Looking beyond? : shifting views of transcendence in philosophy, theology, art, and politics /
Religion is undergoing a transformation in current Western society. In addition to organized religions, there is a notable movement towards spirituality that is not associated with any institutions but in which experiences and notions of transcendence are still important. Transcendence can be descri...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Otros Autores: | , |
Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
Amsterdam ; New York, NY :
Rodopi,
2012.
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Colección: | Currents of encounter ;
v. 42. |
Temas: | |
Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | Religion is undergoing a transformation in current Western society. In addition to organized religions, there is a notable movement towards spirituality that is not associated with any institutions but in which experiences and notions of transcendence are still important. Transcendence can be described as God, the absolute, Mystery, the Other, the other as alterity, depending on one's worldview. In this book, these shifts in the views of transcendence in various areas of culture such as philosophy, theology, art, and politics are explored on the basis of a fourfold heuristic model (proposed by. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (527 pages) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
ISBN: | 9401207526 9789401207522 9042034734 9789042034730 1283543079 9781283543071 |