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The curve of the sacred : an exploration of human spirituality / Constantin V. Ponomareff and Kenneth A. Bryson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ponomareff, Constantin V.
- Series:
- Value inquiry book series ; v. 178.
- Value inquiry book series. Philosophy and religion.
- Value inquiry book series ; 178
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Spirituality.
- Life cycle, Human--Religious aspects.
- Life cycle, Human.
- Faith development.
- Psychology, Religious.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (252 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Amsterdam ; New York, NY : Rodopi, 2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This interdisciplinary book examines the nature of spirituality and the role it plays in the search for meaning. Spirituality is a loving tendency towards the sacred. In a secular environment, the sacred is taken to be a power greater than self. In a religious environment, the Sacred refers to God, or Higher Power. The book examines the developments of the s/Sacred in great works of art and literature, as well as in medicine, theology, psychology, philosophy, and religion. Spirituality also functions as an unloving tendency towards disunity, or a force for evil.The first part of the book exami
- Contents:
- Contents; Editorial Foreword; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part One: Spirituality from the Perspective of the Humanities Tradition; Part Two: Becoming Personal from the Spiritual; Notes; Bibliography; About the Authors; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [183]-193) and index.
- ISBN:
- 94-012-0320-2
- 1-4294-6814-9
- OCLC:
- 127108380
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