GOD AND THE EVOLVING UNIVERSE

Spiritual evolution in the universal sense is the topic of this profound essay on where humanity is going. It's a historical view, a picture of spiritual thought from the time of the ancients and up through the major religious movements of the last 2000 years. It's a dense and compact survey of a vast amount of ideological and biographical information. The fabric running through it is the author's belief that we are willful participants in the broader notions of God that are emerging across the world today. Without rejecting our own religious tradition, we can adopt an expanded view of God that integrates the idea of a benevolent intelligence with the many spiritual practices and phenomena that fall outside Western religion and science. A spellbinding and well-documented proposal is read with dignity and flawless pacing by Chris Ryan. T.W. (c) AudioFile 2002, Portland, Maine [Published: AUG/SEP 02]