A daring work that unifies science and theology by challenging many of the world's current beliefs about both. Proving God is guaranteed to create controversy and energetic conversation. Forget what both scientists and the clergy have told you about the ultimate reality. This extraordinary book shows you how scientists have misinterpreted the laws of the physical universe and how theologians have misinterpreted the revealed wisdom of God's Holy Word. Unknown to most scholars, Holy Scripture is a multi-dimensional document containing the patterning principles for all the laws of the universe. Proving God provides clear and rational evidence that the evolution of intelligence and consciousness on earth and the spiritual redemption of humankind is the extension of nature's laws and orderly process into the non-physical realm of heaven. Each chapter ends with an easy-to-grasp summary plus a bold prediction about where the paradigm shift in human worldviews is headed. Prepare yourself for the new laws of physics and the new theology that will fulfill God's promise to make "all things new!" 2011 Eric Hoffer Award Winner – recognizing salient writing and independent spirit 2011 Montaigne Medal Winner – honored as one of the most thought-provoking books of the year 2011 Silver Nautilus Award Winner – awarded to books that stimulate the imagination and offer new possibilities for a better life and a better world Proving God is an ambitious project that aims to bring the theistic science and mystical theology of Emanuel Swedenborg (1688-1772) into the 21st Century where it belongs. Edward Sylvia achieves this goal from necessity: In order to make sense of the astonishing implications of contemporary quantum physics, an intellectually defensible model for spiritual-natural causality is an essential next step. In Sylvia's judgment, this model has been waiting in the wings of science and religion for 250 years, for the science of ultimates to ask the proper questions. That time is now, and Proving God matches seminal problems of matter and energy with Swedenborg's powerful ideas on being and becoming, with astonishing results. What emerges from this scientific treatment of divine metaphysics is a comprehensible world view in which spirit and matter are now finally and undeniably one. This is an important book. --Rev. Dr. Reuben P. Bell, Saco, Maine, USA President, Swedenborg Scientific Association Director, Samara Center for Practical Spirituality Edward Sylvia follows the original route into metaphysics -- straight through the heart of physics -- and directly engages "the elephant in the room": the utterly improbable symbiosis of complexity and coherence that is characteristic of both our universe and our minds. His argument that the universe and our minds are profoundly akin is carefully framed, and his conclusion that the coherence is an effect of love and the complexity an effect of wisdom is far removed from simplistic romanticism. In his able overview of Swedenborgian theology, he presents a complex and coherent view of spiritual reality that not only welcomes partnership with present-day physics but urges it to continue its pursuit of deeper understanding. --Rev. George F. Dole, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, Swedenborg School of Religion Author of A Book about Us: The Bible and Stages of our Lives , and Freedom and Evil: A Pilgrim's Guide to Hell This book presents a fresh new integration between the physics of the natural and the psychology of the spiritual. People interested in the rational resolution between science and religion will appreciate this lucid new account. Once you begin reading this fascinating book you'll want to come back to it again and again. It has a smooth, topical flow that lifts the veil of ignorance concerning the most basic issues in life that people want to know. It is profound, with surprising and delightful insights on every page. This is a completely honest book. The content hangs together as a coherent and consistent whole. It succeeds in its claim to deliver a "grand unified theory of everything" that "can come only from revelation." It presents in modern terms the unique revelation in Swedenborg's Writings. --Dr. Leon James, Professor of Psychology, University of Hawaii author of the Web-published T