How Long to Read Beyond Heaven and Earth

How Long Does it Take to Read Beyond Heaven and Earth?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 30 minutes to read Beyond Heaven and Earth by Gabriel Levy

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

An approach to understanding religion that draws on both humanities and natural science but rejects approaches that employ simple monisms and radical dualisms. In Beyond Heaven and Earth, Gabriel Levy argues that collective religious narratives and beliefs are part of nature; they are the basis for the formation of the narratives and beliefs of individuals. Religion grows out of the universe, but to make sense of it we have to recognize the paradox that the universe is both mental and material (or neither). We need both humanities and natural science approaches to study religion and religious meaning, Levy contends, but we must also recognize the limits of these approaches. First, we must make the dominant metaphysics that undergird the various disciplines of science and humanities more explicit, and second, we must reject those versions of metaphysics that maintain simple monisms and radical dualisms. Bringing Donald Davidson’s philosophy—a form of pragmatism known as anomalous monism—to bear on religion, Levy offers a blueprint for one way that the humanities and natural sciences can have a mutually respectful dialogue. Levy argues that in order to understand religions we have to take their semantic content seriously. We need to rethink such basic concepts as narrative fiction, information, agency, creativity, technology, and intimacy. In the course of his argument, Levy considers the relation between two closely related semantics, fiction and religion, and outlines a new approach to information. He then applies his theory to discrete cases: ancient texts, modern media, and intimacy.

How long is Beyond Heaven and Earth?

Beyond Heaven and Earth by Gabriel Levy is 265 pages long, and a total of 67,575 words.

This makes it 89% the length of the average book. It also has 83% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Beyond Heaven and Earth Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 9 minutes to read Beyond Heaven and Earth aloud.

What Reading Level is Beyond Heaven and Earth?

Beyond Heaven and Earth is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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