
Original Knowing
How Religion, Science, and the Human Mind Point to the Irreducible Depth of Life
J. Bradley Wigger(Author)
Wipf and Stock Publishers
Published on 17. October 2012
200 pages
978-1-62189-467-4 (ISBN)
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Did Lucy know God? Could Neanderthals talk? Was Ardi self-conscious? These are the strange new breed of questions emerging as we discover more and more about our prehistoric origins--questions about knowing. While fossil digs and carbon dating tell a remarkable story about the bones and times of our ancient ancestors, we cannot help wondering what they knew, and when. Exploring such questions Original Knowing takes contemporary science as seriously as religious tradition and searches for the story behind this odd creature who senses more to the universe than meets the eye. In limestone bluffs and butterfly migrations, from Stone Age tool-making to Sumerian beer-making, clues are sought to better understand this strange mind that ponders the origins of its own existence. When do babies point, and why does it matter? What does throwing a Frisbee reveal about our distant ancestors? Is language the key to our minds as many believe? Or perhaps the heart of knowing rests in something more basic, in a smile, and the powerful social abilities at work allowing us to sense a depth to life--to our own lives--a depth that our minds help us glimpse if only through a glass darkly.
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English
Place of publication
Eugene
United States
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978-1-62189-467-4 (9781621894674)
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How Religion, Science, and the Human Mind Point to the Irreducible Depth of Life
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J. Bradley Wigger has been a Professor at Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary since 1997. He is the author of The Texture of Mystery (1998), The Power of God at Home (2003), and Together We Pray (2005).
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part 1: Origins
- Chapter 1: The Tree of Knowing
- Chapter 2: The Great River of Time
- Chapter 3: Life upon Life
- Part 2: Roots, Rocks, and Relationships
- Chapter 4: Etchings
- Chapter 5: The Hatchet
- Chapter 6: Promethean Moments
- Chapter 7: A Little Speculation
- Chapter 8: Monarchs and the Mousterian Mind
- Part 3: Listen Carefully
- Chapter 9: A Time to Talk
- Chapter 10: From Screeches to Speeches: How Did Words Come About?
- Chapter 11: Rhythm of the Saints
- Part 4: The Butterfly Effect
- Chapter 12: Originality, Time, and Education
- Chapter 13: Blueberry Picking
- Chapter 14: The Age of Religious Knowing
- Chapter 15: Primed for More
- Chapter 16: In the Beginning
- Part 5: Irreducible
- Chapter 17: The Rivers and Falls of Consciousness
- Chapter 18: Stranger Perspectives
- Chapter 19: Home
- Bibliography
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