.
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 145679499X
Category : Spirituality
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 145679499X
Category : Spirituality
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Heaven's Kitchen
Author: Courtney Bender
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226042817
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
How do people practice religion in their everyday lives? How do our daily encounters with people who hold different religious beliefs shape the way we understand our own moral and spiritual selves? In Heaven's Kitchen, Courtney Bender takes a highly original approach to answering these questions. For more than a year she worked in New York City as a volunteer for a nonprofit, nonreligious organization called God's Love We Deliver, helping to prepare home-cooked meals for people with AIDS. Paying close attention to what was said and not said, Bender traces how the volunteers gave voice to their moral positions and religious values. She also examines how they invested their conversations, and mundane activities such as cooking, with personal meaning that in turn affected how they saw their own spiritual lives. Filled with vibrant storytelling and rich theoretical insights, Heaven's Kitchen shows faith as a living practice, reshaping our understanding of the role of religion in contemporary American life.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226042817
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
How do people practice religion in their everyday lives? How do our daily encounters with people who hold different religious beliefs shape the way we understand our own moral and spiritual selves? In Heaven's Kitchen, Courtney Bender takes a highly original approach to answering these questions. For more than a year she worked in New York City as a volunteer for a nonprofit, nonreligious organization called God's Love We Deliver, helping to prepare home-cooked meals for people with AIDS. Paying close attention to what was said and not said, Bender traces how the volunteers gave voice to their moral positions and religious values. She also examines how they invested their conversations, and mundane activities such as cooking, with personal meaning that in turn affected how they saw their own spiritual lives. Filled with vibrant storytelling and rich theoretical insights, Heaven's Kitchen shows faith as a living practice, reshaping our understanding of the role of religion in contemporary American life.
Natural Law in the Spiritual World & Love, the Greatest Thing in the World
Author: Henry Drummond
Publisher: e-artnow
ISBN: 8027304229
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
In "Natural Law in the Spiritual World" author explores how the world of religion and spirituality relates to the physical world and argues that faith was by no means in conflict with science. "Love the Greatest Thing in the World" - In his most famous work, the author meditates upon what he considers the greatest thing in the world—love.
Publisher: e-artnow
ISBN: 8027304229
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
In "Natural Law in the Spiritual World" author explores how the world of religion and spirituality relates to the physical world and argues that faith was by no means in conflict with science. "Love the Greatest Thing in the World" - In his most famous work, the author meditates upon what he considers the greatest thing in the world—love.
The Secret of Islam
Author: Henry Bayman
Publisher: North Atlantic Books
ISBN: 9781556434327
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 436
Book Description
Although the Islamic religion is well known, many people are less familiar with Sufism—the esoteric component of Islam. The Secret of Islam explores the mystical path of Sufism, which focuses on love and compassion. Sections proceed through the levels of Sufism: Journey of the Disciple, Actions, Spiritual Journey of the Seeker, and Flowering of the Perfect Human.
Publisher: North Atlantic Books
ISBN: 9781556434327
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 436
Book Description
Although the Islamic religion is well known, many people are less familiar with Sufism—the esoteric component of Islam. The Secret of Islam explores the mystical path of Sufism, which focuses on love and compassion. Sections proceed through the levels of Sufism: Journey of the Disciple, Actions, Spiritual Journey of the Seeker, and Flowering of the Perfect Human.
Redeeming Mathematics
Author: Vern S. Poythress
Publisher: Crossway
ISBN: 1433541130
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
What does Christianity have to do with the study of mathematics? Prolific writer and scholar Vern Poythress offers a startling answer to this perplexing question: everything. This groundbreaking book argues that the harmony of abstract mathematical truths, the physical world of things, and the personal world of our thinking depends on the existence of the Christian God. With advanced degrees in mathematics and New Testament studies, Poythress shows that these distinct “perspectives” on mathematics cohere because all three find their origin in God’s consistent character and nature. Whether it’s simple addition and subtraction or more complex mathematical concepts such as set theory and the nature of infinity, this comprehensive book lays a theistic foundation for all mathematical inquiry.
Publisher: Crossway
ISBN: 1433541130
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
What does Christianity have to do with the study of mathematics? Prolific writer and scholar Vern Poythress offers a startling answer to this perplexing question: everything. This groundbreaking book argues that the harmony of abstract mathematical truths, the physical world of things, and the personal world of our thinking depends on the existence of the Christian God. With advanced degrees in mathematics and New Testament studies, Poythress shows that these distinct “perspectives” on mathematics cohere because all three find their origin in God’s consistent character and nature. Whether it’s simple addition and subtraction or more complex mathematical concepts such as set theory and the nature of infinity, this comprehensive book lays a theistic foundation for all mathematical inquiry.
