Spirituality for the skeptic : the thoughtful love of life / Robert C. Solomon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Solomon, Robert C., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Religion--Philosophy.

Religion.

Spirituality.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 159 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

By examining the ideas of great thinkers from Kafka to Socrates this text arrives at an alternative vision of spirituality, one that is non-dogmatic and practical, that should appeal to many seekers looking to make sense of the human condition.

Contents:

""Introduction: In the Spirit of Hegel""; ""1 From Philosophy to Spirit and Spirituality""; ""Spirituality, Religion, and Science""; ""Being and Doing: Spirituality, Society, and Ritual""; ""Imagine There�s No Heaven: Naturalizing Spirituality""; ""Self-Actualizing Spirituality""; ""Spirituality as a Larger Sense of Life""; ""Liberating the Soul of Philosophy""; ""2 Spirituality as Passion""; ""Spirituality and Erotic Love""; ""Spirituality as Reverence""; ""The Passions of Spirituality: Nietzsche on Overflowing""

""3 Spirituality as Cosmic Trust""""Spirituality and Authentic Trust""; ""Faith as Trust""; ""Emotional Poisons: Paranoia, Envy, and Resentment""; ""Beyond Envy and Resentment: Contentment and Forgiveness""; ""4 Spirituality as Rationality""; ""Reason Versus the Passions?""; ""Rationality Relativized""; ""Science, Spirituality, and Rationality""; ""Rationality Perverted: Smart Selfishness""; ""Spirituality as the Rationality of Emotions""; ""5 Facing Up to Tragedy""; ""The Tragic Sense of Life""; ""Denying Tragedy: The Temptation to Blame""; ""The Problem of Evil""; ""Blaming the Victims""

""The Meaning of Tragedy""""6 Spirituality, Fate, and Fatalism""; ""Making Sense of Fatalism""; ""Fate as Character""; ""Fate and Time""; ""Fate and Luck as Two Modes of Meaning""; ""Gratitude: The Idea of Life as a Gift""; ""7 Looking Forward to Death?""; ""The Denial of Death: A Brief History""; ""The Denial of Death: An Analysis""; ""Death Fetishism""; ""Death is Nothing""; ""Spirituality and the Social Dimension of Death""; ""8 The Self in Transformation: Self, Soul, and Spirit""; ""“Who are you?� Self and Soul""; ""Beyond Descartes: Mind and the Mind-Body Problem""

""Body, Mind, and Soul: Some Asian Perspectives""""The Rise of the Western Soul""; ""Soul and Society (Kafka�s Identity Crisis)""; ""Spirituality, Soul, and the Transformation of the Self"".

Notes:

Originally published: 2002.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-983373-7

1-281-93024-5

0-19-803077-0

9786611930240

1-281-19664-9

9786611196646

1-4356-1992-7

OCLC:

666960121