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Explores new and established fields of biology to show how some of the most important scientists and philosophers of our time are creating an emerging new meaning for science Tells why science is important in spiritual terms that can be integrated into most existing religious beliefs Will appeal to science readers as well as a broad readership outside of science

Inhalt
1 The Way of Science.- A Surprise from Sociobiology.- Varieties of Ecoreligious Experience.- Science and Meaning.- 2 Science and the Coming of a New Story.- The Epic of Evolution.- Science into Story.- A Conversation with Catalysts.- Celebrating the Epic.- 3 Biology and the Celebration of Diversity.- Re-Storying Biodiversity.- Islands Everywhere.- A Conversation with an Earth Ecstatic.- Life Loves Life.- 4 Ecology and the Birth of Bioregionalism.- Keystones, Aliens, and Ghosts.- Polarities.- A Conversation with Hands-Off Stewards.- Creating Science-Based Rituals.- 5 Geophysiology and the Revival of Gaia.- Powers of Persistence.- A Developing Biosphere.- A Conversation with the F1 and F2.- Beyond the Science.- 6 Meaning-Making.- A Federation of Meaning.- Value-Making.- Meaning-Makers.- Living Dangerously.- Endnotes.