Mathematics and the Divine
Author: Teun Koetsier
Publisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 0080457355
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 716
Book Description
Mathematics and the Divine seem to correspond to diametrically opposed tendencies of the human mind. Does the mathematician not seek what is precisely defined, and do the objects intended by the mystic and the theologian not lie beyond definition? Is mathematics not Man's search for a measure, and isn't the Divine that which is immeasurable ?The present book shows that the domains of mathematics and the Divine, which may seem so radically separated, have throughout history and across cultures, proved to be intimately related. Religious activities such as the building of temples, the telling of ritual stories or the drawing of enigmatic figures all display distinct mathematical features. Major philosophical systems dealing with the Absolute and theological speculations focussing on our knowledge of the Ultimate have been based on or inspired by mathematics. A series of chapters by an international team of experts highlighting key figures, schools and trains of thought is presented here. Chinese number mysticism, the views of Pythagoras and Plato and their followers, Nicholas of Cusa's theological geometry, Spinozism and intuitionism as a philosophy of mathematics are treated side by side among many other themes in an attempt at creating a global view on the relation of mathematics and Man's quest for the Absolute in the course of history.·Mathematics and man's quest for the Absolute·A selective history highlighting key figures, schools and trains of thought ·An international team of historians presenting specific new findings as well as general overviews·Confronting and uniting otherwise compartmentalized information
Publisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 0080457355
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 716
Book Description
Mathematics and the Divine seem to correspond to diametrically opposed tendencies of the human mind. Does the mathematician not seek what is precisely defined, and do the objects intended by the mystic and the theologian not lie beyond definition? Is mathematics not Man's search for a measure, and isn't the Divine that which is immeasurable ?The present book shows that the domains of mathematics and the Divine, which may seem so radically separated, have throughout history and across cultures, proved to be intimately related. Religious activities such as the building of temples, the telling of ritual stories or the drawing of enigmatic figures all display distinct mathematical features. Major philosophical systems dealing with the Absolute and theological speculations focussing on our knowledge of the Ultimate have been based on or inspired by mathematics. A series of chapters by an international team of experts highlighting key figures, schools and trains of thought is presented here. Chinese number mysticism, the views of Pythagoras and Plato and their followers, Nicholas of Cusa's theological geometry, Spinozism and intuitionism as a philosophy of mathematics are treated side by side among many other themes in an attempt at creating a global view on the relation of mathematics and Man's quest for the Absolute in the course of history.·Mathematics and man's quest for the Absolute·A selective history highlighting key figures, schools and trains of thought ·An international team of historians presenting specific new findings as well as general overviews·Confronting and uniting otherwise compartmentalized information
Law, Religion and Love
Author: Paul Babie
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134851227
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 333
Book Description
Increasingly, the modern neo-liberal world marginalises any notion of religion or spirituality, leaving little or no room for the sacred in the public sphere. While this process advances, the conservative and harmful behaviours associated with some religions and their adherents exacerbate this marginalisation by driving out those who remain religious or spiritual. And all of this is seen through the lens of social science, which seems to agree that religion remains important, if not in spiritual sense, at least as a source of folklore and a means of identification: religions remain rooted in the societies from which they emerged, and the legal systems of many of those societies emerged from religious sources, even if those societies remain unwilling to admit that fact. In the modern materialistic world of conformity, religion is less a source of guidance than a label of identification. The world therefore faces two issues. First, the decreasing level of spirituality in the ‘West’ widens the gap between worshippers and those who have left their faith (eg agnostics and atheists, or those who look at religion as a matter of ‘picking and choosing’ from a range of options). And, second, the strong connections to religion which remain in many nations, but which are often misused in the secular public sphere (both in the West and internationally). In such divided worlds, both religious and secular forces tend to lock themselves into closed groupings of ‘pure truth’ and in so doing increase the level of disagreement, in turn producing radicalism. In short, the modern world is divided in two ways: between religious and non-religious (although some have argued that the non-religious secular is itself a form of civil religion), and between those subscribing to divergent understandings of the same religious tradition. While hyperbolic and histrionic, the term ‘culture wars’ nonetheless best captures what we see happening in the public sphere today. The question emerges, then: how best to accommodate the democratic principle which posits that the majority should feel that it lives in a society of its own with the human rights principle, holding that is necessary to ensure the full protection of the minority’s rights? How to balance these seemingly opposed principles? We are very familiar with the differences that appear between secular and sacred in the modern world; yet, what of the similarities amongst scriptures and laws which seek to encourage mutual understanding, cooperation and even cohabitation? Because religion itself is a source of law, a set of exhortations or commands as much as a set of rights, every major religion offers an approach to encountering ‘the Other’ in a positive, constructive, affirming way; and it is here that religions reveal much that they have in common. This book draws together the work of scholars engaged in exploring the possibilities for a ‘utopian’ world in the sense fostered by St Thomas More. The essays explore those dimensions of religious and civil law where ‘love’ – however that is defined by relevant texts – fosters and encourages acceptance of ‘the Other’ and will offer perspectives on the ways in which religious or civil/state law command one to act in the spirit of ‘love’.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134851227
