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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451802503321

Autore

Ponomareff Constantin V

Titolo

The curve of the sacred [[electronic resource] ] : an exploration of human spirituality / / Constantin V. Ponomareff and Kenneth A. Bryson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; New York, NY, : Rodopi, 2006

ISBN

94-012-0320-2

1-4294-6814-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (252 p.)

Collana

Value inquiry book series ; ; 178

Altri autori (Persone)

BrysonKen <1940->

Disciplina

204

Soggetti

Spirituality

Life cycle, Human - Religious aspects

Faith development

Psychology, Religious

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [183]-193) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Editorial Foreword; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part One: Spirituality from the Perspective of the Humanities Tradition; Part Two: Becoming Personal from the Spiritual; Notes; Bibliography; About the Authors; Index

Sommario/riassunto

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