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010			_a 2013388467
020			_a9781610973182 (pbk.)
020			_a1610973186 (pbk.)
035			_a(OCoLC)ocn872346893
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050	0	0	_aBT695.5 _b.H359 2013
082	0	4	_a231.765 Har 2013 _223
100	1		_aHart, John, _d1943- _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aCosmic commons : _bspirit, science, and space / _cJohn Hart.
260			_bCascade Books; ; _aEugene :, _cc2013.
264		1	_aEugene, Oregon : _bCascade Books, _c[2013]
300			_axi, 415 pages ; _c23 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 407-412) and index.
520			_aCosmic Commons explores terrestrial-extraterrestrial intelligent life Contact. It uses a thought experiment to consider the ecological-economic-ethical-ecclesial impacts of Contact, analyzing incidents around the world described by credible witnesses (two of whom are interviewed for the book), including Roswell and the Hudson River Valley. It discusses government and academic efforts to use ridicule and coercion to suppress Contact investigations, supports a scientific method to research ETI reports in a field that should excite scientists, and calls on academics to publicly disclose their Contact experiences. It traces Earth ecological and economic injustices to the European Enlightenment and the Discovery Doctrine by which European nations rationalized invasion of distant continents, genocide, and seizure of the territories and natural goods of native peoples. It advocates a change in humans' Earth conduct to avoid replicating in space the policies and practices that wrought economic injustice and ecological devastation on Earth, provides an innovative cosmosociological praxis ethics theory and practice toward that end, and develops a Cosmic Charter, based on UN documents, to guide humankind in space and in ETI encounters. Permeated by a profound sense of the sacred, Cosmic Commons explores a positive relationship between religion and science as humankind ventures into space.
650		0	_aEcotheology.
650		0	_aCosmology.
650		0	_aReligion and science.
650		0	_aNature _xReligious aspects _xChristianity.
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