This book brings together Spinoza's fundamental philosophical thinking with his conclusions about God and religion. Spinoza was born a Jew but chose to live outside any religious community. He was deeply engaged both in traditional Hebrew learning and in contemporary physical science. He emerges not as a rationalist precursor of the Enlightenment but as a thinker of the highest importance in hi…
The notion that the world is filled with holy sparks is shared by religious traditions around the world. These lively reflections help us learn to uncover this sacred dimension to our world, to look outward and discover a spark of the divine in everyday objects, activities, experiences, and the glories of the natural world.