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1 online resource |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Introduction / David McPherson -- Philosophy, religion, and spirituality / John Cottingham -- Problem of impiety / Cora Diamond -- Virtue of piety / Robert C. Roberts -- Homo religiosus : does spirituality have a place in neo-aristotelian virtue ethics? / David McPherson -- Desire and the spiritual life / Fiona Ellis -- Between heaven and earth : sensory experience and the goods of the spiritual life / Mark K Wynn -- Jewish sabbath as a spiritual practice / Samuel Fleischacker -- Power of the spoken word : prayer, invocation, and supplication in Islam / Mukhtar H Ali -- Aristotelian friendship and ignatian companionship / Karen Stohr -- Starting with compassion / Richard White -- Identifying with the confucian heaven : immanent and transcendent Dao / May Sim -- Agnostic spirituality / John Houston. |
| Summary |
This book presents a broad philosophical study of the nature of spirituality and its relationship to human well-being, addressing an area of contemporary philosophy that has been largely underexplored. David McPherson brings together a team of scholars to examine the importance of specific spiritual practices (including prayer, contemplation, and ritual observance) and spiritually informed virtues (such as piety, humility, and existential gratitude) for 'the good life'. This volume also considers and exemplifies how philosophy itself, when undertaken as a humanistic rather than scientistic enterprise, can be a spiritual exercise and part of a spiritual way of life. Clarifying key concepts, and engaging with major religious traditions such as Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, and Confucianism, this book will appeal to students and scholars from various disciplines, including theology, sociology, and psychology, as well as to philosophers, ethicists, and other readers who are interested in modern spiritual life. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Spiritual life.
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Spiritual life. |
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Religious life.
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Religious life. |
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Conduct of life.
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Conduct of life. |
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Spirituality.
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Spirituality. |
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Philosophy and religion.
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Philosophy and religion. |
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BODY, MIND & SPIRIT -- Inspiration & Personal Growth. |
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BODY, MIND & SPIRIT -- Spirituality -- General. |
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RELIGION -- Christianity -- General. |
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RELIGION -- Devotional. |
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RELIGION -- Spirituality. |
| Added Author |
McPherson, David (Assistant Professor of Philosophy), editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Spirituality and the good life. New York : Cambridge University Press, 2017 9781107133006 (DLC) 2017026032 (OCoLC)987892075 |
| ISBN |
9781108365178 (electronic book) |
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1108365175 (electronic book) |
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9781316459461 |
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1316459462 |
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1107589681 |
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9781107589681 |
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9781107133006 |
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1107133009 |
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9781107589681 (paperback) |
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