Weareaspeciesbetweenaxialperiods.Thus,ourreligiousmythsarestrugglingtofindnewconnectionsinaglobal,ecologicalorder.Delioproposesthenewmythofrelationalholism;thatis,thesearchforanewconnectiontodivinityinanageofquantumphysics,evolution,andpluralism.TheideaofrelationalholismisonethatisrootedintheGod-worldrelationship,beginningwiththeBookofGenesis,butfindsitsrealmeaninginquantumphysicsandtherenewedrelationshipbetweenmindandmatter.Ourstory,therefore,willtraverseacrossthefieldsofscience,scripture,theology,history,cultureandpsychology.OurguidesforanewmythofrelationalholismarethepsychoanalystCarlJung,andtheJesuitscientist-theologianPierreTeilharddeChardin.Thecomplexhumancannolongerbesimplifiedtoonevieworanother:onemustseethewholeofourexistenceoronedoesnotseeatall.
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