Rediscovery of awe : splendor, mystery, and the fluid center of life / Kirk J. Schneider.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schneider, Kirk J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Awe.

Humanistic psychology.

Physical Description:

xvii, 205 pages ; 23 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

St. Paul, Minn. : Paragon House, [2004]

Summary:

Rediscovery of Awe is a practical, psychological translation of an emerging spiritual transformation -- a humanistic spirituality. It is a provocative and revolutionary vision which aims to revive a sense of awe -- the humility and wonder, thrill and anxiety, splendor and mystery of living -- in self, society, and spirit. Rediscovery of Awe promotes a new relationship to life, and illustrates this over a broad range. Set against our awe-deprived times, in which we tend to favor either a high tech, consumerist mentality or, contrastingly, a dogmatic, fundamentalist orientation, Rediscovery of Awe presents a dynamic and rejuvenating alternative.

Contents:

The quest for a comprehensive psychology

The fluid center in personality and development

Toward a social fluid center

Toward an awe-based work policy

A return to basics : awe-based education

Tragedy and its ambiguities : awe and its paradoxes

Struggle : the forgotten teacher

Between anarchy and dogma : toward a faith in the inscrutable

From spirit to society

Glimmerings : enchanted agnosticism and the future.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-198) and index.

ISBN:

1557788340

OCLC:

54487644