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Subject(s)

• Spirituality [Browse]
• Non-church-affiliated people [Browse]
• Mysticism [Browse]

Summary note

"Sophos Ontology: On Post-Traditional Spirituality discusses religious plurality and post-traditional perspectives on emergent forms of sacred sensibility, particularly for those identifying as 'spiritual but not religious.' This book is divided into three parts. The first part is a retrospective account of multiple religious traditions, with emphasis on esoteric thought as influenced by mystical writings, covering western, eastern, and Native American traditions. The second part discusses the need for a new conceptualization of the 'sacred' as expressed through multiple spiritual perspectives relevant to a pansentient, post-traditional process ontology. Other topics in this section include the importance of an ethically shaped spirituality, collective influences, dreams, imagination, and the role of pluralism in shaping beliefs. Part three explores the role of faith, redefined as spiritual commitment, mysticism as direct experiential knowledge, and transpersonal theory influenced by comparative studies in altered states of consciousness, paranormal research, and the metaphysics of discovery — all contributing to the development of present and future spirituality." -- Page 4 of cover.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-234) and index.

ISBN

• 1666948713 ((hardcover))
• 9781666948714 ((hardcover))

OCLC

1418816113

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