The philosophy of spirituality : analytic, continental and multicultural approaches to a new field of philosophy /

The essays in The Philosophy of Spirituality explore a new field in philosophy. Until recently, most philosophers in the analytic and continental Western traditions treated spirituality as a religious concept. Any non-religious spirituality tended to be neglected or dismissed as irremediably vague....

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Other Authors: Salazar, Heather (Editor), Nicholls, Roderick (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill-Rodopi, [2019]
Series:Value inquiry book series ; v. 322.
Value inquiry book series. Philosophy and religion.
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Summary:The essays in The Philosophy of Spirituality explore a new field in philosophy. Until recently, most philosophers in the analytic and continental Western traditions treated spirituality as a religious concept. Any non-religious spirituality tended to be neglected or dismissed as irremediably vague. Here, from various philosophical and cultural perspectives, it is addressed as a subject of independent interest. This is a philosophical response to increasing numbers of spiritual but not religious people inhabiting secular societies and the heightened interaction between a multitude of spiritual traditions in a globalized age. A provocative array of approaches (African, Indigenous, Indian, Stoic and Sufic perspectives, as well as Western analytic and continental views) offer fresh insights, many articulated by emerging voices.
Physical Description:ix, 346 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9789004376298
9004376291