Well-versed in and appreciative of the latest developments in physics and cosmology, biology and neuroscience, Sharpe provides fascinating accounts of how contemporary knowledge expands stodgy notions of reality. He also queries the new scientific gurus for the substance and religious pertinence of their visions.

Kevin Sharpe is editor of the Fortress Press series, "Theology and the Sciences", and Science and Spirit, a new magazine devoted to those same topics. He has published numerous journal articles and anthologies and holds doctorates in mathematics and religious studies. He is Professor in the Graduate College of the Union Institute, Cincinnati, and Associate Director of Research at the Ian Ramsay Centre, Oxford University, England.