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Zero: Stories and Essays (What Number Is God) [Illustrated] [Hardcover]

Sarah Voss (Author), Dan Sullivan (Author, Photographer)
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What Number Is God January 1999
Entertaining as well as thoughtful, the two dozen easily read stories and essays in ZERO illustrate the notion of something from nothing. Richly illustrated with "real life" photographs by Dan Sullivan, the book is the first released in a series of four inspirational volumes, each of which gently reflects the mathematical symbolism of its title. Other titles in the series include ONE, TWO, and MANY.

In ZERO, the reader is invited on a metaphorical tour of zero-concepts that will spur the spiritual imagination. Consider a society with zero evil; a city with zero fences; life with zero words, zero profanity, zero choices, or zero rainbows. First there is nothing. Then there is something. Non-zero, Being, life, existence, presence, light fullness. In-between nothing and something is creation. Highly creative itself, ZERO adds an "ordinary" element to the mystical world-view.


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"It just doesn't add up!" many people complain about religion. These reflections by a mathematician-minister may start with zero, but they make the probability of an enlightening insight, even for a skeptic, nearly infinite. Read, and have your faith and joy multiplied! John Buehrens, President, Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations -- Publisher Comments

About the Author

Sarah Voss is a mathematics professor turned minister. She resides in Omaha, Nebraska and still teaches at the university level and preaches at Unitarian Universalist churches.

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  • Hardcover: 150 pages
  • Publisher: Cross Cultural Pubns/Crossroads; illustrated edition edition (January 1999)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0940121484
  • ISBN-13: 978-0940121485
  • Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 6.6 x 0.8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,036,635 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Provocative, evocative and inspiring essays and photographs!, July 14, 1999
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Sarah Voss shares with us her "reflections about Nothing" in this elegant little volume. These are evocative -- often provocative -- pieces, best savored one at a time. Some draw upon her own experiences with pain, surprise, and unanticipated delight; some are clearly fantastic. The essays are well complemented by the photographs by Dan Sullivan, each evocative in its own right. One of my favorite essays is "Compassion" about the ways Sarah learned unexpected lessons about what this means from her father. This, and the other essays about how to recognize the "something" that comes from "nothing" are wonderful antidotes to despair or boredom. Sarah Voss has drawn upon her background in mathmatics, poetry, and ministry to share these little gems. I heartily recommend it -- for yourself, and for those you care about!
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