Gillian McCann, Gitte Bechsgaard

The Sacred in Exile (eBook, PDF)

What it Really Means to Lose Our Religion

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Engages with many points of view, including sociology, psychology, and philosophy of religion

Discusses how, for the first time in history, a large segment of the population of the Western world are living without any form of religious belief

Engages the way that the loss of religion will influence both how we live and how we die

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer International Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 146
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. September 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9783319664996
• Artikelnr.: 53060981

Autorenporträt

Gillian McCann is an associate professor in the Religions and Cultures department at Nipissing University, North Bay, Canada.

Gitte Bechsgaard is a registered psychotherapist (RP) and the founding director of Vidya Institute, Toronto, Canada.

Inhaltsangabe

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.