Green Space, Green Time The Way of Science
In a provocative book that is sure to be controversial, Connie Barlow puts forth a compelling case for breaching the barrier between science and religion-in effect, for a reunification of knowledge and meaning. Evolutionary biology, rendered as an Epic of
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Connie Barlow
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SPRINGER SCIENCE+BUSINESS MEDIA, LLC
© 1997 Springer Seienee+Business Media New York Originally published by Springer-Verlag New York, !ne. in 1997 Softcover reprint of the hardeover 1 st edition 1997
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Barlow, Connie C. Green space, green time : the way of science / Connie Barlow. p. cm. Includes index.
ISBN 978-1-4612-6864-2 ISBN 978-1-4612-0673-6 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-1-4612-0673-6 1. Nature - Religious aspects. 2. Human ecology - Religious aspects. 3. Religion and science. 1. Title. BLA35.B37 1997 97-15704 291.1 '78362 -dc21 CIP
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Contents
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Acknowledgmentd
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Portrait Gallery
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The Way of Science
1
A Surprise from Sociobiology
3
Varieties of Ecoreligious Experience Science and Meaning
2
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Sci e n c e and the Com i n g The Epic of Evolution Science into Story
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f a N e w S tor y
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A Conversation with Catalysts Celebrating the Epic
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ConverdatWnd with Edward O. Wiuon, Urdufa Goodenol'.qh, Brian Swimme, Loyal Rue, Mary Evelyn Tucker, John Grim
3
Biology and the Celebration of Diversity Re-Storying Biodiversity Islands Everywhere
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A Conversation with an Earth Ecstatic Life Loves Life
108
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COfll'er.latiOlL) with Diane Ackerman, Edward o. WiL'on, Stephall HardilZ.9, Lynll Margu!i.l, Palll klankiewic;;;, Paul S. A1artlll, Lee Klin.ger
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Ecology and the Birth of Bioregionalism Keystones, Aliens, and Ghosts Polarities
121
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A Conversation with Hands-Off Stewards Creating Science-Based Rituals ConVeJ~l£ltiolL.'
146
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with Paul S. l11artlll,
Palll alld JlIft"e Mankiewic;;;
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G e 0 p h y s i 0 log y and the Rev i val Powers of Persistence
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f G a ia
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A Developing Biosphere
182
A Conversation with the F J and F2 Generations Beyond the Science
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COnller.latl;)1h1 with Jim and Sandy Lovelock, Da(!w Schwart;;;man, Tim Lenton, Tyler VoLk, Lee Klinger, Andy WtltJOIl, Lee Kump, Stephan Harding
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Mea n i n g - M a kin g
223
A Federation of Meaning
228
Value-Making
235
Meaning-Makers
261
Living Dangerously
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Conller,'atwlhl witl, Dick Holland, John Maynard Smith, Loyal Rue,
U/~lllla
Endnote"
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inde.. .:
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Goodenough, Tyler Volk, Julian Hu.:'Cley
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Acknowledgments
I
n my ca,e it take, a commoni\)' to "i,e a book. I am deeply indebted
to all who joined me in conversation and who graciously authorized publication of not only well-formulated ideas but also the fresh insights, passionate outbursts, and spontaneous humor that conversation magically evokes. The names of these interlocutors
