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"Science has long treated religion as a set of personal beliefs that havelittle to do with a rational understanding of the mind and the universe. However, B. Alan Wallace, a respected Buddhist scholar, proposes that the contemplativemethodologies of Buddhism and of Western science are capable of being integratedinto a single discipline: contemplative science. The science ofconsciousness introduces first-person methods of investigating the mind throughBuddhist...
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By establishing a dialogue in which the meditative practices of Buddhism and Christianity speak to the theories of modern philosophy and science, B. Alan Wallace reveals the theoretical similarities underlying these disparate disciplines and their unified approach to making sense of the objective world. Wallace begins by exploring the relationship between Christian and Buddhist meditative practices. He outlines a sequence of meditations the reader...
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"Continuously in print since its original publication a century ago, William James's The Varieties of a Religious Experience is an enduring exploration of the intersection of science and religion. Yet for all its popularity, the work has not received the critical attention it deserves. In this broad-ranging collection, six eminent scholars consider the influence and continuing relevance of Varieties." "Employing a variety of critical approaches, William...
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