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Spirituality - What It Is and Why It Matters (Hardcover, New)
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Spirituality - What It Is and Why It Matters (Hardcover, New)
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The concept of spirituality permeates modern culture: from academic
book series on ''Classics of Western Spirituality'' to self-help
manuals, from the use of Buddhist mindfulness meditation (typically
detached from Buddhist religious teachings) in medical treatment to
"nature spirituality," from spiritually oriented peace activists to
spiritually oriented new age music. Spirituality has become a
common part of our cultural vocabulary. It is not only an important
concept in its own right but plays productive and significant roles
in the realms of psychology, ecology, medicine, and even politics.
Millions call themselves "spiritual but not religious," academics
describe much of contemporary religious life in the U.S. as focused
on a spiritually oriented "seeking," and a quick search on
Amazon.com turns up hundreds of books whose titles take the general
form of The Spirituality of X or Spirituality and Y. At the same
time, the concept is used in widely conflicting, often confusing
ways. Most people think they know what it is when they see it, but
attempts to define spirituality or understand it coherently are
frequently limited, distorted, or ahistorical. Roger Gottlieb
provides a lucid and accessible overview of what spirituality is,
enabling readers to gain a clear-eyed understanding of the concept,
its manifold connections to other aspects of personal and social
life, its role as a positive psychological and social phenomenon,
and some of the risks that attend it. The book combines thoughtful
analysis with a generally sympathetic perspective in which
spirituality is viewed as a potentially beneficial form of personal
identity and practice, and a possible antidote to a number of the
psychic ailments and social pathologies of contemporary society.
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