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Meta-Religion

Author : James W. Laine
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 052095999X
Total Pages : 301 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (29 download)

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Download or read book Meta-Religion written by James W. Laine and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2015-01-03 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whereas many textbooks treat the subject of world religions in an apolitical way, as if each religion were a path for individuals seeking wisdom and not a discourse intimately connected with the exercise of power, James W. Laine treats religion and politics as halves of the same whole, tracing their relationship from the policies of Alexander the Great to the ideologies of modern Europe secularists, with stops in classical India, China, and the Islamic world. Meta-Religion is a groundbreaking text that brings power and politics to the fore of our understanding of world religions, placing religion at the center of world history. This synthetic approach is both transformative and enlightening as it presents a powerful model for thinking differently about what religion is and how it functions in the world. With images and maps to bring the narrative to life, Meta-Religion combines sophisticated scholarly critique with accessibility that students and scholar alike will appreciate.

Meta-Religion

Author : James W. Laine
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520281365
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (22 download)

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Download or read book Meta-Religion written by James W. Laine and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2015-01-03 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whereas many textbooks treat the subject of world religions in an apolitical way, as if each religion were a path for individuals seeking wisdom and not a discourse intimately connected with the exercise of power, James W. Laine treats religion and politics as halves of the same whole, tracing their relationship from the policies of Alexander the Great to the ideologies of modern Europe secularists, with stops in classical India, China, and the Islamic world. Meta-Religion is a groundbreaking text that brings power and politics to the fore of our understanding of world religions, placing religion at the center of world history. This synthetic approach is both transformative and enlightening as it presents a powerful model for thinking differently about what religion is and how it functions in the world. With images and maps to bring the narrative to life, Meta-Religion combines sophisticated scholarly critique with accessibility that students and scholar alike will appreciate.

Meta's Faith

Author : Eliza Tabor
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Meta's Faith written by Eliza Tabor and published by . This book was released on 1869 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Meta-Christianity: Spiritism Established

Author : H. Croft Hiller
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 494 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book Meta-Christianity: Spiritism Established written by H. Croft Hiller and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A Meta-Spiritual Handbook

Author : Tim Sledge
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780999843598
Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (435 download)

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Download or read book A Meta-Spiritual Handbook written by Tim Sledge and published by . This book was released on 2018-04-15 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When former evangelical minister Tim Sledge walked away from five decades of faith more than 10 years ago, he made a clean break-no more church, prayer, religion, or God. But there was one thing that surprised him: He still wanted to be spiritual. Looking beyond traditional Christian views of spirituality, he found no "spiritual but not religious" model that worked for him-including the mindset of connecting with the energy of the universe. Eventually, Sledge decided to redefine spirituality for himself, and to use the term "meta-spirituality" to identify his personal approach as beyond any conventional concept of spirituality. His vision of meta-spirituality touches that part of us that seeks inspiration, yearns for the highest and best in life, and longs for a connection to something noble and wondrous. This is spirituality without God or magic, without religion or faith, and with no need of an invisible spirit world. It is a call to kindness, listening, vulnerability, compassion, and gratitude; a quest for a growing sensitivity to the world of emotions; and, a challenge to let mistakes lead to growth instead of shame. The book's 26 chapters are organized around five topics: How to Be Spiritual Without God How to See Reality How to Live With Meaning How to Keep Moving Forward How to Practice Meta-Spirituality A Meta-Spiritual Handbook is a simple guide to seeing spirituality in a new way and a challenge to find your best self without reference to religion, faith, or God.

Nietzsche’s Meta-Existentialism

Author : Vinod Acharya
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
ISBN 13 : 3110312751
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book Nietzsche’s Meta-Existentialism written by Vinod Acharya and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2013-11-27 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vinod Acharya presents a new existential interpretation of Nietzsche's philosophy. He contends that Nietzsche's peculiar form of existentialism can be understood only by undertaking a thorough analysis of his characterization and critique of metaphysics. This reading remedies the shortcomings of previous existential interpretations of Nietzsche, which typically view existentialism as concerned primarily with the meaning of individual existence, and therefore necessarily at odds with the abstraction and objectivity of metaphysical thought. Acharya argues that the approach of Nietzsche's philosophy, especially in his mature works, is to make the typical existential position foundational, and then to develop to the fullest the implications of this position. This meta-existential approach necessarily yields an ambiguous and open-ended critique of metaphysics. Taking issue with the Heideggerian, the poststructuralist, and the naturalistic interpretations, this book contends that Nietzsche neither simply overcomes metaphysics nor remains trapped within its confines. Acharya argues that an ever-renewed encounter with and critique of metaphysics is an essential aspect of Nietzsche's meta-existentialism.

