02481ctm a22003497i 450000100090000000300040000900500170001300700030003000800410003301000170007402000250009102000220011603500240013804000420016204200140020405000240021808200250024210000320026724500630029926000400036226400450040230000280044733600260047533700280050133800270052950400670055652014050062365000170202865000150204565000260206065000450208618104345OSt20250611162833.0ta170707s2013    oru      b    001 0 eng d  a  2013388467  a9781610973182 (pbk.)  a1610973186 (pbk.)  a(OCoLC)ocn872346893  aCDXbengcCDXerdadOCLCOdYDXCPdDLC  alccopycat00aBT695.5b.H359 201304a231.765 Har 20132231 aHart, John,d1943-eauthor.10aCosmic commons :bspirit, science, and space /cJohn Hart.  bCascade Books; ;aEugene :,cc2013. 1aEugene, Oregon :bCascade Books,c[2013]  axi, 415 pages ;c23 cm.  atextbtxt2rdacontent  aunmediatedbn2rdamedia  avolumebnc2rdacarrier  aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 407-412) and index.  aCosmic Commons explores terrestrial-extraterrestrial intelligent life Contact. It uses a thought experiment to consider the ecological-economic-ethical-ecclesial impacts of Contact, analyzing incidents around the world described by credible witnesses (two of whom are interviewed for the book), including Roswell and the Hudson River Valley. It discusses government and academic efforts to use ridicule and coercion to suppress Contact investigations, supports a scientific method to research ETI reports in a field that should excite scientists, and calls on academics to publicly disclose their Contact experiences. It traces Earth ecological and economic injustices to the European Enlightenment and the Discovery Doctrine by which European nations rationalized invasion of distant continents, genocide, and seizure of the territories and natural goods of native peoples. It advocates a change in humans' Earth conduct to avoid replicating in space the policies and practices that wrought economic injustice and ecological devastation on Earth, provides an innovative cosmosociological praxis ethics theory and practice toward that end, and develops a Cosmic Charter, based on UN documents, to guide humankind in space and in ETI encounters. Permeated by a profound sense of the sacred, Cosmic Commons explores a positive relationship between religion and science as humankind ventures into space. 0aEcotheology. 0aCosmology. 0aReligion and science. 0aNaturexReligious aspectsxChristianity.