The curve of the sacred : an exploration of human spirituality /

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Author / Creator:Ponomareff, Constantin V.
Imprint:Amsterdam ; New York, NY : Rodopi, 2006.
Description:1 online resource (xvi, 217 pages)
Language:English
Series:Value inquiry book series ; v. 178
Value inquiry book series. Philosophy and religion
Value inquiry book series ; v. 178.
Value inquiry book series. Philosophy and religion.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11152209
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Other authors / contributors:Bryson, Ken, 1940-
ISBN:9781429468145
1429468149
9042020318
9789042020313
Digital file characteristics:data file
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-193) and index.
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Summary:This interdisciplinary book examines the nature of spirituality and the role it plays in the search for meaning. Spirituality is a loving tendency towards the sacred. In a secular environment, the sacred is taken to be a power greater than self. In a religious environment, the Sacred refers to God, or Higher Power. The book examines the developments of the s/Sacred in great works of art and literature, as well as in medicine, theology, psychology, philosophy, and religion. Spirituality also functions as an unloving tendency towards disunity, or a force for evil. The first part of the book exami.
Other form:Print version: Ponomareff, Constantin V. Curve of the sacred. Amsterdam ; New York, NY : Rodopi, 2006 9042020318 9789042020313