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A New Vision of Reality: Western Science, Eastern Mysticism and Christian Faith
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In this major new work Bede Griffiths invites us to look afresh at Christianity in the context of modern physics on the one hand and Eastern mysticism on the other. Scientists now acknowledge that quantitative enquiry can reveal only one aspect of reality and that to come to terms with a much deeper transcendent reality we must also be prepared to learn from Eastern traditions. The Western mechanistic model of the universe, dating from the time of Galileo and Newton, must now be replaced with a new organic model - this marks a return to the ancient traditional wisdom in which the universe was seen to consist not only of a physical dimension but also of psychological and spiritual dimensions, all of which are interrelated and interdependent.
In exploring "the divine mystery behind human life" Griffiths seeks to discover the basic unity which underlies all religion and discusses the concept of the Cosmic Person or Cosmic Lord as revealed in Christianity, Hinduism, Buddhism and Islam. He concludes with a radical vision of a new society and a universal religion in which "the essential values of Christianity will be preserved in living relationship with the other religious traditions of the world".
In this major new work Bede Griffiths invites us to look afresh at Christianity in the context of modern physics on the one hand and Eastern mysticism on the other. Scientists now acknowledge that quantitative enquiry can reveal only one aspect of reality and that to come to terms with a much deeper transcendent reality we must also be prepared to learn from Eastern traditions. The Western mechanistic model of the universe, dating from the time of Galileo and Newton, must now be replaced with a new organic model - this marks a return to the ancient traditional wisdom in which the universe was seen to consist not only of a physical dimension but also of psychological and spiritual dimensions, all of which are interrelated and interdependent.
In exploring "the divine mystery behind human life" Griffiths seeks to discover the basic unity which underlies all religion and discusses the concept of the Cosmic Person or Cosmic Lord as revealed in Christianity, Hinduism, Buddhism and Islam. He concludes with a radical vision of a new society and a universal religion in which "the essential values of Christianity will be preserved in living relationship with the other religious traditions of the world".
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