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Record Nr.

UNINA9910255223803321

Autore

McCann Gillian

Titolo

The Sacred in Exile : What it Really Means to Lose Our Religion / / by Gillian McCann, Gitte Bechsgaard

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2017

ISBN

3-319-66499-9

Edizione

[1st ed. 2017.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (IX, 150 p.)

Collana

Palgrave Pivot

Disciplina

201.7621

Soggetti

Health—Religious aspects

Religion and sociology

Psychology and religion

Religion and Health

Sociology of Religion

Religion and Psychology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction The Spiritual Malaise of Our Time -- 2. Religion as Ordering Principle and Higher Law -- 3. The Importance of Self-Cultivation -- 4.The Limiting Function of Religion -- 5. The Sacrality of the Body -- 6. The Relational Matrix -- 7. The Supremacy of the Subtle -- 8. Conclusion: Coming Out of the Desert: The Vision of Ezekiel.

Sommario/riassunto

This book addresses the fact that, for the first time in history, a large segment of the population in the western world is living without any form of religious belief.  While a number of writers have examined the implications of this shift, none have approached the phenomenon from the perspective of religious studies. The authors examine what has been lost from the point of view of sociology, psychology, and philosophy of religion. The book sits at the nexus of a number of important debates including: the role of religion in public life, the connection between religion and physical and psychological well-being, and the implications of the loss of ritual in terms of maintaining communities.