Touching the Face of the Cosmos

On the Intersection of Space Travel and Religion

Paul Levinson editor Michael Waltemathe editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Fordham University Press

Published:1st Mar '16

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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, and science fiction writers—including a new interview with John Glenn and an essay by Director of the Vatican Observatory Guy Consolmagno, S.J.—Paul Levinson and Michael Waltemathe have assembled a volume that puts space travel and religion on the map for anyone interested in outer space, theology, and philosophy.

"Readers who wish to explore the implications of space travel on Christian and personal spirituality will find much in this anthology to contemplate." -National Space Society Review

ISBN: 9780823272112

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280 pages