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200 14$aThe curve of the sacred$b[electronic resource] $ean exploration of human spirituality /$fConstantin V. Ponomareff and Kenneth A. Bryson
210   $aAmsterdam ;$aNew York, NY $cRodopi$d2006
215   $a1 online resource (252 p.)
225 1 $aValue inquiry book series ;$v178
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
311   $a90-420-2031-8 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [183]-193) and index.
327   $aContents; 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
330   $aThis interdisciplinary book examines the nature of spirituality and the role it plays in the search for meaning. Spirituality is a loving tendency towards the sacred. In a secular environment, the sacred is taken to be a power greater than self. In a religious environment, the Sacred refers to God, or Higher Power. The book examines the developments of the s/Sacred in great works of art and literature, as well as in medicine, theology, psychology, philosophy, and religion. Spirituality also functions as an unloving tendency towards disunity, or a force for evil.The first part of the book exami
410  0$aValue inquiry book series ;$vv. 178.
410  0$aValue inquiry book series.$pPhilosophy and religion.
606   $aSpirituality
606   $aLife cycle, Human$xReligious aspects
606   $aFaith development
606   $aPsychology, Religious
615  0$aSpirituality.
615  0$aLife cycle, Human$xReligious aspects.
615  0$aFaith development.
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