The Thoughtful Guide to Science & Religion

Subtitled 'using science, experience and religion to discover your own destiny', this is a rich book that weaves these three themes together with significant experiences from the author's own life. It is intimately written so that the reader follows his journey through the lands of science, consciousness and the spirit, time and eternity and shares his insights as they emerge from reading, meditation and life experience. The book ranges widely through the sciences and different religious traditions and practices which the author has pursued. As Rowan Williams writes in his Foreword, 'this is a programme for human maturity'. Here is an extract defining prayer: 'ultimately prayer is holding in your mind, at all times, compassion for another. It is like a small candle brightly shining in the background of your thoughts. It is empathetic and caring and naturally changes from a glow to a bright illumination of one's whole being when someone needs you to help or comfort him or her. And at all times God is your guiding companion.' A gem for the modern spiritual seeker.