Light of the Mind, Light of the World

Illuminating Science Through Faith

De: Spencer A. Klavan

Narrado por: Spencer A. Klavan

The world is not a machine. Humanity is not a mistake.

For centuries, a grim anti-human outlook has taken hold of the public imagination, teaching us all to view ourselves as random products of a cruel and uncaring natural world. Today, from apocalyptic environmentalism to twisted eugenics and dystopian bionic augmentation, movements are rising around the world to dispense with humanity or subordinate it to a pitiless mechanical logic. For many, it has come to seem as if the human spirit is obsolete, religious faith is illusory, and mankind is destined to be extinguished or surpassed. Some might even see the end of humanity as a good thing.

But that is not our future. Light of the Mind, Light of the World tells a daring new story about how we got here, and how we can chart a better path forward. Surveying the history of science and faith from the astronomers of Babylon to the quantum physicists of postwar Europe and America, classicist and scholar Spencer A. Klavan argues that science itself is leading us not away from God but back to him, and to the ancient faith that places the human soul at the center of the universe. Reconciling the discoveries of science with the truths of the Bible, Klavan shows how the search for knowledge of the natural world can help illuminate the glories of its Creator, and how the latest developments in physics can help shatter the illusion of materialism.

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"Spencer Klavan is a profound and wide-ranging scholar, a believing Christian, and a writer of gorgeous prose. In Light of the Mind, Light of the World, he takes on the daunting task of explaining how the divine is revealed through science in the light of new discoveries and ancient wisdom. He does this with his typical panache and erudition, shining light on the history and development of the scientific enterprise, attempting to take the reader beyond the dead end of mere materialism to a meeting of the divine and human minds." —Jeremy Carl—Former U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Interior and author of The Unprotected Class

"Modern humanity is in the deadly grips of a vulgar scientism that is all too eager to explain away the rich and varied grounds of human dignity. We remain prisoners of antiquated accounts of the world that explain everything in terms of mathematics, mechanism, and matter-in-motion, and that reduce the wonders of the human mind to the impersonal workings of the brain. Spencer Klavan will have nothing of this debased account of things. In remarkably eloquent prose, and with a full command of science, philosophy, and theology ancient and modern, Klavan tells the exciting story of how modern physics has recovered the indispensable role that the human mind plays in giving shape to the very structure of physical and spiritual reality. Reality itself is nothing less than the meeting point of 'the light of the mind' with 'the light of the world.' Klavan brilliantly explores all the implications of this recovery of the God-given human birthright to be 'stewards and humanizers of the universe.'" —Daniel J. Mahoney—Professor Emeritus, Assumption University

"Our scientific age has wrought among its many wonders a malady of spiritual disenchantment. Spencer Klavan's new tour-de-force, Light of the Mind, Light of the World offers urgent medicine by looking within and then beyond science. The author rectifies the errors of popular intellectuals with characteristic erudition and perspicacity. Spencer Klavan is the Right's Yuval Harari—so distinguished by the fact that Spencer happens to be not only smart but also right. Read this book." —Michael J. Knowles, author and podcaster

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I pre-ordered and read the book before I picked up the audiobook for the second go. It is amazing in all the ways I expected. Only Spencer can weave together every genius idea from Aristotle's philosophy to Einstein's relativity into a spiritual narrative that guides us into the future. 10/10.

Beautifully written

Thank you Spencer. This was a work of beauty. I enjoyed it thoroughly. Fifteen words is a lot.

Phenomenal

I don’t possess the ability to offer an opinion of this book with nearly the articulable depth of its author, suffice to say, it was excellent. Definitely read this book.

This is what classicism is for. Fantastic work!

What a book. Klavan masterfully interweaves history, philosophy, science, and theology into a compelling narrative that forces the reader to see Man’s significant place in the order of the World.

This is what classicism is for - the Platonic integration of all studies into a truth that is whole. This book is beautifully written for the heart and the mind.

A must read!

Spencer does a beautiful job articulating something that the modern atheist and believer alike need to contemplate for the sake of our meaningful future. Bravo!

Interesting take on science and religion

Kalvan has an insightful view of the modern findings of science and the quandaries it presents

Comprehensive Information

Scholarly interwoven history of science and faith. Complex but easy to understand. Great voice control!

Paradigm Shifting Must Read

If Spencer is right, we all need to change the way we think about the world. For my part, I do think he’s right and am still chewing on everything this book presents. He does an excellent job telling a story and weaving together insights from science, religion, and philosophy. I cannot recommend this book strongly enough.