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Soul of the Universe challenges the traditional scientific view of how the "Big Bang" theory explains the creation of life.
Instead of seeing that event as simply setting a mechanical universe in motion, some scientists and theologians now wonder if a larger force is at work. Many now believe that the early universe was designed to inevitably bring forth life. The circumstances, events and processes that lead from the forging of basic elements in the furnaces of the stars to the emergence of conscious human beings are simply too miracu-lous to be accidental.
An exploration of the great human hu mysteries, the SOUL trilogy of programs bridges the gulf between modern sci-ence and religion, asserting that the price of scientific knowl-edge is not spiritual emptiness. Instead, SOUL shows how scientific progress has yielded more new enigmas than cer-tainties, leading many scientists to see the hand of God at work in the elegant unity of our cosmos.
Join host Anthony Clare and many of the best scientific and religious minds of our time, such as Stephen Hawking, Danah Zohar and Paul Davies, in an exciting voyage of scientific and spiritual discovery.
SOUL is a BBC Co-Production with Holoform Research Inc., CTVC, Jerusalem Productions and Ikon Radio e Televisie 1992 BBC-TV Packaging 1993 Atlas Video, Inc. Cover: Joseph Yacinski Design Photography by Mark Daniels 50 Minutes/Color. Distributed by Atlas Video, Inc., Bethesda, MD
Soul of the Universe challenges the traditional scientific view of how the "Big Bang" theory explains the creation of life.
Instead of seeing that event as simply setting a mechanical universe in motion, some scientists and theologians now wonder if a larger force is at work. Many now believe that the early universe was designed to inevitably bring forth life. The circumstances, events and processes that lead from the forging of basic elements in the furnaces of the stars to the emergence of conscious human beings are simply too miracu-lous to be accidental.
An exploration of the great human hu mysteries, the SOUL trilogy of programs bridges the gulf between modern sci-ence and religion, asserting that the price of scientific knowl-edge is not spiritual emptiness. Instead, SOUL shows how scientific progress has yielded more new enigmas than cer-tainties, leading many scientists to see the hand of God at work in the elegant unity of our cosmos.
Join host Anthony Clare and many of the best scientific and religious minds of our time, such as Stephen Hawking, Danah Zohar and Paul Davies, in an exciting voyage of scientific and spiritual discovery.
SOUL is a BBC Co-Production with Holoform Research Inc., CTVC, Jerusalem Productions and Ikon Radio e Televisie 1992 BBC-TV Packaging 1993 Atlas Video, Inc. Cover: Joseph Yacinski Design Photography by Mark Daniels 50 Minutes/Color. Distributed by Atlas Video, Inc., Bethesda, MD
