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Auteur(s) : White, Christopher G. (1969-....)
Titre(s) : Other worlds [Texte imprimé] : spirituality and the search for invisible dimensions / Christopher G. White
Publication : Cambridge (Mass.) : Harvard university press, copyright 2018
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (376 p.) : ill. ; 25 cm
Note(s) : Notes bibliogr. Index
For a long time, people have argued that the rise of science has caused the decline
of religion. Other Worlds presents a different perspective, showing that modern Europeans
and Americans often used scientific ideas in imaginative ways to develop new, enchanted
views of nature, its fantastic borderlands, and the hidden spaces that might lie beyond
it. This book examines the history and imaginative power of one scientific idea in
particular, an idea that has become crucial in many settings, from modern physics
to fantasy literature and science-fiction film--namely, the idea that the universe
has higher, invisible dimensions. Drawing on archives from across the U.S. and the
U.K., the author analyzes how scientists, writers, artists, screenwriters, televangelists,
and others have used this idea to make supernatural phenomena such as ghosts and miracles
seem more reasonable and make religious or spiritual beliefs possible again for themselves
and others.
Sujet(s) : Religion et sciences -- Grande-Bretagne -- Histoire
Religion et sciences -- États-Unis -- Histoire
Quatrième dimension
Surnaturel -- Dans l'art
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780674984295. - ISBN 0674984293 (rel.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb45552012j
Notice n° :
FRBNF45552012
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Introduction: Science, the supernatural, and higher realms ; Edwin Abbott's otherworldly
visions ; The man who saw the fourth dimension ; New heaven, new earth ; Cathedrals
without walls ; Max Weber and the art of an invisible geometry ; The spacetime of
dreams ; Mirrors, doorways, and otherworldy openings ; Madeleine L'Engle disturbs
the universe ; One step beyond ; Conclusion: The astonishing afterlife of the square.
