The first in a series of essays contributed by experts in their fields who reflect the philosophy of, and the discussions held at, the Pari Center for New Learning.
The role of belief in the lives of scientists
What should be the proper boundaries between religion and science?
How can science, or religion, comment on the origins of life and the universe itself?
Love as an energy in the universe
The complementary visions of Western and Indigenous sciences
The correspondences between Sufism and science
Alternatives to 'the institution of war'
The contribution of religions to a just and sustainable economy
Ethics and a global market
Writing as alchemy
Literature, Science and Love
Interview with sculptor Antony Gormley on the 'inner darkness of the body'
Contributors include George Coyne, Emeritus Director of the Vatican Observatory; Edy Korthals Altes, Honorary President of Religions for Peace; Alison MacLeod, novelist; Virginia Del Re, Islamic scholar; Colin Tudge, science writer.