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Summary: make the connection
Review: Having read perhaps sixty or seventy books concerning quantum phenomena, I was eager to enlarge my horizons with this one. Now that I have read it twice, I am still searching for some indication that the author has found a connection between theology (I grant him expertise in this) and quantum anything. In fact, though it is merely implicit, he makes the naive error of considering the quantum as something large, when semi-informed lay readers know that the quantum is the smallest measurable amount of energy. thebigo@gte.net
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Summary: where is the beef
Review: I thought may be I found a book that would explain to me the relations between the Quantum Physics and Religion. As the Physical determinism is gone how do we content with Quantum indeterminism and relate it with old fashioned Religion. Author talks about a lot of things in the first half of the book and I had difficulty in relating one to other and all to Quantum Physics. The only concept that I could pick in the pages regarding the Quantum Theory was "influence at distance", therefore all universe is interrelated and God is part of it. I am not even sure if I took it correctly. Certainly to me author did not have much conviction in Christianity or Islam as common peaople knows it. There are a lot of references and a lot of new subjects. It does not speak of Quantum Physics, it does not speak of Religion or Theology as I know it, he seem to define a "Quantum Theologian" as he goes along who looks at the nature as the whole, God and Nature. At the end of the book, in Appendix, finally author defines the "Quantum Theology" with 12 rules that are also expanded with some basic conclusions. It was difficult to read these conclusions in the text itself. May be the book is highly Philosophical and difficult for all to read. Rule #1 clearly defines God as energy and part of nature,Rule #10 says there is no beginning and no end to this world. This book was not for me, I think it is a misnamed book.
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Summary: Stimulating
Review: I would have thought by this time that Amazon would be offering the 2004 revision, not the 1997 edition. Don't buy the older version.
I am minimally trained in physics and theology, but in the process of exploring my own spirituality. I did find the book stimulating and procovative, and it was worth the time I spent reading it during a recent plane trip.
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Summary: An incredible text
Review: If there is one book that will expand your definition of God, it is this one. The author manages to breathe new life into Christian theology, no easy task in these days of stultified dogma and mindless tradition, using the findings of quantum physics to express a new, and far more empowering and life-affirming, perspective on the fundamentals of Christianity. It is not just Christians who will profit from reading this book. Anybody who has even the vaguest interest in things spiritual will find something, some concept or idea, that resonates with their current beliefs hopefully showing that whatever we hold to be true, we are all partly right. After all, all religions and beliefs are simply different paths up the same mountain and Quantum Theology describes that mountain like no other book I have read.
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Summary: A great effort
Review: Like so many I know everything is in transition. The book gave me something to consider, of course he puts alot of political correct spins on it, feminism, anti industrial ya, ya, stuff. But the book does offer food for thought and I will look forward to viewing some more of his work in the near future.
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Summary: A bold mixture of deceit, drivel, and dogma
Review: O'Murchu claims to have reached a synthesis of religion and science, including the "new physics" of quantum mechanics (hence the title). This is an interesting idea, but the author of a book such as this needs to have background in both physics and theology, and O'Murchu has little to say about classical theology and no knowledge of any kind of science. The list of scientists he has consulted is impressive (including David Bohm, Stephen Hawking, and Paul Davies), but it would appear that he threw out everything they told him; the book is filled with misinformation and outright lies about quantum mechanics. Beyond this, O'Murchu constantly invokes "energy fields" and "forces" all of which are undocumented in science but factor heavily in New Age type beliefs. In short, O'Murchu has no idea what he is talking about, and his writing makes for a nonsensical book that is filled with non-sequiturs and poorly explained reasoning.
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Summary: this shift in perspective is long overdue
Review: Quantum theology has been the perfect book for where I'm at spiritually right now. Much of what O'Murchu says resonates with me in a very deep way. Having ended my tumultuous love affair with traditional Chrisitianity some time ago, Quantum Theology affirms my sense that I can still have faith, hope, and divine experience in daily life. I recommend this book highly.
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Summary: this shift in perspective is long overdue
Review: Quantum theology has been the perfect book for where I'm at spiritually right now. Much of what O'Murchu says resonates with me in a very deep way. Having ended my tumultuous love affair with traditional Chrisitianity some time ago, Quantum Theology affirms my sense that I can still have faith, hope, and divine experience in daily life. I recommend this book highly.
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Summary: Better Than Caffine
Review: Reading this provocative book gave me a decaffinated boost.Though a priest I am only an amatuer as a theologian. And I have no credentials as a scientist. But I suspect that we learn as much about the reviewer from a book review as we do about the book being reviewed (or its author). Every 6 months or so I find "THE" book. QUANTUM THEOLOGY (which I plan to use as the text for a discussion group) is my candidate for the current 6 month period. Others which have held high esteem for me at one time or another are: ART & PHYSICS, L. Shlain, M.D. THE CREATORS, D. Boorstin OUR FATHERS' WELLS, P. Pitzelle CATCHING THE LIGHT, A Zajong GOD, A Biography, J. Miles EQUUS, P. Shaffer THE TURBULENT MIRROR, Briggs & Peat A PRAYER FOR OWEN MEANY,(what's his name, excuse me, I'm having a Senior Moment. Author of WORLD ACCORDING TO GARP) PURE DRIVEL, S. Martin MAKING FRIENDS WITH YOUR SHADOW, D. Augsburger MAN FOR ALL SEASONS, R. Bolt TIME & NUMBER, M.L. von Franz EYE OF THE NEEDLE, K. Follett MEDITATION FOR A YOUNG BOY CONFIRMED, A. Paton A NATURAL HISTORY OF THE SENSES, D. Ackerman INSEARCH, J. Hillman WISHFUL THINKING, F. Bueckner BRER RABBIT & THE TAR BABY, J.C. Harris (various variations on the story of) JOB, Hebrew Scripture, W. Saffire, Wm. Blake, Archibald MacLeish, C.G. Jung, E. Edinger, etc.BOTTOM LINE: A hope readers of QUANTUM THEOLOGY can take the author's word for it that he's offering, not a set of answers, but an invitation to explore. May his tribe increase
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Summary: Theos, Thea, or What?
Review: The author does make some interesting arguments. However, I recommend reading the appendicies first as a way of being introduced to the "theology." The author is overly steeped in New Age, Femininst, and Anti-Industrial dogma and this seeps into an otherwise interesting view of the theological viewpoint. I prefer the appendicies over the text as it provides a lot of ideas on which to work and think. Overall pretty good but would have been better without the preaching in the text.
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