Practical spirituality and human development : transformations in religions and societies /: transformations in religions and societies. ([2018])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Ananta Kumar Giri, editor.
• Editors: Giri, Ananta Kumar
• Contents: Intro; Dedication; Foreword; Preface; References; Contents; List of Figures; Notes on Editor and Contributors; Chapter 1: Practical Spirituality and Human Development: An Introduction and an Invitation; References; Part I: Practical Spirituality: Understanding New Modes of Thinking and Transformative Practice; Chapter 2: The Calling of Practical Spirituality; Introduction and Invitation; Pathways of Practical Spirituality; Non-Dual Realizations and Practical Spirituality; Transformational Challenges Before Science and Religion Practical Spirituality, Practical Discourse, and Democratic TransformationsReferences; Chapter 3: What It Means to Be Religious?; Chapter 4: Practical Spirituality: Human Beings Evolving into a Higher Level of Communion and Ethical Relation with One Another; Introduction; Applied Research: Sahaj Marg Raja Yoga; Universal Human Values; The Role of Suffering; Ethics of Responsibility; The Role of Love; Role of Faith; Role of Attitudes; Conclusion; References; Chapter 5: Critical Spirituality: Towards a Revitalised Humanity; The Neohumanist Moment; From Survival to Thrival; Critical Spirituality Implications for Thrival: Global Soul, Global Mind and Global ActionReferences; Chapter 6: Practices of Nontheistic Spirituality; Five Nontheistic Traditions from India; Two Nontheistic Traditions from China; Four Nontheistic Traditions from Greece; Conclusions; Chapter 7: The Ashram as a Secular Place: An Understanding of the Human as a Spiritual Place; The Ashramas of Life's Stages; The Concept of the Satsangh in Relation to the Ashram; Social Origins of Mystical Experiences; The Ashram as Lying on the Borderlines of Experience; Ashram and Kenosis; Friendship and Hospitality The Ecological ImperativeChapter 8: There Is No Path: And You Are on It-Searching for the Self in Starting from Zero; Reference; Chapter 9: Life Is Story: Tales and Journeys in Practical Spirituality in the Aesthetic Plasma of Story in the Lila; An Invitation: Once Upon a Time in the Storied Aesthetic Field of Any Life ...; A. Spirit and Journey in the Aesthetic Plasma and Storied Karma Field of the Lila; B. Awakening in the Lila: The Ocean Floods the Lila in Spiritual Acupuncture C. Closer Encounters with Story's Embedded Devices: The Reciprocal Roles of the Common Cultural Language, Complex Time and Magical Environment, and Character Development in the Practical Spirituality of Story D. Afterword: The Special Magic of Character in Real People; References; Chapter 10: Creative Nonfiction Is Everything: Postmodernism, Groundlessness, and the Dual Portrait; Introduction; Postmodernism; Practical Spirituality; Creative Nonfiction; Dual Portrait and Practicing Spirituality; Getting Specific4; Doty, Hampl, Kingsolver, and Woolf; Tobias Wolff; Healing and Groundlessness
• Publisher Details: Singapore : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 204/.4; Religion; Spiritual life -- Religious aspects; Culture and globalization; Community development; BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Inspiration & Personal Growth; BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Spirituality / General; RELIGION / Christianity / General; RELIGION / Devotional; RELIGION / Spirituality; Social Science -- Anthropology -- Cultural; Social Science -- Sociology -- General; Social Science -- General; Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography; Sociology; Interdisciplinary studies; Religion and sociology; Ethnology; Social Science -- Sociology of Religion; Religious issues & debates; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9789811308031; 9811308039
• Related ISBNs: 9789811308024; 9811308020
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 08, 2018).
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