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Nobel laureate Erwin Schrödinger's What is Life? is one of the great science classics of the 20th century. A distinguished physicist's exploration of the question which lies at the heart of biology, it was written for the layman but proved one of the spurs to the birth of molecular biology and the subsequent discovery of the structure of DNA. It appears here together with "Mind and Matter", his essay investigating a relationship which has eluded and puzzled philosophers since the earliest times.

The future of our planet and our place among it is becoming increasingly clouded by everyday ways of life and interactions that separate humans from a more-than-human world. I propose that we turn away from the western ontologies that have created dualisms and focus more on how we can enact change through re-engaging with an animistic ways of life. To do so I see a need to engage and educate the public by speaking to them through both a philosophical and embodied experience. This podcast is my way of doing that as I aim to encourage a loss of separation between thought and actions but combine ...

Using her expertise in ancient Israelite society and economy as well as in biblical theology, Richter walks listeners through passages familiar and not-so-familiar, showing how significant environmental theology is in the Bible's witness. She then calls Christians to apply that message to today's environmental concerns. Richter is a master Bible scholar. Each chapter in this timely book draws out a biblical mandate about care for the land, for domestic and wild animals, for people at the margins, and more. She is also a master storyteller.