5-New Cosmology: A Great Story–Our Common Story
Could a story of awe at the unfolding of the universe be a story in which we can all find a home?
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posted Feb 14, 2006
 Some call it a dance. Many call
it reason for a new faith in the human prospect. More often, it's
called a story, a grand, unifying narrative that points to the
awakening of the human to meaning and wonder in a cosmos that had
become increasingly impersonal and purposeless under the sway of
Western science and the classical humanist tradition. However it's
referred to, the new cosmology (also called the new story, the Great
Story, the Universe Story) is energizing hearts and minds the planet
over. The key discovery is this . . .Complete Story here
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