Secular Spirituality The Next Step Towards Enlightenment
This book discusses spirituality as an emerging scientific topic from a historical perspective, with extensive discussion of the mind-body problem and of scientific concepts of consciousness. While the book focuses on the Western tradition of ‘Enlightenment’, it also implicitly addresses the double...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Springer International Publishing
2015, 2015
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2015 |
| Series: | Studies in Neuroscience, Consciousness and Spirituality
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- Chapter 1: Clarifications and Presuppositions
- Chapter 2: The Historical Framework: Enlightenment, Science, and the Difficulties with the Notion of God
- Chapter 3: Spirituality, Taboo, and the Opportunity for Science
- Chapter 4: Secular, Non-Dogmatic Spirituality
- Chapter 5: Distortions, Dangers, Further Considerations
- Chapter 6: Getting on with Enlightenment: The Necessity of a Secular Non-dogmatic Spirituality