Practical spirituality and human development : transformations in religions and societies /: transformations in religions and societies. ([2018])
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- Book
- Title:
- Practical spirituality and human development : transformations in religions and societies /: transformations in religions and societies. ([2018])
- Main Title:
- Practical spirituality and human development : transformations in religions and societies
- 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; TheIntro; 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 … (more)
- 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.
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