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The uses of paradox : religion, self-transformation, and the absurd /
In this groundbreaking comparative study, Matthew Bagger investigates the role of paradox in Western and Asian religious discourse. Drawing on both philosophy and social scientific theory, he offers a naturalistic explanation of religion's oft-noted propensity to sublime paradox and argues that...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Columbia University Press,
©2007.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction: Paradox without piety
- Credo quia absurdum : cognitive asceticism and Kierkegaard
- Mystics and ascetics
- Absolute transcendence
- Skepticism and mysticism.