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When The Universe Next Door was first introduced more than twenty years ago, it set the standard for a clear, readable introduction to worldviews. In concise, easily understood prose, James W. Sire explained the basics of theism, deism, naturalism, nihilism, existentialism, Eastern monism... read more
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- Ken Wilber
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- Albert Camus
- Dr. Rieux
- Alfred A. Knopf
- John
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- Paul
- Marilyn Ferguson
- Muslim
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- B. F. Skinner
- Darwin
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- William Irwin Thompson
- Kierkegaard
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- David
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- Jacques Derrida
- Kafka
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- Yusuf Ali
- Mary
- Charles Taylor
- Bultmann
- Bertrand Russell
- Blackham
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First Sentence edit
Stephen Crane captured our plight as we in the late twentieth century face the universe.
Table of Contents edit
1. A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE: Introduction
2. A UNIVERSE CHARGED WITH THE GRANDEUR OF GOD: Christian Theism
3. THE CLOCKWORK UNIVERSE: Deism
4. THE SILENCE OF FINITE SPACE: Naturalism
5. ZERO POINT: Nihilism
6. BEYOND NIHILISM: Existentialism
7. JOURNEY TO THE EAST: Eastern Pantheistic Monism
8. A SEPARATE UNIVERSE: The New Age
9. THE VANISHED HORIZON: Postmodernism
10. THE EXAMINED LIFE: Conclusion
Index
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- James W. Sire (Author)
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- Dewey: 200
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