The Spiritual Dimension: Religion, Philosophy and Human ValueCambridge University Press, 2005 M09 15 - 186 pages "The Spiritual Dimension offers a new model for the philosophy of religion, bringing together emotional and intellectual aspects of our human experience, and embracing practical as well as theoretical concerns. It shows how a religious worldview is best understood not as an isolated set of doctrines, but as intimately related to spiritual praxis and to the search for self-understanding and moral growth. It argues that the religious quest requires a certain emotional openness, but can be pursued without sacrificing our philosophical integrity. Touching on many important debates in contemporary philosophy and theology, but accessible to general readers, The Spiritual Dimension covers a range of central topics in the philosophy of religion, including scientific cosmology and the problem of evil; ethical theory and the objectivity of goodness; psychoanalytic thought, self-discovery and virtue; the multi-layered nature of religious discourse; and the relation between faith and evidence." --Book Jacket. |
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Contents
from praxis to belief | 1 |
theodicy in an imperfect universe | 18 |
the problem of heteronomy | 37 |
the interior journey | 58 |
emotion symbol and fact | 79 |
The emotional dynamic | 83 |
The importance of layering | 88 |
3 | 89 |
the epistemic and moral resources of spirituality | 127 |
Faith and evidence | 128 |
Traces of the transcendent | 131 |
Horizons of knowledge and intimations of the beyond | 134 |
Moral psychology and the cultivation of virtue | 140 |
Dimensions of askesis | 143 |
From psychotherapy to spirituality | 145 |
which spirituality? | 150 |
Meaning and justification | 98 |
modernist and postmodernist obstacles | 102 |
The supposed legacy of the Enlightenment | 106 |
Naturalism and contemporary philosophical orthodoxy | 109 |
18 | 110 |
an unpromising postmodernist reply | 113 |
31 | 117 |
Enlightenment and faith | 118 |
49 | 123 |
Which path? | 153 |
Mysticism and the apophatic tradition | 159 |
From mystery to liturgy | 161 |
Distinctive culture and common humanity | 165 |
Images of integration | 168 |
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The Spiritual Dimension: Religion, Philosophy and Human Value John Cottingham No preview available - 2005 |
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