Unearthly Powers

Author : Alan Strathern
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108477143
Total Pages : 409 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book Unearthly Powers written by Alan Strathern and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019-03-21 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This ground-breaking study sets out a new understanding of transformations in the interaction between religion and political authority throughout history.

Metamodernism

Author : Jason Ananda Josephson Storm
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022678665X
Total Pages : 375 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (267 download)

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Download or read book Metamodernism written by Jason Ananda Josephson Storm and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2021-07-20 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Opening -- Part I. Metarealism. How the real world became a fable, or, The realities of social construction -- Part II. Process social ontology. Concepts in disintegration & strategies for demolition ; Process social ontology ; Social kinds -- Part III. Hylosemiotics. Hylosemiotics : the discourse of things -- Part IV. Knowledge and value. Zetetic knowledge ; The revaluation of values -- Conclusion : becoming metamodern.

Christianity and Religious Plurality

Author : Wilbert R. Shenk
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1498282652
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (982 download)

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Download or read book Christianity and Religious Plurality written by Wilbert R. Shenk and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2016-10-11 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the past two centuries the Christian faith has spread to all continents. Although more global than ever, Christians are religious minorities in most societies. Religious freedom is hardly universal. In the past fifty years, millions of people have been uprooted from their traditional homelands in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Some have emigrated to Western Europe and North America. The West has become the scene of cultural, linguistic, and religious variety on a scale unimagined in 1900. Today, the full range of faiths and religious practices from all continents are present in Europe and North America. Christians are challenged to come to terms with this changed situation. These developments have intensified religious plurality. Christians all over the world are being urged to understand and engage with this new situation. This volume highlights this new reality and specifies some sources for engagement, not least among them the Judeo-Christian scriptures--fundamental to all "Christianities"--that emerged out of religious plural contexts. On the basis of their faith in the Triune God disclosed in this text, all followers of Jesus Christ must interact with these opportunities in today's radically context-sensitive world.

Spirit Guides from the Future

Author : David Wegert
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1491850167
Total Pages : 435 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (918 download)

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Download or read book Spirit Guides from the Future written by David Wegert and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2014-02-21 with total page 435 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book is a telepathic communication between myself and Dar, a evolved human from 23 million years in the future, as well as several other guides, spiritual and otherwise, from various future time periods. Although most of the contact is through Dar, several of his companions, from various timelines from a few centuries to over 1000 million years in the future have made some observations about various time periods. The book covers technology, spirit guides, singularities, timelines, evolution, time travel, parallel worlds, future cities and other realities. It also covers altered states of consciousness, the 2012 event, space travel, time lines, advanced data storage, power generation, future history and my notes. There is discussion in time and the nature of reality, as well as technological development and where it is leading us into the future. It is about possibilities, and I do not mean it to be either a positive or negative statement, but an observation of what is. I hope the book will encourage some people to objectively seek out alternative possibilities.

The Quran and the Secular Mind

Author : Shabbir Akhtar
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134072562
Total Pages : 411 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (34 download)

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Download or read book The Quran and the Secular Mind written by Shabbir Akhtar and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2007-10-31 with total page 411 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is concerned with the rationality and plausibility of the Muslim faith and the Qur'an, and in particular how they can be interrogated and understood through Western analytical philosophy. It also explores how Islam can successfully engage with the challenges posed by secular thinking. The Quran and the Secular Mind will be of interest to students and scholars of Islamic philosophy, philosophy of religion, Middle East studies, and political Islam.

The Pragmatics of Defining Religion

Author : Platvoet
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004379096
Total Pages : 566 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (43 download)

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Download or read book The Pragmatics of Defining Religion written by Platvoet and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2018-11-13 with total page 566 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume promotes a pragmatic, anti-essentialist and anti-hegemonic approach to the problem of the definition of religion. It argues that definitions of religion are context-bound strategies for pursuing a variety of purposes, extra-academic as well as academic. Religions being immensely varied, complex and multi-functional phenomena, they need to be studied by several academic disciplines from many different perspectives. It is, therefore, legitimate and useful that many definitions of religions are developed. The volume has contributions from scholars in Philosophy of Religion, the Comparative Study of Religions, Anthropology of Religion, Sociology of Religion and Psychology of Religion. It has chapters on the polemics of defining religion in modern contexts, the history of the concept of religion, and the methodology of its definition; it includes several definition proposals.

