
The Fifth Dimension
An Exploration of the Spiritual Realm
John Hick(Author)
Oneworld Publications (Publisher)
2nd Edition
Published on 4. April 2013
Book
Paperback/Softback
304 pages
978-1-85168-991-0 (ISBN)
Description
Many of us today are all too willing to accept a humanist and scientific account of the universe which considers human existence as a fleeting accident. The triumph of John Hick's gripping work is his exposure of the radical insufficiency of this view. Drawing on mystical and religious traditions
ancient and modern, and spiritual thinkers as diverse as Julian of Norwich and Mahatma Ghandi, he has produced a tightly argued and thoroughly readable case for a bigger, more complete, picture of reality in which a fifth, spiritual dimension, plays a central role.
'Essential reading for anyone concerned with spirituality in the modern world'
Professor Keith Ward, University of Oxford
Erudite, provocative and deeply moving, Hick's persuasive narrative will prompt all curious readers to re-examine their own spiritual horizons.'This stimulating book opens up many fundamental issues that must concern everyone. It deserves to be widely read. '
Expository Times
'Learned, lucid and engaging, easy to read and easy to applaud for its sheer clarity of style and its breadth of interest, even when one disagrees with it!'
Anvil
ancient and modern, and spiritual thinkers as diverse as Julian of Norwich and Mahatma Ghandi, he has produced a tightly argued and thoroughly readable case for a bigger, more complete, picture of reality in which a fifth, spiritual dimension, plays a central role.
'Essential reading for anyone concerned with spirituality in the modern world'
Professor Keith Ward, University of Oxford
Erudite, provocative and deeply moving, Hick's persuasive narrative will prompt all curious readers to re-examine their own spiritual horizons.'This stimulating book opens up many fundamental issues that must concern everyone. It deserves to be widely read. '
Expository Times
'Learned, lucid and engaging, easy to read and easy to applaud for its sheer clarity of style and its breadth of interest, even when one disagrees with it!'
Anvil
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Edition
2nd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Edition type
Revised edition
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 129 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
355 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-85168-991-0 (9781851689910)
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John Hick was one of the most influential philosophers of religion of his time. He was HG Wood Professor of Theology at Birmingham University from 1967 to 1982, and before that taught at Cambridge. His books have been translated into seventeen languages and more than twenty have been published about his work in English, German, French, Chinese and Japanese.