Peter J. Kreeft (Ph.D., Fordham University) is professor of philosophy at Boston College where he has taught since 1965. A popular lecturer, he has also taught at many other colleges, seminaries and educational institutions in the eastern United States. Kreeft has written more than sixty-seven books, including The Best Things in Life, Christianity for Modern Pagans, Fundamentals of the Faith and The Handbook of Christian Apologetics.
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"Christianity in Lord of the Rings".
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This review is from: If Einstein Had Been a Surfer: A Surfer, a Scientist, and a Philosopher Discuss a "Universal Wave Theory" or "Theory of Everything" (Hardcover)
In this short volume, If Einstein Had Been a Surfer: A Surfer, a Scientist, and a Philosopher Discuss a "Universal Wave Theory" or "Theory of Everything", Peter Kreeft has edited conversations between a scientist, a Muslim philosopher, and a poet who surfs. The nexus of their talks: The Theory of Everything. Since TOE hasn't been realized, they seek to compare, contrast, and combine their diverse knowledge and experiences to try to forge a new approach to it. This results in their touching on such issues as the mind and brain, logic and intuition, the third eye, synchronicity, God, and, of course, surfing and waves. In this poly-discipline discussion, they explore whether a TOE is even realistically accessible as a set of equations. Perhaps as we human beings are part of the Everything, we have to consider a theory about it holistically. Or, perhaps, we cannot reduce our universe down to a TOE in any way because it is irreducible.
The troika juggles all of these hypotheses and others. They postulate that water (which comprises 70% of our bodies and 70% of the earth's surface) and waves might provide a means for entering into the mystery of the foundations of our universe. Possibly, just as waves are evident in the subatomic realms (such as in the electromagnetic spectrum), in our empirical experiences on earth (the ocean, of course) and in galactic observations and theories (gamma and gravity waves, for instance), we might one day establish that waves are in fact the basis for everything -- energy and matter -- in our universe. The three mention one recent theory by a physicist/surfer named Garrett Lisi that set up a foundation for unifying the electromagnetic, strong, and weak forces without string theory and using only four dimensions. They don't mention some recent work by Milo Wolff (Exploring the Physics of the Unknown Universe: An Adventurers Guide and Schroedinger's Universe and the Origin of the Natural Laws), Geof Hazelhurst and others on a TOE with standing waves at its center. Too bad because it fits exceptionally well into the themes they churn in IF EINSTEIN HAD BEEN A SURFER. Yet even excepting this omission, this is an interesting potpourri of opinion, solid science, pseudo-science, psychology, religion, philosophy, and speculation that stretches and challenges the mind (especially if one hasn't really been introduced to the subjects touched on). The three sometimes good-naturedly snipe at each other and engage in spirited discourse, behaving almost like colliding billiard balls, using each other's momentum to further their own. Although they don't reach any momentous conclusions, it is the conversations themselves that hold the treasures, just as, perhaps only the universe, not a TOE, holds its own. IF EINSTEIN HAD BEEN A SURFER is part of a trilogy, along with The Sea Within: Waves and the Meaning of All Things and I Surf, Therefore I Am: A Philosophy of Surfing. I haven't yet read the other two, but if they are as intellectually stimulating as this little book, then I hope to do so soon.
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Religion with a bit a science, philosophy, and pseudo-psychology,
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This review is from: If Einstein Had Been a Surfer: A Surfer, a Scientist, and a Philosopher Discuss a "Universal Wave Theory" or "Theory of Everything" (Hardcover)
This is a collection of scientific, philosophical, and psychological babble between two Christians and a Muslim in which they theoretically try to find a basis for the unified field theory, here referred to as the theory of everything. In essence, while constantly insisting they are not getting into religion, they work to prove that god is the answer. Using the surfer analogy, especially in the title, is a great way to connect with the young (and the young of mind) as proselytizing so often does. This book was, after all, published by St. Augustine's Press.
There are shreds of scientific information here that are useful in helping those outside the field to gain a bit of useful base knowledge of possible theories. I really did want to find out more about waves and ideas on a unified field theory. I would only recommend this book to one friend who is in the field of philosophy and has a tendency to begin discussions at an advanced level. My idea with this was twofold. First, I wanted to show him an example of how a difficult subject might be made more inviting to beginners by beginning more simply. There are certainly portions in the book that do that well. Second, I wanted him to see how inappropriate overdoses of religion can ruin a discussion or a book. So while I am listing that I would recommend this to a friend, I really mean A friend. I do feel sorry for the young of body, heart, and mind who might end up feeling as though they really must get on a surfboard to gain true enlightenment.
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