Meta's Letters: a Tale

Author : Mrs. Ensell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (26 download)

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Download or read book Meta's Letters: a Tale written by Mrs. Ensell and published by . This book was released on 1867 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Routledge Handbook of Evolutionary Approaches to Religion

Author : Yair Lior
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000638413
Total Pages : 756 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book The Routledge Handbook of Evolutionary Approaches to Religion written by Yair Lior and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-11-30 with total page 756 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The past two decades have seen a growing interest in evolutionary and scientific approaches to religion. The Routledge Handbook of Evolutionary Approaches to Religion is an outstanding reference source to the key topics, problems and debates in this exciting and emerging field. Comprising over thirty chapters by a team of international contributors the handbook pulls together scholarship in the following areas: evolutionary psychology and the cognitive science of religion (CSR) cultural evolution the complementarity of evolutionary psychology, cognitive science and cultural evolution Within these sections central issues, debates and problems are examined, including: Cliodynamics, cultural group selection, costly signaling, dual inheritance theory, literacy, transmitting narratives, prosociality, supernatural punishment, cognition and ritual, meme theory, fusion theory, sexual selection, agency detection, evoked culture, social brain hypothesis, theory of mind, developmental psychology, emergence theory, social learning, cultural cybernetics, cultural epidemiology, evolutionary and cultural psychology, memetics, by-product and adaptationist theories of religion, systems and information theory, and computer modeling. This Handbook is essential reading for students and researchers in religious studies and anthropology. It will also be very useful to those in related fields, such as psychology, sociology of religion, cognitive biology, and evolutionary biology.

Religion and Morality

Author : Daniel Statman
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004463860
Total Pages : 199 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (44 download)

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Download or read book Religion and Morality written by Daniel Statman and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2022-06-08 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Religion and Morality seeks to answer two fundamental questions regarding the relation between religion and morality. The first is the puzzle posed by Socrates, the so-called 'Euthyphro dilemma', which asks: is morality valuable by virtue of its intrinsic importance and worth, or is morality valuable because, and only because, God approves it and commands us to follow its dictates? The second question is raised by Kierkegaard in Fear and Trembling. He asks: Is a conflict between religion and morality possible? Does God ever demand that we neglect our moral commitments? The discussion on these questions is divided into three parts. In the first two parts, we discuss the idea that morality depends on religion. The authors distinguish two types of dependence: strong dependence, according to which the very existence, or validity, of moral obligations depends on God's command, and weak dependence, according to which though morality itself is independent of God, God (or belief in God) is necessary to enable human beings to know their moral duties and to carry them out. The authors reject the strong dependence thesis, as well as most versions of the weak dependence. The third part of the book discusses different versions of the view that religion might conflict with morality. The authors reject this view, and show that very few religious thinkers would follow it all the way through to its ultimate consequences. The book has implications for the philosophy of religion, in its emphasis on the centrality of the moral element in religion, and for moral philosophy, in its highlighting, among other things, of the nature of moral judgments.

Metatheology

Author : Kuk Chang
Publisher : Author House
ISBN 13 : 1420899864
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (28 download)

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Download or read book Metatheology written by Kuk Chang and published by Author House. This book was released on 2005-08-12 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author addresses Metatheology with a fair sense of academic honesty and a profound insight into religious reality. He approaches Christianity, the Bible, the ancient Near East, religion, theology and the Church as an Asian free of Western bias. It is significant to note that he has with enthusiasm studied all the subjects in original languages in the West. Interestingly enough, he realizes, confirms, restores and enlivens the traditional values of Christianity. Archaeology disclosed the huge magnitude of the cultures and civilizations of Mesopotamia, Egypt and Syro-Palestine as well as a large quantity of inscriptions. However, the magnitude proves to be a conglomeration of temple cultures deviced to pacify the anger of the Unknown. The Unknown, represented by idolatry and polytheism, confronts and threatens human self with arbitrary destinies and fates leading to cruel, merciless misfortunes and death. This complex of destiny and fate has obsessed not only the Near East but also the whole world past and present. It has indispensably given rise to temple culture that is characteristic of the whole globe. The New Testament reveals that Jesus Christ is the Son of God as deus revelatus (the revealed God), and the Cross of Jesus Christ pacified the wrath of God, tearing the curtain of the temple from top to bottom and he rose again after three days with triumph over death. The story is continuous in history: Jesus Christ is now present in the human soul and self proceeding to Eternity with contrition and repentance in the Holy Spirit. This is the legitimate, proper sense of Metatheology. Thus a new vista is opened up to orient Christianity with all its theological and practical disciplines and the whole globe to Jesus Christ over destiny and fate.