Human Being in Depth: A Scientific Approach to Religion [Paperback]

Swami Ranganathananda (Author), Elva Linnea Nelson (Editor)

Product Details

• Paperback: 184 pages
• Publisher: State University of New York Press (September 27, 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0791406806
• ISBN-13: 978-0791406809
• Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 5.7 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,092,237 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Also known as "Science and Religion"a food for thought book, May 13, 2002

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shane eastwood (imabari city, ehime ken Japon) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Human Being in Depth: A Scientific Approach to Religion (Paperback)

To anyone intrigued about how Western scientific observations and Vedanta philosophy can be related, this book is an excellent starter.
The book attempts to convey to the reader how religion and science need not necessarily conflict in their aims and offers ample reasons for why. One interesting chapter is about a type of faith and Reason and another 'homeostasis and the human consciousness' is related to an existential purpose.
Lastly it offers a way to moral health for human society as a whole, irrespective of belief or ideology.
i personally recommend this book for those who are unsatisfied or cynical about the aims of science and religion and the purpose of human life.
If anything detracts from the book, it could present its findings in a more critical, analytical, less eulogizing fashion at times. however for those sincere in their reading this should detract little from what Swami Ranganathananda`s book has to offer.