Secular Spirituality: The Next Step Towards Enlightenment by Harald Walach (Engl

Description: Secular Spirituality by Harald Walach 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 meaning of the term, with the Eastern tradition describing it as a state of true knowledge, which is an important goal on an individuals spiritual path and the Western tradition seeing it as the collective process of getting rid of narrow-minded dogmas and concepts. The book is based on a simple yet challenging premise: Science has not gone far enough in the scientific process of going from a collective mind tied up in dogmatic teachings to a truly free mind that, seemingly, freed itself from bondage and restrictions. The book shows that science, and with it our whole Western culture, has to incorporate spirituality if it is to realize this goal of enlightenment. If that is done, and it can only be done by many individuals actually practicing spirituality, this will also lead to the individual type of enlightenment. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Back Cover 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 meaning of the term, with the Eastern tradition describing it as a state of true knowledge, which is an important goal on an individual s spiritual path and the Western tradition seeing it as the collective process of getting rid of narrow-minded dogmas and concepts . The book is based on a simple yet challenging premise: Science has not gone far enough in the scientific process of going from a collective mind tied up in dogmatic teachings to a truly free mind that, seemingly, freed itself from bondage and restrictions. The book shows that science, and with it our whole Western culture, has to incorporate spirituality if it is to realize this goal of enlightenment. If that is done, and it can only be done by many individuals actually practicing spirituality, this will also lead to the individual type of enlightenment." Author Biography Prof. Dr. Dr. Harald Walach is a German psychologist, medical researcher, and historian and philosopher of science. He is currently director of the Institute of Transcultural Health Sciences at the European University Frankfurt (Oder), Germany. 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. Feature Addresses the conceptual and historical gap between spirituality and science Shows that scientific enlightenment cannot be complete unless it includes spirituality as a topic for scientific scrutiny Argues that religion is the societal and historic form of spirituality Proposes the building of bridges between the societal movement towards spirituality and the scientific enterprise Details ISBN3319384392 Author Harald Walach Year 2016 ISBN-10 3319384392 ISBN-13 9783319384399 Format Paperback Language English Media Book DEWEY 201.7 Imprint Springer International Publishing AG Subtitle The Next Step Towards Enlightenment Place of Publication Cham Country of Publication Switzerland Translated from German Pages 216 Publication Date 2016-09-10 Short Title Secular Spirituality Series Number 4 UK Release Date 2016-09-10 Illustrations 2 Illustrations, black and white; VII, 216 p. 2 illus. Publisher Springer International Publishing AG Edition Description Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2015 Series Studies in Neuroscience, Consciousness and Spirituality Alternative 9783319093444 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:100552510;

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