Contemporary Spiritualities: Social And Religious Contexts (issues In Contemporary Religion)
by Jane Erricker /
2001 / English / PDF
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Spirituality can be understood within both a religious and
secular context. Fuelled by the controversy that surrounds
different understandings of human identity and notions of
progress, knowledge and truth in modernist and postmodernist
contexts, the concept of spirituality is a hotly contested topic
of debate as to its relevance within contemporary culture and its
meaning within religious traditions. This book aims to inform
readers on this debate and contextualize it within these
different frames of reference. It approaches the topic of
spirituality with an identification of the major influences on
contemporary thinking and presents a coherent framework of
understanding that links divergent thinking into a common goal.
Writings range across different thinkers and practitioners within
established religious tradition, contemporary movements and those
who operate within psychological and 'secular' understandings.
Focusing on the question 'what does it mean to be human?' this
engaging study attempts to overcome the divide between secular
and religious understandings of spirituality.
Spirituality can be understood within both a religious and
secular context. Fuelled by the controversy that surrounds
different understandings of human identity and notions of
progress, knowledge and truth in modernist and postmodernist
contexts, the concept of spirituality is a hotly contested topic
of debate as to its relevance within contemporary culture and its
meaning within religious traditions. This book aims to inform
readers on this debate and contextualize it within these
different frames of reference. It approaches the topic of
spirituality with an identification of the major influences on
contemporary thinking and presents a coherent framework of
understanding that links divergent thinking into a common goal.
Writings range across different thinkers and practitioners within
established religious tradition, contemporary movements and those
who operate within psychological and 'secular' understandings.
Focusing on the question 'what does it mean to be human?' this
engaging study attempts to overcome the divide between secular
and religious understandings of spirituality.