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Spiritualities of Life : New Age Romanticism and Consumptive Capitalism.

This insightful and provocative journey through spiritual landscapes explores the ways in which spiritualities of life have been experienced and understood in Western society, and argues that today's myriad forms of holistic spirituality are helping us to find balance in face of the stifling de...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Heelas, Paul
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chichester : John Wiley & Sons, 2009.
Colección:Religion and spirituality in the modern world.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Spiritualities of Life; Contents; Preface; Introduction; Part I Portraying Spiritualities of Life; 1 From the Romantics: The Repertoire; 2 Wellbeing Spirituality Today; Part II The 'Consuming Growth' Debate; 3 The Debate; 4 The Language of Consumption and Consumeristic Aspects of Mind-Body-Spiritualities of Life; 5 The Sacred and the Profane: Spiritual Direction or Consumer Preference?; 6 The Matter of Personal Significance: Profaned Superficiality?; 7 Work: Consumptive or Productive?; Part III To Work Beyond the Consuming Self; 8 A 'Fag Ending' of the Sacred or Fit for the Future?
  • 9 Inside OutEpilogue: Birthright Spirituality Beyond the West; Appendix: Evidence Indicative of Inner Life 'Beliefs'; Notes; References; Name Index; Subject Index: Some Main Themes and Arguments.