In this enlightening and provocative exploration, Dave Pruett sets out a revolutionary new understanding of our place in the universe, one that reconciles the rational demands of science with the deeper tugs of spirituality.

Defining a moment in human self-awareness four centuries in the making, Reason and Wonder: A Copernican Revolution in Science and Spirit offers a way to move beyond the either/or choice of reason versus intuition-a dichotomy that ultimately leaves either the mind or the heart wanting. In doing so, it seeks to resolve an age-old conflict at the root of much human dysfunction, including today’s global ecological crisis.

An outgrowth of C. David Pruett’s breakthrough undergraduate honors course, From Black Elk to Black Holes: Shaping Myth for a New Millennium, Reason and Wonder embraces the insights of modern science and the wisdom of spiritual traditions to re-enchant the universe. The new myth of meaning unfolds as the story of three successive Copernican revolutions -cosmological, biological, and spiritual-offers an expansive view of human potential as revolutionary as the work of Copernicus, Galilleo, and Darwin.