Loving the World as Our Body

In Loving the World as Our Body, author David Loy examines the evolutionary and social crises facing modern humanity. This philosophy and religious studies text explores how Paleolithic emotions and medieval institutions struggle to manage god-like technology. Loy analyzes the tension between traditional religious dualism and modern secularism, noting how these frameworks often fail to address contemporary global challenges. The book functions as a deep dive into politics and social sciences, questioning how our survival instincts have become liabilities in a complex, interconnected world.

The core of this religious and spirituality work focuses on a third, nondualist worldview. Loy suggests that viewing the earth and its creatures as sacred offers a path forward. By examining comparative religion and evolutionary psychology, he illustrates how humanity can move past the delusion of a separate self. Loving the World as Our Body, volume 1, provides a scholarly look at how we might reintegrate with a self-organizing cosmos.