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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...
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New York :
Columbia University Press,
©2007.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction: Paradox without piety
- Credo quia absurdum : cognitive asceticism and Kierkegaard
- Mystics and ascetics
- Absolute transcendence
- Skepticism and mysticism.