Circles and the Cross: Cosmos, Consciousness, Christ, and the Human Place in Creation

by Loren Wilkinson, Peter Harris (Foreword)

Circles and the Cross is an invitation to explore two mysteries. One is the miracle of the why is there something and not nothing? The other is the miracle of why should this collection of stardust be an I and not just an it? Our basic response to those mysteries is wonder, and from wonder have grown the three great trees of human religion, art, and science. This exploration is undertaken in the light of a third the cross of Christ is the clearest picture we have of the triune Creator of both cosmos and consciousness. That self-emptying of the Creator out of love for the creation helps us understand the pleasures, paradoxes, and pains of science; it helps us understand how "evolution" can be another name for creation; it casts light on the Enlightenment and Romanticism. In particular, it illuminates the environmental an ethic in search of a religion. Loren Wilkinson, drawing on fifty years of teaching and writing about our relationship to creation, invites you to join this journey into understanding how the cross of Christ sheds light on the mysteries that surround us--and gives us hope in a difficult age.

354 pages, Hardcover

Published August 21, 2023