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

• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York, : Continuum, 2001
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (273 p.)
• Disciplina: 291.4
• Soggetto topico: Religion and sociology; Spirituality
• Altri autori: ErrickerClive ErrickerJane <1948->
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Contemporary spiritualities
• ISBN: 1-281-78383-8; 9786611783839; 0-8264-8437-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910782256303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Issues in contemporary religion.