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 333
Book Description
Increasingly, the modern neo-liberal world marginalises any notion of religion or spirituality, leaving little or no room for the sacred in the public sphere. While this process advances, the conservative and harmful behaviours associated with some religions and their adherents exacerbate this marginalisation by driving out those who remain religious or spiritual. And all of this is seen through the lens of social science, which seems to agree that religion remains important, if not in spiritual sense, at least as a source of folklore and a means of identification: religions remain rooted in the societies from which they emerged, and the legal systems of many of those societies emerged from religious sources, even if those societies remain unwilling to admit that fact. In the modern materialistic world of conformity, religion is less a source of guidance than a label of identification. The world therefore faces two issues. First, the decreasing level of spirituality in the ‘West’ widens the gap between worshippers and those who have left their faith (eg agnostics and atheists, or those who look at religion as a matter of ‘picking and choosing’ from a range of options). And, second, the strong connections to religion which remain in many nations, but which are often misused in the secular public sphere (both in the West and internationally). In such divided worlds, both religious and secular forces tend to lock themselves into closed groupings of ‘pure truth’ and in so doing increase the level of disagreement, in turn producing radicalism. In short, the modern world is divided in two ways: between religious and non-religious (although some have argued that the non-religious secular is itself a form of civil religion), and between those subscribing to divergent understandings of the same religious tradition. While hyperbolic and histrionic, the term ‘culture wars’ nonetheless best captures what we see happening in the public sphere today. The question emerges, then: how best to accommodate the democratic principle which posits that the majority should feel that it lives in a society of its own with the human rights principle, holding that is necessary to ensure the full protection of the minority’s rights? How to balance these seemingly opposed principles? We are very familiar with the differences that appear between secular and sacred in the modern world; yet, what of the similarities amongst scriptures and laws which seek to encourage mutual understanding, cooperation and even cohabitation? Because religion itself is a source of law, a set of exhortations or commands as much as a set of rights, every major religion offers an approach to encountering ‘the Other’ in a positive, constructive, affirming way; and it is here that religions reveal much that they have in common. This book draws together the work of scholars engaged in exploring the possibilities for a ‘utopian’ world in the sense fostered by St Thomas More. The essays explore those dimensions of religious and civil law where ‘love’ – however that is defined by relevant texts – fosters and encourages acceptance of ‘the Other’ and will offer perspectives on the ways in which religious or civil/state law command one to act in the spirit of ‘love’.
Love and Math
Author: Edward Frenkel
Publisher: Basic Books
ISBN: 0465069959
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
An awesome, globe-spanning, and New York Times bestselling journey through the beauty and power of mathematics What if you had to take an art class in which you were only taught how to paint a fence? What if you were never shown the paintings of van Gogh and Picasso, weren't even told they existed? Alas, this is how math is taught, and so for most of us it becomes the intellectual equivalent of watching paint dry. In Love and Math, renowned mathematician Edward Frenkel reveals a side of math we've never seen, suffused with all the beauty and elegance of a work of art. In this heartfelt and passionate book, Frenkel shows that mathematics, far from occupying a specialist niche, goes to the heart of all matter, uniting us across cultures, time, and space. Love and Math tells two intertwined stories: of the wonders of mathematics and of one young man's journey learning and living it. Having braved a discriminatory educational system to become one of the twenty-first century's leading mathematicians, Frenkel now works on one of the biggest ideas to come out of math in the last 50 years: the Langlands Program. Considered by many to be a Grand Unified Theory of mathematics, the Langlands Program enables researchers to translate findings from one field to another so that they can solve problems, such as Fermat's last theorem, that had seemed intractable before. At its core, Love and Math is a story about accessing a new way of thinking, which can enrich our lives and empower us to better understand the world and our place in it. It is an invitation to discover the magic hidden universe of mathematics.
Publisher: Basic Books
ISBN: 0465069959
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
An awesome, globe-spanning, and New York Times bestselling journey through the beauty and power of mathematics What if you had to take an art class in which you were only taught how to paint a fence? What if you were never shown the paintings of van Gogh and Picasso, weren't even told they existed? Alas, this is how math is taught, and so for most of us it becomes the intellectual equivalent of watching paint dry. In Love and Math, renowned mathematician Edward Frenkel reveals a side of math we've never seen, suffused with all the beauty and elegance of a work of art. In this heartfelt and passionate book, Frenkel shows that mathematics, far from occupying a specialist niche, goes to the heart of all matter, uniting us across cultures, time, and space. Love and Math tells two intertwined stories: of the wonders of mathematics and of one young man's journey learning and living it. Having braved a discriminatory educational system to become one of the twenty-first century's leading mathematicians, Frenkel now works on one of the biggest ideas to come out of math in the last 50 years: the Langlands Program. Considered by many to be a Grand Unified Theory of mathematics, the Langlands Program enables researchers to translate findings from one field to another so that they can solve problems, such as Fermat's last theorem, that had seemed intractable before. At its core, Love and Math is a story about accessing a new way of thinking, which can enrich our lives and empower us to better understand the world and our place in it. It is an invitation to discover the magic hidden universe of mathematics.
Natural Law in the Spiritual World
Author: Henry Drummond
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Natural theology
Languages : en
Pages : 470
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Natural theology
Languages : en
Pages : 470
Book Description