BRUNSWICK, Maine, Sept. 12, 2008 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Can the age-old conflict between science and religion ever be resolved? Will they be willing to meet halfway and reconcile? Unravel the answers in author Dr. Dean Fletcher Davies' provocative book, Meaning: From Science to Transcendence.

This book is filled with fascinating paradigm shifts. To name one, it has the answer to the age-old conflict between science and religion. It shows that the quality of one's life can be quantified. Dr. Davies calls for a paradigm shift in the medical model by adding assessment of transcendent health, since a transcendent experience is more profound and universal than religion itself.

Meaning: From Science to Transcendence explores other areas and gives a new definition of ``Truth''. It questions ``enclosed'' belief systems and makes a unique distinction between ``I'' and ``you''. It also promotes reason as a fusion of fact and value. To learn more of these intriguing and thought provoking insights, get a copy of this book online at Xlibris.com or at a local book retailer today.

About the Author

Dr. Davies was the founder of the Society for Advanced Medical Systems that grew into the American Medical Informatics Association. He became the Executive Secretary of the (four-agency) Study Group on Smoking and Health. He designed a method for selecting candidates for periodic examination for major cancers according to risk. After graduating from the College of Wooster, Dr. Davies earned his Ph.D. and M.D. degrees at Case Western Reserve University. He has served on the faculties of Columbia University, Johns Hopkins and the University of Tennessee. He and his wife, the Rev. Alice Hamilton Davies, are parents of a son and three daughters and the grandparents of six. They live in Maine.

  Meaning: From Science to Transcendence * by Dean Fletcher Davies,
                               MD, Ph.D
                  Publication Date: January 21, 2008
        Trade Paperback; $19.99; 143 pages; 978-1-4257-9131-5
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