Dispirited: How Contemporary Spirituality makes us Stupid, Selfish - and Unhappy

Informationen zum Autor Dr David Webster is Principal Lecturer in Religion! Philosophy and Ethics at the University of Gloucestershire. His main work is in Buddhist thought! and its relationship to Western Philosophy. Klappentext Dave Webster's book is a counter-blast against the culturally accepted norm that spirituality is a vital and important factor in human life. Rejecting the idea of human wellbeing as predicated on the spiritual, the book seeks to identify the toxic impact of spiritual discourses on our lives. Spirituality makes us confused, apolitical and miserable - whether that spirituality is from conventional religious roots, from a new-age buffet of beliefs, or from some re-imagined ancient system of belief. Looking beyond this dismissal, the book looks towards atheistic existentialism, Theravada Buddhism and political engagement as a means to imagine what a post-spiritual world view could look like.

Product details

• Authors: David Webster
• Publisher: HUnt, John Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.06.2012
• EAN: 9781846947025
• ISBN: 978-1-84694-702-5
• Dimensions: 142 mm x 218 mm x 5 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; RELIGION / Spirituality, PHILOSOPHY / Religious, RELIGION / Philosophy, Spirituality & religious experience, Philosophy of religion, Spirituality and religious experience