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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453580403321

Titolo

Contemporary spiritualities [[electronic resource] ] : social and religious contexts / / edited by Clive Erricker and Jane Erricker

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Continuum, 2001

ISBN

1-281-78383-8

9786611783839

0-8264-8437-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (273 p.)

Collana

Issues in contemporary religion

Altri autori (Persone)

ErrickerClive

ErrickerJane <1948->

Disciplina

291.4

Soggetti

Religion and sociology

Spirituality

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 and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Contributors; Foreword; Introduction; Part I: Influential Writers and Thinkers; Part II: Faith Communities; Bibliography; Name index; Subject index

Sommario/riassunto

Spirituality can be understood within both a religious and secular context. Fuelled by the controversy that surrounds different understandings of human identity and notions of progress, knowledge and truth in modernist and postmodernist contexts, the concept of spirituality is a hotly contested topic of debate as to its relevance within contemporary culture and its meaning within religious traditions. This book aims to inform readers on this debate and contextualize it within these different frames of reference. It approaches the topic of spirituality with an identification of the major influe