|
" Spirituality and the good life : "
edited by David McPherson, Creighton University, Omaha.
| Document Type
|
:
|
BL
|
| Record Number
|
:
|
839037
|
| Title & Author
|
:
|
Spirituality and the good life : : philosophical approaches /\ edited by David McPherson, Creighton University, Omaha.
|
| Publication Statement
|
:
|
New York :: Cambridge University Press,, 2017.
|
| Page. NO
|
:
|
1 online resource
|
| ISBN
|
:
|
1107589681
|
|
|
:
|
: 1108365175
|
|
|
:
|
: 1316459462
|
|
|
:
|
: 9781107589681
|
|
|
:
|
: 9781108365178
|
|
|
:
|
: 9781316459461
|
|
|
:
|
1107133009
|
|
|
:
|
9781107133006
|
|
|
:
|
9781107589681
|
| Bibliographies/Indexes
|
:
|
Includes bibliographical references and index.
|
| Contents
|
:
|
Cover -- Half-title page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Philosophy, Religion, and Spirituality -- Chapter 2 The Problem of Impiety -- Chapter 3 The Virtue of Piety -- Chapter 4 Homo Religiosus: Does Spirituality Have a Place in Neo-Aristotelian Virtue Ethics? -- Chapter 5 Desire and the Spiritual Life -- Chapter 6 Between Heaven and Earth: Sensory Experience and the Goods of the Spiritual Life -- Chapter 7 The Jewish Sabbath as a Spiritual Practice
|
|
|
:
|
Chapter 8 The Power of the Spoken Word: Prayer, Invocation, and Supplication in IslamChapter 9 Aristotelian Friendship and Ignatian Companionship -- Chapter 10 Starting with Compassion -- Chapter 11 Identifying with the Confucian Heaven: Immanent and Transcendent Dao -- Chapter 12 Agnostic Spirituality -- Select Bibliography
|
| Abstract
|
:
|
This book presents a broad philosophical study of the nature of spirituality and its relationship to human well-being, addressing an area of contemporary philosophy that has been largely underexplored. David McPherson brings together a team of scholars to examine the importance of specific spiritual practices (including prayer, contemplation, and ritual observance) and spiritually informed virtues (such as piety, humility, and existential gratitude) for 'the good life'. This volume also considers and exemplifies how philosophy itself, when undertaken as a humanistic rather than scientistic enterprise, can be a spiritual exercise and part of a spiritual way of life. Clarifying key concepts, and engaging with major religious traditions such as Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, and Confucianism, this book will appeal to students and scholars from various disciplines, including theology, sociology, and psychology, as well as to philosophers, ethicists, and other readers who are interested in modern spiritual life.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Conduct of life.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Philosophy and religion.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Religious life.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Spiritual life.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Spirituality.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
BODY, MIND SPIRIT-- Inspiration Personal Growth.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
BODY, MIND SPIRIT-- Spirituality-- General.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Conduct of life.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Philosophie.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Philosophy and religion.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
RELIGION-- Christianity-- General.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
RELIGION-- Devotional.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
RELIGION-- Spirituality.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Religion.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Religiöses Leben.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Religious life.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Spiritual life.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Spiritualität.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Spirituality.
|
| Dewey Classification
|
:
|
204.01
|
| LC Classification
|
:
|
BL624.S6925 2017eb
|
| Added Entry
|
:
|
McPherson, David, (Assistant Professor of Philosophy)
|
| |