Albert Einstein once remarked that behind all observable things
lay something quite unknowable. And the motivation for his own work
in physics stemmed from something as apparently innocuous as his
father first showing him a compass when he was a boy. Yet the
wonder and inspiration of that moment, which he never forgot, led
ultimately to his own stupendous scientific breakthroughs. This
book explores that special territory perceived by Einstein: where
the unknown takes over from everything that is understandable,
familiar, and explicable. And that interface between known and
unknown is of the very greatest importance: it lies at the heart of
the human quest to take knowledge beyond the boundaries of the
known. It is what scientists do when they undertake their research,
from the trajectories of comets to the replication of cells. But is
is also what religious people do when they start to explore their
relationship with what they perceive as the divine. Their mutual
effort to "know the unknowable" is a profoundly important way in
which human beings explore the limits of themselves, as well as of
the universe. Bringing together distinguished contributors, both
scientists and theologians (including Rowan Williams the current
Archbishop of Canterbury), to explore the implications of what such
an invitation means in practice, this groundbreaking book explores
important topics like cosmological absence, negativity in Christian
mysticism, and the "hiddenness" of God in Buddhism.
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