Sunday, June 16, 2013

The World Perceived: A Theological and Phenomenological Approach to Thinking, Perceiving, and Living In-The-World


This link is to the Facebook page for my theology/philosophy book: "The World Perceived: A Theological and Phenomenological Approach to Thinking, Perceiving, and Living In-The-World" - https://www.facebook.com/TheWorldPerceived 

100% of my royalties from the sales of this book go to support the Dorothy Day Catholic Worker House in Washington, D C in order to assist their good works of charity: http://dccatholicworker.wordpress.com/. 

Links to purchase the trade paperback, Kindle, Google e-book, and free ebook editions are available in the “About” section of the book’s Facebook page and are linked below. 

The DC Catholic Workers are aways very grateful for every dollar I am able to donate to them, and so am I. The many peoples they help in DC are very thankful too.

The book is the culmination of over ten years of research and four years of writing, and it’s publication was announced in the "Newsletter For Phenomenology."

See: Newsletter For Phenomenology (September 2009) - http://www.phenomenology.ro/newsletter/newsletter_296.html

The DC Catholic workers receive the most (= $8.00 per copy) when purchased from my online e-store: CreateSpace (publisher): https://www.createspace.com/3359491 and they receive $5.00 per copy when purchased from all other online retailers, such as Amazon, B&N, and Indiebound (see links below).

The World Perceived: A Theological And Phenomenological Approach To Thinking, Perceiving, And Living In-The-World

Authored by A. J. MacDonald, Jr.

List Price: $16.00
5.5" x 8.5" (13.97 x 21.59 cm) 
Black & White on White paper
276 pages
(c) 2009
ISBN-13: 978-1440462146
ISBN-10: 1440462143
OCLC Number: 698623831
BISAC: Religion / Philosophy

Description 

How are we to make sense of the Bible in the context of the modern world? 

In this book, you will discover a new way of perceiving the world; a way in which the biblical view of the world can be seen as just as true-for-us as the modern scientific view of the world. 

The World Perceived explores how we think about the world, how we perceive the world, and how we choose to live our lives in-the-world. Using phenomenology as a philosophical framework for the construction of a biblical theology of appearances, the author illustrates how the biblical description of reality is of far greater relevance to us than are the descriptions of reality given to us by modern science and popular science writers. 

By exploring the epistemological bases of both science and theology as a forms of knowledge along with the assumptions implicit within both worldviews, The World Perceived invites the reader upon an intellectual journey into the world of phenomenal reality. The author makes a strong case for the validity of the biblical description of the world and reality by demonstrating how the modern scientific description of the world and reality are in no way superior to the biblical description. 

Using three examples of conflicting scientific and biblical descriptions of the world (i.e., the geocentric versus the heliocentric conception of the universe, creation versus evolution, and absolute time versus relative time) The World Perceived demonstrates the Bible's relevancy to the modern world, which is often hostile to both religion and the Bible, like no other book on the market today.

Author's royalties go to support the Dorothy Day Catholic Worker House in Washington, D C in order to assist their good works of charity.

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Author contact information:

Cell - 717-414-3821

The World Perceived Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/TheWorldPerceived

A. J. MacDonald, Jr. - Amazon Author Page - https://www.amazon.com/author/ajmacdonaldjr 

VIDEO - The author explains his book of Christian philosophy: “The World Perceived” - http://en.gloria.tv/?media=320837  

VIDEO - The World Perceived: A Theological and Phenomenological... - http://youtu.be/Um2lM4Tvj2o